Australian
National Herbarium Fern Pages
This resource provides information about the taxonomy and
distribution of Australian and regional ferns and their
allies as well at general information about pteridophyttes.
The site is provided as a free resource for education and
research and includes information on
classification, fern allies, conservation, as well as images
and links. Includes ferns from Papua New Guinea.
Bryological
Glossary
A multilingual glossary for bryology from the Missouri Botanical
Garden. Includes a brief definition of a term in English
and gives the equivalent French, German and Spanish translation
of the term.
Checklist
of Australian Lichens
Current alphabetical lichen checklist includes 3075 accepted
species and infraspecific taxa in 387 genera.
Checklist
of Ferns of the World
A collaboration between Germany and New
Zealand, this site offers a portal to web-pages listing
all the species of fern-allies and ferns of the world. Unfortunately,
information (and
illustrations) is provided in downloadable format and the
authors have now decided to package this on CD-ROM for sale.
Endangered
Lichens
List of species protected by law in different countries
provided by University of Hawaii. Not very comprehensive
and few links.
Information
About Lichens
University of Oldenburg site giving basic
description, structure and environmental importance. Useful
advice is given on how to make microslides.
International
Association of Lichenologists
This site from the University of Hawaii provides membership
information, a list of lichenologists and lichen societies,
endangered lichens and a
newsletter (not current).
International
Association for Lichenology
Describing itself as the “official” web page, this site
from Europe promotes the study and conservation of lichens.
Clearly at odds with the University of Hawaii-based Association,
the site has not been updated beyond 2003.
Introduction
to Lichens
Helpful information about lichens from this USA site - for
the generalist or the specialist, it details their fossil
record, life history, ecology, morphology and systematics,
plus a number of useful links to other sites in the US.
Lichen
Herbarium
The Lichen Herbarium at the Botanical Museum in Oslo is
divided into Norwegian, foreign and type sections. Includes
recent literature on lichens, checklists of specimens, the
Threatened Macrolichens Project, fact sheets and distribution
maps for selected lichens.
Lichen
Information System
Range of information about lichens. Includes news, lists
of collections, endangered species, societies, associations,
researchers, international conferences, environmental factors,
pictures, references and systematics.
New
Zealand Forest Lichens
General description, photographs of various
genera and related links. Useful general interest.
Taxonomy
of Philippine Lichens
Pioneering site that should be encouraged. In
addition to providing taxanomic identification of Philippine
lichens with photographs, there are also a number of useful
links, including a key to the lichen genera of Bogor, Cibodas
and
Singapore Botanical Gardens. Also included are recently
published articles.
