Keys -- Regional Herbaria -- Literature -- Other PNW web sites -- Organizations -- Tools and chemicals -- Information for Schools -- Miscellaneous Lichen Activities

 

Keys

Lichen Genera in the Pacific Northwest (B. McCune)

Preliminary Keys to the Typically Sterile Crustose Lichens in North America (J. Lendemer)

Note: some keys formerly available here have been migrated to the revised version of McCune & Geiser's (2009) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Want to share your key to a group of lichens in the Pacific NW, western North America, or North America? Put your key on a file server and send the link to the secretary. We recommend posting pdf files for reliable reproduction of formatted text on many printers and computers. Also, be sure to see the Lichen Key Archive. The Lichen Key Archive provides a central location for lichen keys worldwide, and hopefully will encourage others to contribute keys to the lichenological community.

Regional Herbaria

 
British Columbia California Idaho Montana Oregon Washington

Literature

 
Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Online References

Other web sites on NW Lichens

 

Topical

Personal pages including info on PNW lichens

Organizations

 

Local and regional groups

National

International

Tools and chemicals

 
NWL does not endorse particular businesses. This list is a response to repeated request for sources for tools and lichen reagents. Additional sources are welcome.

Online Mapping Tools

Online Microphotography

Information for Schools

 

Miscellaneous Lichen Activities

 

Usnoku -- A game for building skills in identification of difficult groups with chemical data.

Pacific Northwest Field Research Centers

 

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