GLOBAL TCN – Resources Archive
Welcome to the Archive of the GLOBAL Bryophyte & Lichen TCN
Building a Global Consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens: Keystones of Cryptobiotic Communities, also known as the GLOBAL Bryophyte & Lichen Thematic Collections Network (TCN), is a collaboration of 25 universities, museums, and gardens located across the United States that was funded from 2020 to 2026 by the National Science Foundation (NSF awards #2001394 2001500, 2001509, 2001394, 2001422, 2001427, 2001431, 2001299, 2001354, 2001288, and 2001345).
The grant support has now ended, and as part of the results we here continue to share the resources established during the project. Please be aware that this site is no longer actively maintained and that links provided here may expire over time:
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Table of Contents
- Digitization
- Transcription
- Georeferencing
- Portal Management
- Additional Resources
- Education & Outreach
- Acknowledgements
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Digitization
Imaging Standards
| GLOBAL Digitization Standards | https://bit.ly/3sGEC4Y | Recommendations on image content, size, naming, etc. |
| Global Plants Initiative Cryptogam Photo Guidelines (GPI) | https://bit.ly/3fBLBIK | Image guidelines for lichens, bryophytes, and fungi |
| GLOBAL Storage Types | https://bit.ly/3dqA3p5 | Table of storage types by collection for GLOBAL collaborators |
Imaging Workflows
| Arizona State University (ASU) | https://bit.ly/3fyBQLm | Imaging, image processing, and OCR |
| University of Colorado, Boulder (COLO) | Vascular: https://bit.ly/3weeYXH Tri-Trophic: https://bit.ly/3ubwlq6 LBCC: https://bit.ly/3cFsGe5 | Digitization workflow for vascular plants, Tri-Trophic TCN, and 1st Bryophyte/Lichen TCN |
| Duke University Lichens (DUKE) | https://bit.ly/3wd0iIh | Imaging set-up and workflow for imaging specimens only |
| The Field Museum (F) | https://bit.ly/3dnqOGd | At home photography workstation for labels |
| Louisiana State University (LSU) | https://bit.ly/3rIoxdC | Imaging instructions including image processing |
| New York Botanical Gardens (NY) | https://rb.gy/glvvtj | Image capture and processing |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TENN) | https://tinyurl.com/a5wvea8f | Specimen imaging workflow |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison (WIS) | https://tinyurl.com/2p9ffums | Specimen imaging workflow |
| LBCC TCN | Workflow: https://bit.ly/3ueicZj Flowchart: https://bit.ly/3cHePUF | Digitization workflow from 1st Bryophyte/Lichen TCN |
| iDigBio | https://www.idigbio.org/content/workflow-modules-and-task-lists | Webpage with workflow modules for each stage of digitization |
| Capturing California’s Wildflowers TCN (CAP) | https://bit.ly/3dmIJgk | Digitization manual including imaging, transcription, georeferencing, etc. |
| Australasian Herbaria | https://chah.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Imaging-type-specimens-of-algae-bryophytes-fungi-and-lichens-guidelines-for-Australasian-herbaria-_June-2015.pdf | Imaging type specimens of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: guidelines for Australasian herbaria |
| Global Plants Initiative (GPI) | https://bit.ly/2POXbFL | Digitization of Bryophyte and Lichen Types – workflows from la Ville de Genève (G), University of Helsinki (H), the Paris Herbarium (P), and Swedish Museum of Natural History (S) |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) | https://tinyurl.com/57kp76pa | Bryophyte digitizing procedure including focus bracketing |
Equipment Recommendations
| Arizona State University (ASU) | Equipment/Software: https://bit.ly/3cEjXsG Accessories: https://bit.ly/3m8Or9w | Detailed review of equipment and software; Note on additional helpful tools |
| Louisiana State University (LSU) | https://bit.ly/3sUF7IE | Description of imaging setup |
| New York Botanical Gardens (NY) | https://bit.ly/3m9JsW9 | Imaging equipment specifications with links and prices |
| Oregon State University (OSU) | https://bit.ly/3sGHLli | Imaging station overview |
| ColorGauge Color Targets | https://bit.ly/2QTL2Qd | Conversation from herbarium Listserv |
| 5 cm Scalebar | https://bit.ly/3cHqumE | Printable scalebar can be edited to add institution name |
Software
| Lichen Consortium: Barcode Renamer (ASU) | https://help.lichenportal.org/index.php/en/resources-2/renaming-image-files-automatically/ | Program reads images and renames with barcode |
| Lichen Consortium: BCRWatcher (ASU) | https://help.lichenportal.org/index.php/en/bcrwatcher/ | Program reads images and renames with barcode and also allows for skeletal metadata entry during imaging |
| LBCC Workflow App | Files: https://bit.ly/3dowzTX Install Video: https://bit.ly/31FItmV Use Video: https://bit.ly/39ypY8w | Skeletal Data entry application developed during the 1st LBCC |
| Barcode Renamer Script (DUKE) | https://bit.ly/3rISTwT | Script adds image of barcode onto specimen image |
Skeletal Data Entry
| Symbiota Skeletal Data Entry | PDF: https://bit.ly/3fxpe7f Doc: https://bit.ly/3sDOEns | Guide for entering skeletal data directly in Symbiota portals |
| Skeletal Data Spreadsheet | https://bit.ly/3m9FcFY | Example spreadsheet for recording skeletal data |
| LBCC Workflow App | Files: https://bit.ly/3dowzTX Install Video: https://bit.ly/31FItmV Use Video: https://bit.ly/39ypY8w | Skeletal Data entry application developed during the 1st LBCC |
Additional Digitization Resources
| iDigBio Imaging References | https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Imaging_References | Links to wide range of imaging resources for multiple collection types |
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Transcription
Transcription Resources
| Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium (CINC) Digitization Manual | https://bit.ly/3rQaMKl | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from CINC |
| Symbiota Database Manual (COLO) | https://bit.ly/3cIy2VW | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from COLO |
| The Key to the Cabinets: Building and Sustaining a Research Database for a Global Biodiversity Hotspots: Editing Standards | https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-voices/seusbiohotspot/editing-standards/ | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from FLAS |
| Guide to Using a Symbiota-based Portal (CAP TCN) | https://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/uploads/1/6/3/7/16372936/symbiotaguide_v5.pdf | Guide to transcribing in Symbiota from CAP TCN |
| MAM Transcription Cheat Sheet | https://bit.ly/3wlskRG | Quick reference for transcribing in Symbiota from MAM TCN |
| Darwin Core | https://dwc.tdwg.org/ | TDWG Resource on Darwin Core standard |
| How to decipher unfamiliar handwriting: A short introduction to palaeography | http://wallaceletters.info/sites/wallaceletters.info/files/NHM_Palaeography_Guide_2014.pdf | Helpful guide on transcribing handwritten labels from the Natural History Museum, London |
Collector Information
| Harvard University Herbaria – Index of Botanists | https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_index.html | Searchable list of botanists – can filter by name, specialty, country |
| Collector Signatures List | https://tinyurl.com/4ytafvjr | List of collector names with images of their signatures – alphabetically by last name |
| Global Plants Initiative Designation Identifier | http://gpi.myspecies.info/digitising-resources/designation-identifier | List of botanists by name and locality with images of signatures *Archived website – not all links are functional |
| Searchable Collector Names Reference (MAM Website) | https://bit.ly/3sGIN0Q | Searchable list of collectors from the Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
| Bionomia | https://bionomia.net/ https://bionomia.net/roster/signatures | Searchable list of collectors Searchable images of collector signatures |
Bryophyte/Lichen Portal Term Lists
| Portal Geography – Country, State, County | https://bit.ly/3cD3MvL | Standardized lists of countries, states, and counties with codes from portals |
| Portal Geography – Country only | https://bit.ly/3do4k85 | Standardized lists of countries with codes from portals |
| Portal Languages | https://bit.ly/31EgJze | Standardized lists of languages with codes from portals |
| Bryophyte Exsiccatae Index | https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/collections/exsiccati/index.php | List of exsiccati from bryophtye portal |
| Lichen Exsiccatae Index | https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/collections/exsiccati/index.php | List of exsiccati from lichen portal |
Country/Location/Language-Specific References
| TypeIt.org | https://www.typeit.org/ | Type foreign language letters to copy and paste |
| List of Alternate Country Names – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_country_names | Alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages |
| German exonyms – Wikipedia | German exonyms – Wikipedia | Lists of German names for non-German localities by country |
| German place + names former Czechoslovakia Link | https://bit.ly/2PNFTbU | List of historic and current names for this region |
| List of German exonyms for places in Estonia – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_Estonia | List of German names for Estonian locations |
| List of German exonyms for places in Latvia – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_Latvia | List of German names for Latvian locations |
| Names of Lithuanian places in other languages – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Lithuanian_places_in_other_languages | List of names of Lithuanian places in other languages |
| List of German names for places in Poland – Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_names_for_places_in_Poland | List of German names for Polish localities |
| Irish Hill and Mountain Names | https://bit.ly/3NXC0Ko | Table of names of hills and mountains in Ireland |
| Mountain Views, Hill-walking website for island of Ireland | https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/ | Searchable website of Irish hills, mountains, islands, and coastal features. |
| Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About German Typefaces | https://tinyurl.com/49fyr2f7 | Examples and background information on German typefaces |
| Japan Databasing Guide Link | https://bit.ly/3rIODNE | Guide to Japanese place names |
| Japanese Provinces to Prefectures | https://bit.ly/3xtErxL | Table of historical Japanese provinces with modern prefecture names |
| Techniques for Translating Herbarium Specimen Labels | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_rPFzPfZTM | Video on tips for transcribing Handwritten German |
| One World Nations Online – Historic Country Names | https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/historical_countrynames.htm | List of historic country / region names with current geography |
| Herbarium Junkies | https://www.facebook.com/groups/323496397761977/ | Public Facebook Group that can help with tough labels |
| Google Translate | https://translate.google.com/ | |
| A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin | https://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/introduction.shtml | Searchable list of Latin botanical terms |
| CNALH Glossary | https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/glossary/index.php | Searchable glossary of lichen terminology including Latin terms |
Taxonomy Resources
| Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) | https://eol.org/ | Free collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the living species known to science |
| Tropicos | https://tropicos.org/home | Publicly accessible botanical database organizing millions of plant specimens, images, and bibliographic references, from the Bioinformatics Department at the Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Index Fungorum | http://www.indexfungorum.org/ | International project to index all formal names in the fungus kingdom |
| McyoBank | https://www.mycobank.org/ | Online database, documenting new mycological names and combinations, eventually combined with descriptions and illustrations. It is run by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures fungal biodiversity center in Utrecht |
| International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) | https://www.iaptglobal.org/ | Non-profit organization founded to promote, support and facilitate taxonomic, systematic and nomenclatural research into algae, fungi and plants |
| World Flora Online | http://worldfloraonline.org/ | Open-access, web-based compendium of the world’s plant species |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) | https://itis.gov/ | Database on species names and their hierarchical classification |
| The Bryophyte Nomenclator (bryonames.org) | bryonames.org | A searchable comprehensive list of accepted bryophyte names |
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Georeferencing
General Georeferencing Resources
| GeoLocate | https://www.geo-locate.org/default.html | Education and Training |
| CoGe (GEOLocate Web-based collaborative client) | https://www.geo-locate.org/web/webcomgeoref.aspx | The interface for editing and reviewing community records |
| California Phenology Network Georeferencing Course | https://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/georeferencingcourse-coge.html | Excellent, concise training videos using GeoLocate. See also their Resources page for other material |
| Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide | https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/1/1e/GeoreferencingQuickReferenceGuide.pdf | Fantastic, concise guidelines for all aspects of georeferencing; reference protocol for GLOBAL project |
| Georeferencing Best Practices | http://mb.gbif.org/documents/doc-georeferencing-best-practices/en/ | THE very complete manual for all things georeference, also available as PDF (GBIF, Chapman and Wieczorek, 2020) |
| Illustrated Georeferencing Guidelines | https://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/uploads/1/6/3/7/16372936/georeferencingpictureguide_v2_booklet.pdf | Extremely helpful visual booklet to locating points and creating error radii |
| Georeferencing in CCH2 Webinar | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXiZ2tsuRM | Webinar presentation to demonstrate georeferencing localities using GeoLocate interface. |
| Georeferencing Mapping Resource Hub | http://georeferencing.org/index.html | Aggregated site for tools, gazetteers, data sources, training (VertNet) |
| iDigBio Georef. Working Group Video Tutorials | https://vimeo.com/showcase/2163673 | Online tutorials |
| MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS Georef. Guidelines | http://georeferencing.org/georefcalculator/docs/GeorefGuide.html | Information about assigning geographic coordinates, and maximum error distances to locality descriptions |
| Extracting Duplicate Georeferences from Herbarium Specimen Data | https://zenodo.org/record/4300889#.YDAqh-hKhPY | Uses Duplicate Clustering Tool in Symbiota to create output file of known duplicates with coordinates |
| Georeferencing Calculator | http://georeferencing.org/georefcalculator/gc.html | Online application to help calculate coordinates and uncertainty |
| LSU Herbarium Georeferencing Guide | https://tinyurl.com/mw74sxx8 | LSU’s guide to georeferencing fields along with links and notes |
| Georeferencing Tools Available for GLOBAL | https://bit.ly/3ueBEVG | Summary of georeferencing tools for the GLOBAL project |
CoGe
| Collaborative Georeferencing with CoGe | https://epicc.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UsingGeoLocateforCollaborativeGeoreferencing_2016.pdf | Developed by Nelson Rios at the Tulane Univ Biodiv Inst. Product produced for the EPICC TCN |
| Georeferencing in CoGe | https://bit.ly/31GAndX | Document outlining steps to work in the CoGe web portal |
Mapping
| GeoNames Geographical Database | http://www.geonames.org/ | Place names; advanced search has option for fuzzy names |
| World Places Map Directory | https://vymaps.com/ | |
| ACME Mapper | http://acme.com/mapper3/ | High-precision general purpose mapping application; 3.0 has hiking trails layer |
| Mindat.org | https://www.mindat.org/ | The world’s largest open database of minerals, rocks, meteorites and the localities they come from; great for mountains and mine sites |
| Geographic.org | https://geographic.org/ | Maps, names, geology, climate, statistics info |
| Nations Online Project | https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/maps.htm | Maps, names, languages |
| Gazeteer of the Antarctic, Nat Sci Fdn | https://pubs.usgs.gov/msb/7000091/report.pdf | Antarctic place names and coords (Datum unknown) |
| Peak Visor | https://peakvisor.com/index_2_en.html | 3D maps and peak identfication |
| Fuzzy Gazetteer | http://isodp.hof-university.de/fuzzyg/query/ | |
| Get a Map | http://www.getamap.net/ |
Mapping – Historical
| British Library Historic Maps | https://www.bl.uk/subjects/maps | Maps, documents, etc. |
| David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | https://www.davidrumsey.com/home | The collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. |
| Old Maps Online | https://www.oldmapsonline.org/ | Search engine for historical maps |
| Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe | http://easteurotopo.org/ | a collection of small and large scale historical maps of the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pale of Jewish Settlement in late Tsarist Russia. |
Geographic Names
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | well, of course |
| Statoids | http://statoids.com/ | Major administrative divisions of countries; endonyms and exonyms included. The “details ” page lists more general reference sites |
| Countries and Names of the World | https://www.geonames.de/ | The countries of the world in their own languages and writing systems; with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, political divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages |
| Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) | https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/ | The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities and physical features. Current and historical places are included. |
| Falling Rain | http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ | Directory of cities and towns in world |
| CIA World Fact Book | https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ | The World Factbook provides information on geography, etc. |
| Historical Countries – Nations Online Project | https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/historical_countrynames.htm | List of formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist. Name changes of countries, dependencies, geographical and other regions of particular geopolitical interest. |
| List of German exonyms for places in the Czech Republic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_the_Czech_Republic |
Country/Location Specific Guides
| Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia | http://bonzle.com.au/c/a | Searchable list of Australian regions, cities, localities, etc. |
| Brazil – Explanation of Roads Markers | https://bit.ly/3fxF81n | Explanation numbering format for Brazilian road markers |
| German place + names former Czechoslovakia | https://bit.ly/3fwf1bl | List of historic and current names |
| Japan Databasing Guide | https://bit.ly/3rIODNE | Guide to Japanese place names |
| Japanese Province to Prefectures | https://bit.ly/3xtErxL | Table of historical Japanese provinces with modern prefecture names |
| Irish Hill and Mountain Names | https://bit.ly/3NXC0Ko | Table of names of hills and mountains in Ireland |
| Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search | https://registry.gsg.org.uk/sr/registrysearch.php | Searchable by site name |
| Ordnance Survey Maps from the UK | https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ | Detailed maps & routes to explore across the UK | OS Maps |
| Mountain Views, Hill-walking website for island of Ireland | https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/ | Searchable website of Irish hills, mountains, islands, and coastal features. |
Coordinate Conversion
| Earthpoint | https://www.earthpoint.us/Convert.aspx | Coordinate conversion, topographic maps–subscription not necessary for many tools |
| Public Lands Survey System | https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/public-land-survey-system-plss | US maps and more |
| Movable Type | https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-utm-mgrs.html | Convert between lat/long & UTM coords/MGRS grid references (Esp. useful for Finnish coordinates) |
| East European Lat/Long Coordinate Help | https://guides.loc.gov/maps-genealogy-eastern-europe/coordinates/latitude-longitude | Cartographic Resources for Genealogical Research: Eastern Europe and Russia, touches on coordinate systems based on other prime meridians |
Translation
| Google Translate | https://translate.google.com/ |
Miscellaneous
| Botanist Index-Harvard Univ. | https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_index.html | Helpful for info on collectors and their areas of specialty–be sure to check box for ‘Find similar sounding names’ |
| Why georeferencing matters: Introducing a practical protocol to prepare species occurrence records for spatial analysis | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5756859/ | Journal article exploring georeferencing protocols |
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Portal Management
Symbiota
| Symbiota Help Page | https://symbiota.org/help-resources/ | Main Symbiota support page |
| Symbiota Docs | https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/ | Archive of help files and guides |
| Symbiota YouTube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7glMVLRnTA6ES3VTsci7iQ | Video demos for checklists, vouchers, and printing labels |
| Lichen Consortium: Help & Resources | English: https://help.lichenportal.org/index.php/en/cnalh-help-resources/ Español: https://help.lichenportal.org/index.php/es/2019/08/crear-un-respaldo-de-su-coleccion/ | Helpful guides on multiple portal tasks |
| Guide to Using a Symbiota-based Portal (CAP TCN) | https://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/uploads/1/6/3/7/16372936/symbiotaguide_v5.pdf | Guide developed to instruct users of the CCH2 Portal in basic use of the portal and its many available tools. |
| Portal Management Plan Guide | https://tinyurl.com/yxw54m97 | Summary with pros / cons for Live, Snapshot, and Hybrid management |
| Packet Printing Tool for Bryophytes and Lichens | Video: https://youtu.be/_1_QN4e_N9A PDF: https://tinyurl.com/d5hezkeu | Instructions on printing customizable packets for bryophyte and lichen specimens from the portals. |
Quality Control
| Taxonomic Name Cleaner | https://help.lichenportal.org/index.php/en/2019/07/taxonomic-name-cleaner/ | Guide to cleaning taxonomic names in the portal |
| Data Cleaning Tools | http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/pvn1kaprwj5o/ | Webinar on using Duplicate Record, Geography, and Taxonomic Name Cleaning Tools in the portal |
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Additional Resources
Digitization Resources
| Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) | https://www.idigbio.org/ | National resource for digitized information about vouchered natural history collections |
| GLOBAL iDigBio Wiki | https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Building_a_global_consortium_of_bryophytes_and_lichens:_keystones_of_cryptobiotic_communities | Wiki page for GLOBAL TCN project |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | https://www.nsf.gov/ | Independent agency of the US government supporting fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering |
| Symbiota | https://symbiota.org/docs/ | Open source content management system for curating specimen- and observation-based biodiversity data. |
| Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) | https://www.tdwg.org/ | Non-profit organization and community dedicated to developing biodiversity information standards |
| Index Herbarorium | http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/ | Global directory of herbaria and their associated staff developed by the New York Botanical Gardens |
Biodiversity Data Aggregators
| Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) | https://www.gbif.org/ | An international network and data infrastructure funded by the world’s governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth |
| Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DISSCO) | https://www.dissco.eu/ | A new Research Infrastructure (RI) for natural science collections; works for the digital unification of all European natural science assets |
| National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) | https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/ | Open access ecological data from monitoring sites across the US |
| DataONE | https://www.dataone.org/ | Platform for environmental and ecological science, to preserve and provide access to multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national data |
| Biodiversity Heritage Library | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ | World’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives |
| NPSpecies | https://irma.nps.gov/NPSpecies/ | Occurrence and status of species on National Park Service lands |
| Atlas of Living Australia | https://www.ala.org.au/#tab_pane-C | Open access to Australia’s biodiversity data |
| The Australasian Virtual Herbarium | https://avh.chah.org.au/ | Access to the wealth of plant specimen data held by Australian and New Zealand herbaria |
| Canadensys | https://www.canadensys.net/ | A Canada-wide effort to make the biodiversity information held in biological collections accessible to everyone |
| Swedish Virtual Herbarium | http://herbarium.emg.umu.se/ | Joint search page for Sweden’s six largest herbaria |
| China National Specimen Information Infrastructure (NSII) | http://nsii.org.cn/2017/home-en.php | An online sharing infrastructure including digital information of China’s biological and geological specimens |
| Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA) | http://www.cria.org.br/ | Reference center for environmental information about Brazil’s biodiversity |
Professional Associations
| International Association of Bryologists (IAB) | https://bryology.org/ | Organization promoting international cooperation and communication among all persons interested in the biology of bryophytes |
| International Association for Lichenology (IAL) | http://www.lichenology.org/ | Organization promoting the study and conservation of lichens |
| American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS) | https://sites.google.com/a/abls.org/abls/ | Organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and lichen-forming fungi |
| The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) | https://spnhc.org/ | International organization devoted to the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections |
| Society of Herbarium Curators | https://www.herbariumcurators.org/ | Organization uniting the world’s herbarium professionals in discussion, training, action, and support for the benefit of herbaria, science, and society |
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Education & Outreach
Learning Glass Videos
| Bryophytes Versus Lichens Comparison | https://media.uaf.edu/media/t/1_0k9hwi0o |
| How to ID Mosses | https://media.uaf.edu/media/t/1_d75j0o1k |
| Life Cycles of Bryophytes and Lichens | https://media.uaf.edu/media/t/1_b7j7ba5i |
| Basic Lichen Biology | https://media.uaf.edu/media/t/1_avubjnps |
Outreach & Education
| iDigBio Education & Outreach Links Page | https://www.idigbio.org/education | iDigBio’s outreach resources page |
| ADBC Summit 2020 Presentation 2020-09-23 | https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/a/ae/IDigBio2020_BryoLichenTCN_BudkeKonrat.pdf | GLOBAL project presentation by Jessica Budke and Matt Von Konrat |
| BL2021 Virtual Conference Presentation 2021-07-07 | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z62KyWP5YOy_rPe0M9QuYWwJQ2cQoMQu/view?usp=sharing | GLOBAL project presentation by Matt Von Konrat |
| WeDigBio | https://wedigbio.org/ | Annual global digitization campaign |
| The Hand Lens: Women in Cryptogamic Botany | http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-hand-lens/explore/narratives-details/?irn=7540 | Web feature from NY on early women cryptogamic botanists. |
| UCONN Herbarium Training Course: Bryophyte & Lichen Module | https://biodiversity.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/556/2022/09/BryophyteCurationBasics.pdf | Powerpoint on the curation of bryophyte & lichen specimen collections |
| Un Vistazo al Laboratorio | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2itcLlLi4Y | “A Visit to the Lab” with Ixchel González-Ramírez, Bióloga Evolutiva de Plantas, UC Berkeley (Spanish with English subtitles) |
| The Hand Lens: Tales from the Cryptogams | https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-hand-lens/explore/narratives-details/?irn=7627 | Halloween-themed web feature from NY |
| University and Jepson Herbaria (UC): Mini-workshop 2: Introduction to bryophytes | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLULUH7ENikDoC6_tUNGFsnTIgj7yK9hK0 | Presented March 12, 2022 by Brent Mishler, UC Berkeley as part of the Jepson Mini-Workshop series funded by IMLS. |
| University and Jepson Herbaria (UC): Mini-workshop 5: A big world in a small package: Lichen biology, identification, and conservation | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLULUH7ENikDomnw8-mXBdaTJrOUWd10p4 | Presented October 1, 2022 by Klara Scharnagl as part of the Jepson Mini-Workshop series funded by IMLS. |
Citizen Science
| Zooniverse | https://www.zooniverse.org/ | Citizen science web portal with diverse projects in multiple scientific fields |
| Notes from Nature | https://www.zooniverse.org/organizations/md68135/notes-from-nature | Zooniverse Project; transcription platform for museum specimens |
| iNaturalist | https://www.inaturalist.org/ | Online platform/app for reporting, identifying, and mapping nature observations |
| DigiVOL | https://digivol.ala.org.au/ | Atlas of Living Australia’s volunteer transcription platform |
In the Media
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Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the support of all contributors from the 25 participating institutions, much appreciate all institutions and personal collections who have joined the Bryophyte and Lichen Consortia over the time of this project.
Special thanks are due to Miranda Zwingelberg for compiling the list of these resources and helping participants by organizing the project and helping to compile project reports, and Jessica Budke (University of Tennessee) for leading this collaborative TCN initiative.
This project was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF awards #2001394 2001500, 2001509, 2001394, 2001422, 2001427, 2001431, 2001299, 2001354, 2001288, and 2001345).
Thank you !!!
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