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Oregon State University Algae Collection (OSU-A)

The Oregon State University Herbarium (OSC) houses approximately 550,000 vascular plant, bryophyte, algal, and fungal specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with a focus on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.

Our algae collection is approximately 17,000 specimens. The majority were collected in Oregon by Harry K. Phinney and Grace S. Phinney, and their students, between 1947-1980. A collection of ~1800 marine algae specimens from Portland State University (HPSU) was transferred to OSC in 2015. The collection was built primarily by Ed Lippert at HPSU, and includes material from his students, Ellen Benedict, and others, dating ca. 1956-1990. It is mostly from the PNW, with some from CA, east coast, and Oceania. There are a number of Bob Scagel's exsiccati from UBC (1960s).

Herbarium Curator: James Mickley, James.Mickley@oregonstate.edu, 1-541-737-5297 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-5988-5275)
Herbarium Director: Aaron Liston, Aaron.Liston@oregonstate.edu, 1-541-737-5301
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 825edccc-35e9-40a4-88ae-44fa8f06d94b
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Oregon State University
Access Rights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/b086a3a0-7499-4f8f-bc10-fbaca6f29c0d
Cite this collection:
OregonFlora (2023). Oregon State University Algae Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e5t7jt accessed via the OregonFlora Portal, on 2023-10-03.
Address:
Oregon State University
Botany and Plant Pathology Department
2701 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR   97331
U.S.A.
[1] 541 737 4106
Updated June 2022 (mailing address updated). We are in the process of moving back to our renovated, on campus herbarium facility. We can now receive shipments, but will not be ready to mail specimens until specimen unpacking is completed later this summer. WILLU is not interfiled. ORE is interfiled with OSC. Specimens from ORE, OSC, and WILLU are sent on all loan requests and should be cited based on the original herbarium.

Taxonomic Coverage: All groups.

Geography: Worldwide, mainly the Pacific Northwest

Incorporated Herbaria: WILLU (32 000 specimens) in 1976,LAGO (in part),ORE (110 000 specimens) in 1993,fungi of U.S. Forest Service Pathology Herbarium.

Total Specimens: 500000

Index Herbariorum Link
Collection Statistics
  • 18,113 specimen records
  • 16,230 (90%) georeferenced
  • 16,454 (91%) with images (16,558 total images)
  • 176 families
  • 2 genera
Extra Statistics
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Geographic Distribution - South Africa
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