Collections
My collections
Selected examples of specimens I have collected.
Fungi including lichens
~169 tropical lichens from New Caledonia, searchable on the NHM collections page stored in the Oslo Lichen Collection (O-L) and the Herbarium of New Caledonia (NOU).
- 4 collections of Krogia used by Timdal 2025, “Krogia australasiatica (Ramalinaceae, lichenized fungi), a new species from Australia and New Caledonia, with new records of Krogia from New Caledonia” Link to publication
~Specimen of Neodasyscypha cerina searchable on the NHM collections page as “O-F-215051”. This specimen with others collected during the “Fungal Biology” course are also available with sequence data on the Barcode of Life (OMGBCD Dataset) and for loan as DNA “O-DFL-18229” from the Oslo DNA Bank.
Marine algae and invertebrates
~Specimens of marine taxa collected in Massachusetts, USA, searchable through the [Ocean Genome Legacy}(https://ogl.northeastern.edu/catalog/) database. I collected these specimens while working at OGL in 2016 and 2017.
5 collections of Asterias forbesi (S23261-S23265) included in Jackson et al. 2020 “A Highly Prevalent and Pervasive Densovirus Discovered among Sea Stars from the North American Atlantic Coast” link to publication
39 collections of marine invertebrates (Arthropoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Echinodermata) and vertebrates (Teleostei) collected during the Pleaseant Bay Community Boating Bioblitz (with Monomoy Regional High School students and teachers, Center for Coastal Studies, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, Chatham and Orleans Shellfish departments, and OGL staff) Link to project on Barcode of Life (PBCB) Two CO1 sequences from this project were used in research by Teixeira et al. 2022 Link to publication
Plants
~28 digitized plants in Colorado, USA stored at the Carter Herbarium of Colorado College (COCO), the University of Colorado Herbarium COLO-V, and the Charles Maurer Herbarium Collection at Colorado State University CS collections. I collected these specimens during Field Botany with Professor Tass Kelso at Colorado College in September, 2010