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    Collection code NCU

    Herbarium - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    From University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    www.herbarium.unc.edu
    United States of AmericaChapel Hill
    8,009,000 specimens
    Carol Ann McCormick

    Description

    Macrofungi (17,000 specimens; Southeastern United States, esp. collections of Wm. Chambers Coker and John Nathaniel Couch; available at mycoportal.org); Microfungi (ca. 20,000; currently being imaged & databased to mycoportal.org in 2015); Algae (33,000 + specimens; red marine temperate algae worldwide, esp. collections of Max Hommersand and Paul W. Gabrielson, currently being imaged & databased at macroalgae.org in 2015); Bryophytes (3,000 specimens, esp. Southeastern United States; available at bryophyteportal.org); Lichens (5,000 specimens, esp. Southeastern United States and collections of Gary Perlmutter; available at lichenportal.org); Vascular Plants (ca. 600,000 specimens, worldwide but focus on Southeastern United States; currently being imaged & databased at sernecportal.org). Worldwide
    Taxonomic description
    Vascular plants; marine algae; bryophytes; fungi (<Septobasidium> and <Coelomomyces>, Actinoplanaceae); fossils (Devonian)
    Geographic description
    Southeastern U.S., especially Carolinas
    Temporal description
    No information
    Code
    NCU
    Number of specimens in collection
    8,009,000
    Homepage
    Content types
    • Paleontological
    • PlantFossils
    Incorporated collections
    • part of HNH (10 000 specimens) in 2002
    • SAPCL (9000 specimens) in 2025

    Collection descriptors

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    Contacts

    Email
    Phone number
    Country
    United States of America
    State/Province
    North Carolina
    City/Town
    Chapel Hill
    Postal/Zip Code
    27599-3280
    Address
    120 South Road
    Mailing address
    Country
    United States of America
    State/Province
    North Carolina
    City/Town
    Chapel Hill
    Postal/Zip Code
    27599-3280
    Address
    120 South Road, Campus Box #3280, Coker Hall
    CM

    Carol Ann McCormick

    Curator

    Identifiers

    Code
    NCU
    Alternative codes
    • Lichens
      Code used in the data
    Identifiers
    Entry created: March 31, 2020
    Last modified: August 06, 2025
    Modified by: ih-sync