Abramo Massalongo Lichen Collection

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by GBIF Secretariat on Dec 22, 2025 GBIF Secretariat
Publication date:
22 December 2025
Published by:
GBIF Secretariat
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The lichen collection "Abramo Massalongo" includes 594 exsiccata of 490 taxa, mainly collected in North-Eastern Italy between 1845 and 1855. The collection represents a historically and taxonomically significant dataset documenting early lichenological research in Italy and Europe.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 594 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Trabucco R, Seggi L, Martellos S (2025). Abramo Massalongo Lichen Collection. Version 1.2. GBIF Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lichen_massalongo&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF Secretariat. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has not been registered with GBIF

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; MacrofungiLichensMyxomycetes; Herbarium; Italy; PreservedSpecimen

Contacts

Raffaella Trabucco
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
IT
Linda Seggi
  • Originator
  • Researcher
University of Trieste
IT
Stefano Martellos
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Researcher
University of Trieste
IT
Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue (Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia)

Geographic Coverage

North-Eastern Italy and selected European regions.

Bounding Coordinates South West [44, 6], North East [47.5, 16.5]

Taxonomic Coverage

Lichens (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota)

Kingdom Fungi
Class Lecanoromycetes

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1845-01-01 / 1855-12-31

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. Specimens were digitized through high-resolution imaging and catalogued following Darwin Core standards. Taxonomic names were verified against current nomenclatural databases.

Additional Metadata

The collection is preserved at the Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue and is available for research upon request.