**Code**: [MASS](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126727) **Organization**: University of Massachusetts **Department**: Biology Department **Location**: Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 279400 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1869 **Taxonomic coverage**: Includes bryophytes and algae **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide with emphasis on New England and tropical Pacific **Incorporated herbaria**: AC (84 000 specimens) on permanent loan in 1961, TUFT (20 000 specimens) in 1998, part of HNH. **Important collectors**: H. E. Ahles, R. Bertin, A. Brown, O. Degener, W. W. Denslow, A. S. Goodale, A. J. Grout, A. A. Heller, E. Jarvis, H. G. Jesup, G. L. Kirk, R. Poland, C. G. Pringle, R. Schuster, F. C. Seymour, A. C. Smith, B. Sorrie, E. Tuckerman **Notes**: Updated Sep 2014. MASS fungi and lichens (30 756 specimens) transferred to NY in 1989. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.