**Code**: [TENN](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126840) **Organization**: University of Tennessee **Department**: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology **Location**: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 649000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1888 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants; fungi mostly Hymenomycetes; bryophytes and pteridophytes worldwide **Geographic coverage**: Tennessee, southern Appalachians, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, southeastern U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala; worldwide, Mts., Pacific Northwest, China, Russia, New Zealand **Incorporated herbaria**: Selected specimens from MEM (2000) **Important collectors**: L. R. Hesler, M. L. Hicks, Z. Iwatsuki and the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, R. H. Petersen, A. J. Sharp, G. Zodda **Notes**: The original herbarium was destroyed by fire in 1934. Specimen data are available online through SERNEC (http://sernecportal.org), Mycology Collections Portal (http://mycoportal.org), Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (http://bryophyteportal.org), and Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria (http://lichenportal.org). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2021-10-22 > [!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.