A collection of more than 2,000 mosses has been discovered at a University of Wisconsin-Madison building known for its plant specimens. The collection was found inside a cabinet at Birge Hall, where the Wisconsin State Herbarium is housed.Director Ken Cameron said the mosses were gathered in the 1920s by several people including retired Herbarium curator Lellan Cheney. Cheney, who served as served as curator 1891-1903, died in 1938.
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