Louisiana State University, Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium (LSUM-Fungi)

Louisiana State University Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium (LSUM) was founded in 1954 and houses ca. 20,000 higher fungi from tropical America and U.S.A.

Contacts: Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager, jkluse@lsu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 8f3d5b53-acea-4e2a-89de-0162fd1ffadb
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium
Louisiana State University
131 Life Sciences Bldg.
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Baton Rouge, LA   70803
USA
225-578-8564
Collection Statistics
  • 18,364 specimen records
  • 17,454 (95%) georeferenced
  • 18,335 (100%) with images (26,365 total images)
  • 9,816 (53%) identified to species
  • 274 families
  • 990 genera
  • 3,603 species
  • 3,668 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Cerrena (4)
  • Coriolopsis (22)
  • Coriolus (12)
  • Daedaleopsis (3)
  • Datronia (1)
  • Favolus (76)
  • Fomes (45)
  • Grammothele (3)
  • Hapalopilus (1)
  • Hexagonia (19)
  • Hirschioporus (5)
  • Irpiciporus (1)
  • Laetiporus (1)
  • Lentinus (38)
  • Lentodium (1)
  • Lenzites (102)
  • Lopharia (7)
  • Megasporoporia (1)
  • Melanopus (2)
  • Merulioporia (1)
  • Microporellus (5)
  • Microporus (1)
  • Neolentinus (1)
  • Nigroporus (2)
  • Oligoporus (1)
  • Oxydontia (1)
  • Panus (115)
  • Paxillus (1)
  • Perenniporia (1)
  • Pogonomyces (3)
  • Polyporus (1305)
  • Polystictus (2)
  • Poria (280)
  • Porogramme (2)
  • Poronidulus (1)
  • Pseudofavolus (4)
  • Pycnoporus (80)
  • Spongipellis (4)
  • Tinctoporellus (1)
  • Trametes (81)
  • Trichaptum (6)
  • Truncospora (1)
  • Tyromyces (6)