University of Wyoming, Wilhelm G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium (RMS)

Wilhelm G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium (RMS) at the University of Wyoming was formally established in 1979.  It contains 49,000 specimens, mostly of microfungi, that represent the life's work of Dr. Solheim (50 years). Many of the specimens were acquired through exchange. It represents the largest collection of fungi from the Rocky Mountain region.

The collection is associated with the Rocky Mountain Herbarium which contains 1.2 million specimens of vascular plants of which 900,000 are databased.

Curator: Burrell “Ernie” Nelson, bnelsonn@uwyo.edu, 1-307-766-2236
Director of the Herbarium: David Tank, dtank@uwyo.edu, 1-307-766-4276
Digital Curator: Ben Legler, blegler@uwyo.edu, 1-307-766-2236
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 53b69cf0-a097-4840-91ed-a1eb33f8ded2
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Rocky Mountain Herbarium
University of Wyoming
Dept 3165
1000 E University Ave
Laramie, WY   82071
USA
1-307-766-2236
Collection Statistics
  • 37,395 specimen records
  • 5,229 (14%) georeferenced
  • 31,424 (84%) with images (31,931 total images)
  • 35,524 (95%) identified to species
  • 323 families
  • 1,614 genera
  • 10,815 species
  • 11,057 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acia (2)
  • Aegerita (1)
  • Aschersonia (5)
  • Beniowskia (1)
  • Bjerkandera (2)
  • Chaetoporus (1)
  • Cladoderris (1)
  • Gloeoporus (1)
  • Hyphoderma (2)
  • Hypochnicium (1)
  • Irpex (40)
  • Kneiffia (1)
  • Merulius (55)
  • Mycoacia (2)
  • Odontia (67)
  • Oxydontia (6)
  • Phlebia (28)
  • Radulodon (1)
  • Radulomyces (1)
  • Steccherinum (10)