USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Mycology Research (CFMR)

The Herbarium at the Center for Forest Mycology Research at the Forest Products Laboratory is a national repository for the collections of wood decay fungi collected by mycologists since the early 1900's. The herbarium was added to CFMR in 1998. It is estimated that about 70,000 specimens are housed in the collection. USDA Division of Forest Pathology (BFDL); Moved and renamed (after 1981) USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Mycology Research (CFMR)
Contacts: Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, bortizsantana@fs.fed.us
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 June 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 63,369 specimen records
  • 34,398 (54%) georeferenced
  • 38 (0.06%) with images (130 total images)
  • 47,988 (76%) identified to species
  • 211 families
  • 1,033 genera
  • 4,669 species
  • 4,750 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics