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University of Arizona, Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium, specimen-based (ARIZ)

The Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium at the University of Arizona houses over 40,000 accessioned specimens of fungi and fungus-like organisms, with special collections of rusts, polypores, and corticioid fungi. Our holdings are global in origin, with special attention to the macrofungi of Arizona.
Contacts: A. Elizabeth (Betsy) Arnold, arnold@ag.arizona.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: eac471ae-8567-413e-9d11-5df79955dbe7
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 35,882 specimen records
  • 184 (0.51%) georeferenced
  • 22,173 (62%) with images (63,150 total images)
  • 1,391 GenBank, 34 misc genetic references
  • 31,546 (88%) identified to species
  • 281 families
  • 1,400 genera
  • 4,781 species
  • 4,830 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Canary Islands
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