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
  • 35,791 specimen records
  • 180 (0.5%) georeferenced
  • 18,928 (53%) with images (52,511 total images)
  • 1,313 GenBank, 17 misc genetic references
  • 31,543 (88%) identified to species
  • 270 families
  • 1,383 genera
  • 4,760 species
  • 4,808 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - California
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  • Butte (1)
  • Del Norte (1)
  • El Dorado (3)
  • Fresno (3)
  • Humboldt (20)
  • Los Angeles (10)
  • Madera (1)
  • Marin (16)
  • Mendocino (7)
  • Monterey (1)
  • Orange (4)
  • Placer (1)
  • Riverside (5)
  • San Benito (1)
  • San Bernardino (1)
  • San Diego (3)
  • San Francisco (1)
  • San Mateo (1)
  • Santa Barbara (2)
  • Shasta (2)
  • Siskiyou (1)
  • Slaughterhouse Canyon, Santa Rosa Plateau (1)
  • Stanislaus (2)
  • Tehama (1)
  • Trinity (3)
  • Yuba (10)