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 - Colorado
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  • Archuleta (1)
  • Boulder (8)
  • Custer (1)
  • Delores (1)
  • Dolores (8)
  • El Paso (3)
  • Fremont (2)
  • Gilpin (1)
  • Grand (4)
  • Gunnison (6)
  • Hinsdale (1)
  • La Plata (19)
  • Larimer (19)
  • Mineral (1)
  • Montezuma (2)
  • Montrose (4)
  • Pitkin (1)
  • Pueblo (2)
  • Routt (8)
  • San Juan (7)