Charles Gardner Shaw Mycological Herbarium, Washington State University (WSP)

The Charles Gardner Shaw Mycological Herbarium contains over 75,000 accessioned fungal specimens. Important collections include: smuts (G.W. Fischer, R. Duran, L.M. Carris, K. Vanky); downy mildews (C.G. Shaw); powdery mildews (D.A. Glawe); Xylariaceae, Diatrypaceae, and other pyrenomycetes (J. D. Rogers & others); and fungi on grasses (R. Sprague), with a focus on the Northwest United States. Fungal exsiccati of historical Northwest collectors including Suksdorf, Piper, & others are available, as well as original complete sets of Fungi Columbiani (E. & E., Bartholomew) and North American Fungi (Ellis & Everhart). Collections from the whole USA, Canada, the UK, Austria, Germany, Finland, Romania & E. Europe, Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan & SE Asia, Russia, and New Zealand are also well represented.

Collections Manager: Monique Slipher, mslipher@wsu.edu, (509)335-5242
General Contact: Herbarium Email, shaw.herbarium@wsu.edu, 509-335-5242
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: a86f1b5e-693d-48d5-96ab-36f4bdd1be7e
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Charles Gardner Shaw Mycological Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University
P.O. Box 646430
Pullman, WA   99164-6430
United States
5093355242
Collection Statistics
  • 74,300 specimen records
  • 73,808 (99%) georeferenced
  • 66,074 (89%) identified to species
  • 398 families
  • 2,019 genera
  • 13,035 species
  • 13,505 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actinonemella (1)
  • Amphicytostroma (2)
  • Amphiporthe (1)
  • Apiognomonia (1)
  • Ascochyta (49)
  • Asteroma (37)
  • Ceuthocarpon (1)
  • Chalcosphaeria (1)
  • Chondroplea (2)
  • Cryptodiaporthe (9)
  • Cryptospora (19)
  • Cryptosporella (6)
  • Davisiella (1)
  • Depazea (3)
  • Diplodina (29)
  • Discosporina (2)
  • Discula (5)
  • Ditopella (3)
  • Gloeosporidium (9)
  • Gloeosporium (10)
  • Gnomonia (35)
  • Gnomoniella (15)
  • Herpotrichia (4)
  • Heteropatella (10)
  • Laestadia (7)
  • Ligniella (1)
  • Macrophoma (3)
  • Mycosphaerella (3)
  • Ophiovalsa (1)
  • Paradiscula (2)
  • Phaeosphaeria (4)
  • Phoma (62)
  • Phomachora (1)
  • Phomatospora (6)
  • Phyllachora (1)
  • Phyllosticta (2)
  • Pirostoma (3)
  • Pyrenochaeta (6)
  • Schizothyrium (1)
  • Sclerotiopsis (1)
  • Septomyxa (2)
  • Septoria (134)
  • Sillia (2)
  • Sirococcus (1)
  • Stagonospora (17)
  • Stagonosporopsis (1)
  • Titaeosporina (6)
  • Valsa (8)