University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)

The University of Washington Herbarium's total holdings number over 600,000 specimens of vascular and nonvascular plants, fungi, lichens, and marine algae. The mycological collection consists of over 48,000 specimens (350 of these being types) primarily from Washington and Oregon.
Contacts: David Giblin, wtu@u.washington.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 12 October 2022
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 77,498 specimen records
  • 49,226 (64%) georeferenced
  • 55,522 (72%) with images (188,502 total images)
  • 9 GenBank genetic references
  • 44,862 (58%) identified to species
  • 265 families
  • 990 genera
  • 5,365 species
  • 5,809 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics