Duke University Herbarium Fungal Collection

doi:10.15468/vxptfo

Duke University Herbarium Fungal Collection

Citation

Duke University Herbarium (2024). Duke University Herbarium Fungal Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vxptfo accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-04.

Description

The Duke Fungal Herbarium was established by Duke mycologist Dr. Rytas Vilgalys in the early 1990's. The Herbarium consists mainly of Basidiomycete collections with special emphasis on Agaricomycetes. Specimens of Septobasidium, collected by Dr. Daniel Henk for his dissertation research, and dissertation research vouchers of truffles (Tuber) of Dr. Greg Bonito are accessioned in our holdings. Rich in new collections from Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Newfoundland and Labrador, Columbia, South Africa and the United States. Significant collections from Papua New Guinea, France, Costa Rica and China.

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Rytas Vilgalys
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