Denver Botanic Gardens, Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi (DBG-DBG)

Specialty: Fleshy fungi, ascomycetes, gasteromycetes, and Cortinariaceae of the Rocky Mountain region, mostly Colorado. Housed at Denver Botanic Gardens. Date Founded: 1963. Higher resolution images are available upon request.
Associate Curator: Andrew Wilson, andrew.wilson@botanicgardens.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-1623-4229)
Collections Assistant: Matthew Sheik, matthew.sheik@botanicgardens.org, 720-865-3777 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-9496-6898)
Head Curator: Molly Nepokroeff, molly.nepokroeff@botanicgardens.org (ORCID #: 0009-0008-0056-9201)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 881dbacb-effd-4a6a-b4f4-45da2579e689
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi, Denver Botanic Gardens
Freyer – Newman Center
1085 York Street
Denver, Colorado   80204
US
720-865-3662
Collection Statistics
  • 24,362 specimen records
  • 17,672 (73%) georeferenced
  • 22,789 (94%) with images (54,235 total images)
  • 24 GenBank genetic references
  • 16,348 (67%) identified to species
  • 172 families
  • 635 genera
  • 2,956 species
  • 3,067 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anthracophyllum (1)
  • Atheniella (2)
  • Baeospora (15)
  • Calyptella (1)
  • Clitocybula (2)
  • Collybiopsis (1)
  • Connopus (10)
  • Crinipellis (10)
  • Gerronema (8)
  • Gymnopus (128)
  • Heliomyces (1)
  • Henningsomyces (1)
  • Hydropus (1)
  • Macrocystidia (1)
  • Marasmiellus (4)
  • Marasmius (180)
  • Micromphale (6)
  • Mycetinis (2)
  • Omphalotus (2)
  • Pleurocybella (5)
  • Rhodocollybia (38)
  • Trogia (1)