Louisiana State University, Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium (LSUM-Fungi)

Louisiana State University Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium (LSUM) was founded in 1954 and houses ca. 20,000 higher fungi from tropical America and U.S.A.

Contacts: Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager, jkluse@lsu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 8f3d5b53-acea-4e2a-89de-0162fd1ffadb
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium
Louisiana State University
131 Life Sciences Bldg.
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Baton Rouge, LA   70803
USA
225-578-8564
Collection Statistics
  • 18,364 specimen records
  • 17,454 (95%) georeferenced
  • 18,335 (100%) with images (26,365 total images)
  • 9,816 (53%) identified to species
  • 274 families
  • 990 genera
  • 3,603 species
  • 3,668 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agaricus (12)
  • Bovista (8)
  • Calvatia (10)
  • Coprinus (6)
  • Crucibulum (7)
  • Cyathus (48)
  • Disciseda (1)
  • Drosella (1)
  • Echinoderma (1)
  • Favolaschia (2)
  • Flammula (2)
  • Lentinula (4)
  • Lepiota (20)
  • Leucoagaricus (1)
  • Leucocoprinus (5)
  • Lycoperdon (68)
  • Macrolepiota (1)
  • Mycocalia (8)
  • Nidula (1)
  • Nidularia (1)
  • Psalliota (7)
  • Ripartitella (1)
  • Tulostoma (3)
  • Tylostoma (1)