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National Mushroom Centre (NMC-FUNGI)The National Mushroom Center (NMC) has developed extensive experience in production and marketing of edible and medicinal mushrooms. The National Mushroom Centre (NMC) is based in Wanchutaba, Thimphu. The Centre staff report directly to the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture. One of the primary activities of the Centre is to develop the National Fungi Herbarium from collecting wild mushrooms, identifying the specimens and drying the fungi specimens for preservation in the herbarium. Currently, more than 850 fungi specimens including poisonous, edible, and medicinal fungi have been collected. Specimen data is databased and specimens are digitally imaged with data published in a publicly available specimen data portal. The herbarium collection is being expanded through additional field expeditions and collecting throughout Bhutan. Program Director: Dawa Penjor, dawa63@gmail.com Contacts: Sabitra Pradhan, sabitrap2008@gmail.com Homepage: www.moaf.gov.bt Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 13 July 2022 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Rights Holder: National Mushroom Centre, Royal Government of Bhutan Address:
National Mushroom Centre Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture and Forests Wanchutaba, Thimphu, Bhutan Collection Statistics
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