University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey Fungarium (ILLS)

The herbarium contains 250,000 plant specimens and the fungarium contains 75,000 fungal specimens.
Specialty: Vascular plants and fungi of Illinois, southeastern and midwestern U.S., Great Smoky Mountains National Park; limited neotropical; recent Kyrgyzstan; Rosaceae subfamily Maloideae.
Date Founded: 1858.

Director of the Herbarium/Fungarium: Andrew Miller, amiller7@illinois.edu, 2172440439 (ORCID #: 0000-0001-7300-0069)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 14 February 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 57,941 specimen records
  • 56,068 (97%) georeferenced
  • 15,554 (27%) with images (42,260 total images)
  • 59 GenBank genetic references
  • 51,141 (88%) identified to species
  • 382 families
  • 2,027 genera
  • 7,754 species
  • 7,970 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Illinois
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  • (NW) Marshall (1)
  • (Sangamon )? Pike (1)
  • ?DuPage (1)
  • ?Iroquois (1)
  • Adams (396)
  • Alexander (344)
  • Alexander, (1)
  • Bond (258)
  • Boone (245)
  • Brown (174)
  • Bureau (372)
  • Calhoon (2)
  • Calhoun (367)
  • Calrk (1)
  • Carbondale (4)
  • Caroll (1)
  • Carrol (2)
  • Carroll (447)
  • Cass (153)
  • Champaign (2320)
  • Champaign, (7)
  • Champaing (5)
  • Christian (199)
  • Clark (234)
  • Clarke (1)
  • Clay (188)
  • Clearwater (1)
  • Clinton (212)
  • Cole (1)
  • Coles (417)
  • Coles, (1)
  • Collier (1)
  • Cook (267)
  • Coos (1)
  • Crawford (186)
  • Crossville (1)
  • Cumberland (220)
  • De Kalb (1)
  • DeKalb (192)
  • DeSoto (1)
  • DeWitt (99)
  • DeWitt? (1)
  • Douglas (155)
  • Doulgas (1)
  • Du Page (89)
  • DuPage (70)
  • Edgar (440)
  • Edward (1)
  • Edwards (334)
  • Effignham (1)
  • Effingham (214)
  • Fayett (1)
  • Fayette (238)
  • Fayettee (1)
  • Ford (104)
  • Franklin (349)
  • Fullton (1)
  • Fulton (224)
  • Gallatim (1)
  • Gallatin (301)
  • Galletin (1)
  • Green (17)
  • Greene (165)
  • Grundy (139)
  • Hamilton (235)
  • Hancock (327)
  • Handerson (1)
  • Hardi (1)
  • Hardin (247)
  • Henderson (201)
  • Henry (252)
  • Henry & Rock Island (1)
  • Iriquois (9)
  • Iroquis (2)
  • Iroquois (155)
  • Jackdon (1)
  • Jackson (2314)
  • Jackson, (1)
  • Jasper (184)
  • Jefferson (453)
  • Jersey (290)
  • Jo Davies (5)
  • Jo Daviess (452)
  • JoDaviess (1)
  • Joe Daviess (2)
  • Johnson (1096)
  • Johnson ? (1)
  • Johnson [Jackson] (2)
  • Johnson, (1)
  • Johson (3)
  • Jo Daviess (1)
  • Kane (222)
  • Kankakee (198)
  • Karnak (1)
  • Kendall (162)
  • Kings (1)
  • Knox (415)
  • La Salle (5)
  • LaSalle (359)
  • Lake (157)
  • Lawrence (278)
  • Lawrence, (2)
  • Lawrenceville (1)
  • Lee (276)
  • Lincoln (1)
  • Livingston (285)
  • Livington (1)
  • Livoingston (1)
  • Logan (180)
  • Lomax (1)
  • Lyon (1)
  • Macon (158)
  • Macoupin (206)
  • Madison (327)
  • Makanda (1)
  • Marin (1)
  • Marion (472)
  • Marshal (1)
  • Marshall (242)
  • Mason (274)
  • Mason? (1)
  • Massac (496)
  • Massac, (1)
  • Massachusetts (1)
  • Mc Henry (2)
  • Mc Lean (3)
  • McClean (1)
  • McDonough (268)
  • McHenry (265)
  • McLean (402)
  • Mecer (2)
  • Menard (96)
  • Mercer (252)
  • Monroe (299)
  • Monroe [Randolph] (1)
  • Montgomery (186)
  • Morgan (268)
  • Moultrie (143)
  • Ogle (474)
  • Oxford (1)
  • Peoria (332)
  • Perry (264)
  • Piat (1)
  • Piatt (393)
  • Piatt and Douglas (1)
  • Piatt, (2)
  • Pike (398)
  • Pike? (1)
  • Pope (908)
  • Pualski (2)
  • Pulashi (1)
  • Pulaski (558)
  • Putnam (243)
  • Quincy (1)
  • Randolph (449)
  • Randolph, (1)
  • Richalnd (1)
  • Richland (203)
  • Rock Island (177)
  • Rock Island, (2)
  • Saint Clair (3)
  • Saline (475)
  • Saline, (1)
  • Sangamon (218)
  • Sangamon? (1)
  • Schuler (1)
  • Schuyler (274)
  • Scott (182)
  • Shelby (323)
  • St. Clair (379)
  • St. Claire (1)
  • Stark (202)
  • Stephenson (376)
  • Stevenson (5)
  • Taswell (1)
  • Tazewell (261)
  • Tazwell (2)
  • Uniln (1)
  • Unio (1)
  • Union (1422)
  • Union, (4)
  • Union/Jackson (5)
  • Vemilion (3)
  • Vermilion (345)
  • Vermillion (32)
  • Wabash (313)
  • Warren (228)
  • Washington (309)
  • Wayne (330)
  • White (578)
  • Whiteside (336)
  • Will (119)
  • Williams (2)
  • Williamson (398)
  • Willliamson (1)
  • Winnebago (349)
  • Woodford (269)
  • [Jackson] (1)