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USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Mycology Research (CFMR)

The Herbarium at the Center for Forest Mycology Research at the Forest Products Laboratory is a national repository for the collections of wood decay fungi collected by mycologists since the early 1900's. The herbarium was added to CFMR in 1998. It is estimated that about 70,000 specimens are housed in the collection. USDA Division of Forest Pathology (BFDL); Moved and renamed (after 1981) USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Mycology Research (CFMR)
Contacts: Beatriz Ortiz-Santana, bortizsantana@fs.fed.us
Homepage: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/search/mycology_request.php
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 July 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 63,357 specimen records
  • 34,396 (54%) georeferenced
  • 38 (0.06%) with images (130 total images)
  • 48,016 (76%) identified to species
  • 211 families
  • 1,032 genera
  • 4,664 species
  • 4,742 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics