Chrysler Herbarium - Mycological Collection (CHRB)
The Chrysler Herbarium (CHRB) is the last internationally recognized herbarium still in existence in the state of New Jersey. Over 150,000 vascular plant and algal collections, about 7,000 moss and liverwort specimens, and 2,600 lichen specimens form are collection and are arranged and catalogued systematically. The collection is worldwide in scope, with an emphasis on New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic area, and contains specimens back to the mid-1800s.
Contacts: Chrysler Herbarium, herbarium@sebs.rutgers.edu, 848-932-4011
Director: James White, james.f.white@rutgers.edu, 848-932-6286
Collections Manager: Megan R. King, megan.king@rutgers.edu, 848-932-4158
Homepage: http://herbarium.rutgers.edu/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: de4dc41d-b50a-4638-8d6a-7604d3e1abfd
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/CHRB_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/fda98c16-b94a-46b5-872e-b011d2c08384
Collection Statistics
- 34,941 specimen records
- 1,375 (4%) georeferenced
- 34,939 (100%) with images (45,035 total images)
- 18,779 (54%) identified to species
- 228 families
- 658 genera
- 5,901 species
- 5,932 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
