University of Arizona, Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium, specimen-based (ARIZ)

The Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium at the University of Arizona houses over 40,000 accessioned specimens of fungi and fungus-like organisms, with special collections of rusts, polypores, and corticioid fungi. Our holdings are global in origin, with special attention to the macrofungi of Arizona.
Contacts: A. Elizabeth (Betsy) Arnold, arnold@ag.arizona.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: eac471ae-8567-413e-9d11-5df79955dbe7
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 35,793 specimen records
  • 183 (0.51%) georeferenced
  • 18,928 (53%) with images (52,511 total images)
  • 1,391 GenBank, 34 misc genetic references
  • 31,592 (88%) identified to species
  • 277 families
  • 1,400 genera
  • 4,766 species
  • 4,814 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aureoboletus (4)
  • Austroboletus (2)
  • Boletellus (1)
  • Boletus (75)
  • Buchwaldoboletus (1)
  • Caloboletus (15)
  • Chalciporus (5)
  • Chamonixia (1)
  • Fomitella (22)
  • Harrya (6)
  • Hemileccinum (3)
  • Hortiboletus (5)
  • Leccinum (16)
  • Neoboletus (14)
  • Phylloporus (9)
  • Porphyrellus (5)
  • Ptychogaster (5)
  • Pulchroboletus (10)
  • Retiboletus (4)
  • Rubroboletus (5)
  • Strobilomyces (8)
  • Suillellus (13)
  • Tylopilus (4)
  • Xanthoconium (2)
  • Xerocomellus (19)
  • Xerocomus (6)