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
  • 35,172 specimen records
  • 16 (0.05%) georeferenced
  • 18,928 (54%) with images (52,511 total images)
  • 982 GenBank, 2 misc genetic references
  • 31,066 (88%) identified to species
  • 268 families
  • 1,350 genera
  • 4,654 species
  • 4,678 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Arizona
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  • Apache (70)
  • Apache/Navajo (1)
  • Cochise (1161)
  • Coconino (854)
  • Dane (3)
  • Gila (45)
  • Graham (421)
  • Greenlee (20)
  • Johnson (1)
  • Los Angeles (1)
  • Maricopa (70)
  • Matanuska-Susitna Borough (1)
  • Mohave (20)
  • Navajo (46)
  • Payson (1)
  • Pima (2207)
  • Pinal (161)
  • Sanata Cruz (12)
  • Santa (1)
  • Santa Clara (1)
  • Santa Cruz (738)
  • Santa Rosa (1)
  • Searcy (1)
  • Tucson (1)
  • Yavapai (139)
  • Yuma (73)