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 - California
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  • Alameda (7)
  • Butte (3)
  • Calaveras (1)
  • Del Norte (10)
  • El Dorado (6)
  • Eldorado (5)
  • Hardin (1)
  • Humboldt (169)
  • Humbolt (5)
  • Inyo (1)
  • Kern (1)
  • Lassen (2)
  • Los Angeles (102)
  • Los Angels (1)
  • Marin (150)
  • Mariposa (1)
  • Mariposa (?) (1)
  • Mendocino (30)
  • Modoc (1)
  • Mono (2)
  • Monterey (8)
  • Monterrey (3)
  • Napa (1)
  • North San Diego (1)
  • Orange (22)
  • Placer (3)
  • Plumas (1)
  • Riverside (26)
  • Sacramento (2)
  • San Benito (1)
  • San Bernadino (2)
  • San Bernardino (7)
  • San Bonito (1)
  • San Diego (9)
  • San Francisco (3)
  • San Joaquin (2)
  • San Juaquin (1)
  • San Luis Obispo (1)
  • San Mateo (6)
  • Santa Barbara (1)
  • Santa Clara (7)
  • Shasta (7)
  • Sierra (1)
  • Siskiyou (13)
  • Solano (1)
  • Sonoma (1)
  • Sonome (1)
  • Stanislaus (10)
  • Tehama (2)
  • Trinity (17)
  • Tulane (1)
  • Tulare (4)
  • Yolo (7)
  • Yuba (79)