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
  • 35,109 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
  • 1,345 genera
  • 4,636 species
  • 4,678 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Byssonectria (1)
  • Geopora (6)
  • Geopyxis (10)
  • Humarina (2)
  • Lachnea (2)
  • Melastiza (1)
  • Octospora (1)
  • Otidea (3)
  • Patella (1)
  • Peziza (3)
  • Pseudombrophila (1)
  • Psilopezia (1)
  • Pyronema (1)
  • Scutellinia (9)
  • Sepultaria (1)
  • Sowerbyella (1)
  • Sphaerosporella (1)
  • Tarzetta (3)
  • Trichophaea (1)