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
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acrostaphylus (3)
  • Anthostomella (1)
  • Biscogniauxia (4)
  • Daldinia (14)
  • Entoleuca (1)
  • Hansfordia (1)
  • Hypoxylon (41)
  • Kretzschmaria (9)
  • Nodulisporium (3)
  • Poronia (4)
  • Rosellinia (2)
  • Xylaria (19)