Created: 2008-08-08 09:34:44

By: Danny Newman (newmy51)

Summary: Herbarium Help

Comment: Fortunate that you’ve chosen to inquire about this mushroom in particular, since it was collected on the grounds of the herbarium and should be easy to locate in their stacks. I reccommend writing Teresa Ortuño . Teresa worked directly and extensively with us at the herbarium and already has an archive of most, if not all of these photos (organized in an identical file tree as mine). You might mention Larry Evans of the Western Montana Mycological Association as well.

For the moment, the herbarium is a little less than thorough when it comes to their mycological collections, so although I’ve indicated that there is an herbarium specimen for about 75% of the observations I’ve posted, finding one could be anything from doable to fruitless. As of early this year, our specimens constituted the bulk of the herbarium’s collection, save for some work done by Roy Halling of the NYBG in the early 90’s. The herbarium’s organizational and referencing system should improve over time with the standardization (or just plain existence) of detailed field notes, and especially once photographs start to be filed with tissue samples. The size, location and reputation of this one, however, should make it considerably easier to find.