The fungal herbarium currently holds more than 58,000 specimens that consist of macrofungal fruiting bodies (mushrooms, shelf fungi, etc.), plants infected by fungi, and isolates of microfungi on dried agar plates.
These include approximately 700 type specimens of mushrooms and related fungi that were deposited by the prolific mycologist William A. Murrill.
Collection Database
A searchable database of macrofungi specimens is available at the Mycology Collections Portal website.
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The Curator of the Fungal Herbarium is Dr. Matthew E. Smith.
Mailing Address: Dr. Matthew E. Smith
Fungal Herbarium
Department of Plant Pathology
2527 Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Rd.
University of Florida
P.O. Box 110180
Gainesville, Florida 32611-0180
Staff
Dr. Matthew E. Smith
Curator
Phone: (352) 273-2837
Email: trufflesmith@ufl.edu
Projects/specialties: Systematics and ecology of Fungi – molecular ecology; ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi; taxonomy of truffles
Caro Willis
Collections Manager
Email: caroline.willis@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 273-2837
Dr. Gerald L. Benny
Courtesy Research Professor
Phone: (352) 273-4684
Email: gbenny@ufl.edu
Projects/specialties: Collection digitization; zygomycete and plectomycete development and taxonomy