Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: <p>The U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI) are the Smithsonian for fungi and are the repository for
over one million fungal specimens worldwide - the largest such collections in the world. The collection includes preserved
organisms, their parts and products, and their associated data. Information associated with these specimens constitute an
enormous data resource, especially about plant-associated fungi. The collections document fungi through time and space for
the past 200 years.</p> <p>Data from the labels of more than 750,000 of the specimens have been entered into a
database. These labels have information on the host on which the fungus was found and the locality in which the specimen was
collected. Sixty percent of these specimens are from the United States and thus represent a large body of information about
the fungi in this country.</p> <p>Data entry has been completed for the Uredinales (rusts), the Ustilaginales
(smuts), the Polyporales (polypores), the Deuteromycetes (imperfect fungi), the Ascomycetes, and the C.G. Lloyd collections.
Recent progress has been made in the computerization of specimens of the agarics and the "lower" fungi including
the Oomycetes and Chytridiomycetes.</p>; abstract: <p>The U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI) are the Smithsonian
for fungi and are the repository for over one million fungal specimens worldwide - the largest such collections in the world.
The collection includes preserved organisms, their parts and products, and their associated data. Information associated with
these specimens constitute an enormous data resource, especially about plant-associated fungi. The collections document fungi
through time and space for the past 200 years.</p> <p>Data from the labels of more than 750,000 of the specimens
have been entered into a database. These labels have information on the host on which the fungus was found and the locality
in which the specimen was collected. Sixty percent of these specimens are from the United States and thus represent a large
body of information about the fungi in this country.</p> <p>Data entry has been completed for the Uredinales (rusts),
the Ustilaginales (smuts), the Polyporales (polypores), the Deuteromycetes (imperfect fungi), the Ascomycetes, and the C.G.
Lloyd collections. Recent progress has been made in the computerization of specimens of the agarics and the "lower"
fungi including the Oomycetes and Chytridiomycetes.</p>
Citation
- Title U.S. National Fungus Collections.
-
- creation Date
2018-03-29T23:11:09.036802
Resource language:
Processing environment:
Back to top:
Metadata data stamp:
2018-08-06T19:40:28Z
Resource Maintenance Information
- maintenance or update frequency:
- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:40:28Z
Metadata contact
-
pointOfContact
- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
-
- Contact information
-
-
- Address
-
- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
Metadata character set encoding:
utf8
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:25e50bbf-fc5d-4f24-8a44-0e908f2f11f5
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)