1. The fungus herbarium of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Author
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Andrew S. Methven, Barbara M. Thiers, and Dennis E. Desjardin
- Subjects
Plant ecology ,Natural history ,Type (biology) ,Herbarium ,Geography ,biology ,Environmental ethics ,Botanical garden ,Plant Science ,Fungus ,biology.organism_classification ,Archaeology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Fungi from the Carnegie Museum Herbarium (CM) were transferred to the New York Botanical Garden (NY) in 1981. Comprising approximately 41,000 specimens, this collection is most noteworthy for its extensive coverage of the mycota of western Pennsylvania. Biographical sketches are given of D. R. Sumstine, L. K. Henry, M. B. Knauz Overholts, and O. E. Jennings, the four main regional collectors. Two appendices are included: the first indexes the type specimens deposited in the fungus herbarium (excluding those types distributed in fungi exsiccati sets), and the second lists the sources of duplicate fungus specimens acquired by CM.
- Published
- 1983