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Search RecordsetDuke University Herbarium Fungal Collection
Specimen Records: 14,839
Media Records: 5,920
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-02-24
The Duke Fungal Herbarium was established by Duke mycologist Dr. Rytas Vilgalys in the early 1990's. The Herbarium consists mainly of Basidiomycete collections with special emphasis on Agaricomycetes. Specimens of Septobasidium, collected by Dr. Daniel Henk for his dissertation research, and dissertation research vouchers of truffles (Tuber) of Dr. Greg Bonito are accessioned in our holdings. Rich in new collections from Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Newfoundland and Labrador, Columbia, South Africa and the United States. Significant collections from Papua New Guinea, France, Costa Rica and China.
Contacts
| Name | none |
| Role | none |
| fungi@duke.edu |
| Name | Rytas Vilgalys |
| Role | Curator of Fungi |
| fungi@duke.edu |
| Name | Rytas Vilgalys |
| Role | Curator of Fungi |
| fungi@duke.edu |
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