Atkinson's Fungi: Curation and databasing at the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium

阿特金森真菌：康奈尔大学植物病理学标本馆的管理和数据库

• 批准号: 0954682
• 负责人: Kathie Hodge
• 金额: $ 40.7万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0954682&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Atkinson; Fungi; Curation; databasing; Cornell

Despite their importance as recyclers, symbionts, and pathogens, fungi are among the least known terrestrial organisms. This project focuses on the mushrooms and other fungi collected by George F. Atkinson, now stored in the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium. Atkinson described over 300 new fungi from the Northeastern US in the late 1800s and early 1900s, while amassing a collection of about 109,000 preserved specimens. The project will result in digital access to specimen information, linked with Atkinson?s own notes and images of living fungi, and will stabilize the specimens themselves for long-term preservation. An important impact of the project will be to improve understanding of the diversity and distribution of fungi, a critical group in that about 95% of fungal species have not yet been described by science.The project will introduce many undergraduate students and citizens to the value and uses of biological collections, including them in all aspects of collection management. It will promote public appreciation of fungi and their ecological impacts through identification workshops, forays, and exhibits. Project outreach will also be provided through the collection's website, and through a series of articles about Atkinson and his fungi on the Cornell Mushroom Blog.

尽管它们作为循环利用者、共生体和病原体的重要性，真菌是最不为人所知的陆生生物之一。这个项目的重点是蘑菇和其他真菌收集的乔治F。阿特金森，现在储存在康奈尔植物病理学标本馆。阿特金森在19世纪末和20世纪初描述了来自美国东北部的300多种新真菌，同时收集了大约109，000个保存标本。该项目将导致数字访问标本信息，与阿特金森？他自己的笔记和活真菌的图像，并将稳定标本本身长期保存。该项目的一个重要影响将是提高对真菌多样性和分布的认识，因为约95%的真菌物种尚未被科学描述。该项目将向许多本科生和公民介绍生物收藏品的价值和用途，包括收藏品管理的各个方面。 它将通过鉴定讲习班、突袭和展览，促进公众对真菌及其生态影响的认识。 项目推广也将通过收集的网站，并通过一系列关于阿特金森和他的真菌在康奈尔蘑菇博客的文章提供。