CSBR: Natural History Collections: Essential Improvements for the Arthur Fungarium at Purdue University

普渡大学获得了一个奖项，以支持125岁的亚瑟真菌馆，其中房屋约。110，000份植物锈菌及其寄主标本。 馆藏跨越250多年，171个国家，包括4,000多个模式标本。 收藏品包括詹姆斯·库克船长第一次环球航行时收集的标本，以及美国著名科学家乔治华盛顿·卡弗收集的标本。该项目将协助遣返25 000个最近归还的标本，并提供长期的收集安全。 该项目将为藏品的重组和损坏评估提供策展支持，并为对植物标本馆/策展/博物馆科学感兴趣的学生提供实习机会。 此外，社会效益包括研讨会，展览，并改善了科学家，教育工作者，学生和公众对这一重要资源的数字数据访问。该项目旨在对亚瑟真菌馆（PUR）进行关键性的改进，在18年的策展活动之后，现在正在通过普渡大学植物学和植物病理学系的再投资重新焕发活力。亚瑟真菌馆作为一个全球性的资源是独一无二的，这个项目将有助于恢复它作为世界上研究锈菌（柄锈菌目）及其宿主植物的首要机构的地位。PUR的数据和标本不仅对锈菌的研究具有重要意义，而且它们还具有双重价值，因为它们还保存了所有宿主标本的材料和数据（横跨维管植物的宽度），进一步扩大了该集合的使用和影响。这个项目将解决一个迫切需要重组的集合内的亚瑟，既符合新的分类学原则，但特别是保护和容纳CA。25,000个最近被遣返的标本。 具体目标包括进行策展升级，包括修复和重组的集合;保护，数据库，并重新整合遣返材料;完成条形码和数据库的整个持有PUR（包括捕获主机数据）;并提高公众和科学认识的亚瑟真菌收藏。该项目产生的所有数据将与iDigBio（https：//www.idigbio.org/）共享，以确保研究人员和公众可以访问。

An award is made to Purdue University to support the 125 year-old Arthur Fungarium, which houses ca. 110,000 specimens of plant rust fungi and their hosts. Holdings span more than 250 years and 171 countries and include more than 4,000 type specimens. The collection includes specimens collected during the first around the world voyage of Captain James Cook, as well as specimens collected by famed American scientist George Washington Carver. This project will assist with repatriation of 25,000 recently returned specimens and provide long-term collection security. The project will provide curatorial support for reorganization and damage assessment of the collection, as well as internship opportunities for students interested in herbarium/curatorial/museum sciences. In addition, societal benefits include workshops, exhibits, and improved digital data access for scientists, educators, students, and members of the general public to this important resource.This project seeks to perform critical improvements for the Arthur Fungarium (PUR), which after an 18 year lapse in curatorial activity, is now being revitalized through reinvestments by the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University. The Arthur Fungarium is unique as a global resource, and this project will help to return it to its former status as the premier institution in the world for the study of rust fungi (Pucciniales) and their host plants. Not only are the data and specimens at PUR of importance for the study of rust fungi, but they are doubly valuable in that they also preserve material and data for all host specimens (across the breadth of vascular plants), further broadening the use and impact of this collection. This project will address an urgent need for reorganization of the collections within the Arthur, both in keeping with new taxonomic principles, but especially to safeguard and accommodate ca. 25,000 recently repatriated specimens. Specific goals include performing a curatorial upgrade, including repairs and reorganization of the collections; safeguarding, databasing, and reintegrating the repatriated material; complete barcoding and databasing of the entire holdings of PUR (including capture of host data); and increasing public and scientific awareness of the Arthur Fungarium collection. All data resulting from this project will be shared with iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/), ensuring accessibility to researchers and the public.