Partnership to the Macrofungi Collection Consortium for the Richard Homola Mycological Herbarium

该项目的目标是将缅因州大学理查德·霍莫拉真菌收藏中的8,000个大型真菌标本添加到大型真菌收藏联盟(MACC)。每个标本的标签信息将与补充的35 mm彩色幻灯片、实地笔记和孢子的扫描电子显微镜一起数字化。这些数据和图像将通过MyCo门户网站和iDigBio网站向公众开放，供研究和公众使用。学生培训、课程开发和通过研讨会的公众参与也是该项目的目标。MACC的一个主要目标是了解大型真菌及其共生伙伴的多样性。此外，了解这些属性、多样性和交互作用如何随着时间的推移而变化，以及了解人类的努力是至关重要的。缅因州覆盖了新英格兰一半的面积，并包含了多样化的栖息地，包括东部落叶林和北部北方森林，这些森林支持着显著的真菌多样性。霍莫拉药物馆包含了霍莫拉博士从缅因州收集的大量藏品，将填补MACC数据中的历史和地理空白。该奖项是通过推进生物收藏数字化计划作为国家生物收藏数字化资源的一部分颁发的，由该奖项产生的所有数据将通过国家资源(iDigBio.org)获得。

The goal of this project is to add 8,000 macrofungi specimens from the Richard Homola Mycological Collection at the University of Maine to the Macrofungi Collection Consortium (MaCC). Label information for each specimen will be digitized along with supplementary 35mm color slides, field notes, and scanning electron micrographs of spores. The data and images will be publically accessible through the MyCoPortal and iDigBio websites for research and public use. Student training, course development, and public engagement through workshops are also goals of this project.A primary goal of the MaCC is to understand the diversity of macrofungi and their symbiotic partners. Additionally, understanding how these attributes, diversity and interactions, have changed over time, and informed human endeavors is critical. Maine covers half of the area of New England and contains a diversity of habitats, including eastern deciduous forest and northern boreal forest, which support a remarkable diversity of fungi. The Homola herbarium contains extensive collections from Maine by Dr. Homola and will fill historical and geographic gaps in the MaCC data. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource (iDigBio.org).