Incorporation of the Kansas State University Fungus Collection into the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium

1999年3月，堪萨斯州立大学（KSU）植物标本馆的真菌被捐赠给纽约植物园（NYBG）。这个植物标本馆由大约32,000个标本组成，其中约一半属于已出版和广泛分布的统一的复制标本。剩下的大约16000只是单口标本。NYBG将把真菌标本纳入其真菌标本馆，并向其他机构提供副本。堪萨斯州立大学真菌标本馆的合并将涉及分离单株和复制标本、修复、数据库、命名更新和保留标本的归档。根据以往的经验，这项工作将需要大约3200人小时，或两名F.T.E.策展助理一年。目前，KSU的标本被储存在NYBG的密封运输箱中，因为缺乏植物标本室的空间来存放未被同化的标本。储存在标准植物标本室外的真菌标本有受到霉菌和昆虫侵害的危险。因此，必须尽快将KSU标本纳入NYBG真菌标本室病例。在1997年秋天，纽约植物园将开始建造一座新的植物科学大楼，它将容纳整个植物标本室和图书馆，并将于1999年将馆藏搬到新楼。如果在植物标本室搬迁前，已将KSU的标本纳入新大楼，真菌植物标本室的规划安排将会大大方便。

The fungi from the Kansas State University (KSU) herbarium were donated to the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in March, 1999. This herbarium consists of approximately 32,000 specimens of which about half belong to published and widely distributed, uniform sets of duplicate specimens. The remaining approximately 16,000 are unicate specimens. NYBG will incorporate the unicates into its fungal herbarium, and to offer the duplicates to other institutions. Incorporation of the Kansas State University fungus herbarium will involve segregation of unicate from duplicate specimens, repair, databasing, nomenclatural updating and filing of specimens to be retained. Based on previous experience, this work will require approximately 3200 person-hours, or two F.T.E. Curatorial Assistants for one year. Currently the KSU specimens are stored at NYBG in sealed shipping boxes, because of a lack of herbarium case space for unassimilated specimens. Fungal specimens stored outside of standard herbarium cases are at risk of damage from mold and insect infestation. Therefore it is imperative to incorporate the KSU specimens into the NYBG fungal herbarium cases as soon as possible. In the fall of 1997, the NYBG will begin construction of a new Plant Sciences Building, which will house the entire herbarium and library, and the collections will be moved to the new building in 1999. Planning for the arrangement of the fungal herbarium in the new building will be greatly facilitated if the KSU specimens have been incorporated before the herbarium is moved.