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

尽管真菌作为回收者、共生体和病原体很重要，但它们是最不为人所知的陆生生物之一。这个项目的重点是乔治·f·阿特金森收集的蘑菇和其他真菌，现在储存在康奈尔植物病理标本馆里。阿特金森在19世纪末和20世纪初从美国东北部描述了300多种新真菌，同时收集了大约10.9万个保存下来的标本。该项目将导致对标本信息的数字化访问，与阿特金森？他自己的笔记和图像的活真菌，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了解，真菌是一个关键群体，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市民介绍生物馆藏的价值和用途，包括他们在馆藏管理的各个方面。它将通过鉴定讲习班、参观和展览促进公众对真菌及其生态影响的认识。项目的推广也将通过藏品的网站，以及康奈尔蘑菇博客上关于阿特金森和他的真菌的一系列文章来提供。

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.