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

普渡大学被授予一个奖项，以支持有125年历史的Arthur真菌馆，该馆收藏了大约11万个植物锈菌及其宿主的标本。藏品跨越250多年，分布在171个国家和地区，包括4000多个模式标本。这些藏品包括詹姆斯·库克船长第一次环球航行时收集的标本，以及著名美国科学家乔治·华盛顿·卡弗收集的标本。该项目将协助遣返25000件最近归还的标本，并提供长期收集保障。该项目将为收藏品的重组和损坏评估提供策展支持，并为对植物标本/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、展品，以及改善科学家、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)进行关键改进，该博物馆在18年的策展活动中断后，现在通过普渡大学植物学和植物病理学系的再投资而重新焕发生机。亚瑟真菌馆作为一种全球资源是独一无二的，该项目将有助于使其恢复其作为世界上研究锈菌(Pucciniales)及其寄主植物的首要机构的昔日地位。PUR的数据和标本不仅对锈菌的研究很重要，而且具有双重价值，因为它们还保存了所有寄主标本的材料和数据(跨越维管植物的广度)，进一步扩大了这一收集的用途和影响。该项目将解决亚瑟博物馆内收藏品重组的迫切需要，既符合新的分类学原则，又特别是为了保护和容纳大约25,000件最近送回的标本。具体目标包括进行馆藏升级，包括修复和重组收藏品；保护、建立数据库和重新整合被遣返的材料；对PUR的所有财产进行完整的条形码和数据库管理(包括捕获宿主数据)；以及提高公众和科学对Arthur真菌收藏的认识。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能够获得。

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.