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

该项目的目标是将来自缅因州大学Richard Homola真菌标本馆的8,000份大型真菌标本加入大型真菌标本馆联盟（MaCC）。 每个标本的标签信息将与补充的35 mm彩色载玻片、现场记录和孢子扫描电子显微照片一起沿着数字化。 这些数据和图像将通过MyCoPortal和iDigBio网站进行访问，以供研究和公众使用。 学生培训，课程开发和公众参与，通过研讨会也是这个项目的目标。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，多样性和相互作用如何随着时间的推移而变化，并为人类的努力提供信息至关重要。缅因州覆盖了新英格兰一半的面积，拥有多样的栖息地，包括东部落叶林和北方北方森林，这些森林支持着真菌的显着多样性。 Homola植物标本馆包含Homola博士从缅因州收集的大量标本，将填补MaCC数据中的历史和地理空白。该奖项是作为国家资源的一部分，通过推进生物收藏品数字化计划的生物收藏品的数字化，从这个奖项产生的所有数据将通过国家资源（iDigBio.org）提供。

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).