Herbaria and Contents of the Respective Databases
Seven Japanese herbaria and one culture collection,
which have participated in the GBIF Japan project for 2002 as the Fungus Team, are as follows:
1) TSH: Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan. Contents: Basidiomycota, especially rust fungi; 2000 specimens. Correspondent:
Makoto Kakishima
2) YAM: Herbarium, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan. Contents: Ascomycota and their anamorphs, especially saprophytic and parasitic fungi on bamboos; 496 specimens. Correspondent:
Shuhei Tanaka
3) KYO: Herbarium, Botany Department, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. Contents: Plant pathogenic fungi; 1056 specimens. Correspondent:
Noriaki Murakami
4) KPM: Herbarium, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 499 Iryuda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0031, Japan. Contents: Basidiomycota (especially Agaricales) and Myxomycetes collected in Kanagawa Pref. etc.: 1050 specimens. Correspondent:
Teruo Katsuyama
5) TFM: Herbarium of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, P.O. Box 16, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan. Contents: Basidiomycota, especailly Aphyllophorales and Agaricales collected in Japan; 1561 specimens. Correspondent:
Yasuhisa Abe
6) CBM: Herbarium, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan. Contents: The Minoru Aoki Collection (consignment specimens, mostly Agaricales); 1010 specimens. Correspondent:
Yuki Mikanagi
7) TNS: Herbarium, Botany Department, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan. Contents: Fungal specimens collected at the Fukiage Gardens in the Imperial Palace, Tokyo; etc. 1341 specimens. Correspondent:
Makoto Watanabe
8) JCM: Microbe Division / Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. Contents: Living strains derived from the specimens kept at TNS; 131 living strains. Correspondent:
Yoshimi Benno

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