Our understanding of fungi at CERA is growing tremendously through the research efforts of Kathy Jacobson, Associate Professor of Biology, student projects in her fungal biology course, and independent or MAP student research projects. Efforts are underway to catalog the diversity of macrofungi at CERA and to study the differences in diversity among habitats and in response to restoration practices such as canopy thinning and prescribed burning.
Species Lists
- For list of CERA fungi, see attached PDF below
- Iowa:
- Iowa State University's Herbarium
- See also: Tiffany, L.H. and G. Knaphus. 1998. The fungi, lichens and myxomycetes of Iowa: a literature review and evaluation. Journal of Iowa Academy of Science 105: 35-44.
Collections
- Local Contact Kathy Jacobson for information about and access to locally-collected fungi specimens.
- Regional/Global Herbarium Collections of Fungus and Lichen Specimens contains a list of websites for collections in the United States and in other countries. Use menu to navigate to Collections, then Specimens.
- New York State Museum (NYS) Mychological Herbarium Database This database includes 2,734 new species and varieties. Search by genus, species, variety, or author.
- New York Botanical Garden Online Specimen Catalogs This catalog contains 19,445 records, including both types and non-types. Search by family, taxon, type publication, collector, collection number, determiner, county, state/province, county/municipality, city, and locality.
Student Research
- Meckel, Michaela. 2003. Macrofungal biodiversity in CERA's oak-hickory and riparian forests. MAP, Kathy Jacobson.
- Mynsberge. 2003. Macrofungal biodiversity in oak-hickory and second growth forests at CERA. MAP, Kathy Jacobson.
