Registry of Biodiversity Institutions, Collections and Databases: Institution

Overall information

Goals

Support red-listing initiatives and deal with the public administration in relation to gathering of edible mushrooms and fungal conservation. Unite multiple sources of mycological information in order to facilitateand simplify searches information of fungi in our territory. Promote the knowledge of fungi in our territory through the organization of field meetings. Undertake a mycological catalogue of Iberian fungi, with identification keys and monographs

Strengths

Surveys of fungal diversity, publication of biodiversity data, field forays

Collections and databases hosted

• Iberian Mycological Society