Fungi herbarium at home

[FungiJohn]

Hello all

I seem to have collected a large number of unidentified material over the years and was wondering how other people 'managed' their dried material.

John

[jonbem]

Maybe you could organise a carboot/table top type sale with other like minded souls and swap or buy to change your collection. You never know, someone might spot an exotic desirable.

[fairplay]

If you're anything like me John, start with a massive clean out of anything which is not labelled and you cannot remember where it came from as this would be of no use to anybody.
As for the rest, shoe boxes seem the most practical way to keep dried specimens, but check every 6 months just to make sure beetles have not invaded.

Neil.

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by fairplay

If you're anything like me John, start with a massive clean out of anything which is not labelled and you cannot remember where it came from as this would be of no use to anybody.
As for the rest, shoe boxes seem the most practical way to keep dried specimens, but check every 6 months just to make sure beetles have not invaded.

Neil.

Hi Neil

I had a similar clear out earlier this year and now keep separate boxes for locations, where each fungus is labelled, given a ID code and logged in an Excel spreadsheet.

Each (sealed plastic) box also contains sachets of silica gel which I attempt to re dry every 2 months ... or when I remember Some I give another 2 hours in the Stockli Dehydrator.

Hopefully some will get looked at this winter

John

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by jonbem

You never know, someone might spot an exotic desirable.

They would need a good sense of humour and imagination Jon

John

[mollisia]

Hello John,

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Hello all

I seem to have collected a large number of unidentified material over the years and was wondering how other people 'managed' their dried material.

John

why not just sending the whole unidentified stuff to Chris? He surely is bored now without all the small fungi having their winter sleep now

best regards,
Andreas

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello John,



why not just sending the whole unidentified stuff to Chris? He surely is bored now without all the small fungi having their winter sleep now

best regards,
Andreas

What a brilliant idea Andreas

I'll post them all to him tomorrow and just say they are from Yorkshire

Best Wishes - John

[diggleken]

Inundate him I say!
Mine are nowhere near as sorted as yours John, I dont have time and space.
But, my inside windowledge is full and I just use memory (at pres) for them all, put some in damp conditions and dry others, but I move the older ones when the missus spots the maggots dropping onto the carpet.
I also use the bench outside to dry bigger specimens in wind and full sun (ha ha) but they blow away, so thats sorted that one then.
Not very scientific...................
Cheers
Ken

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by diggleken

Inundate him I say!
Mine are nowhere near as sorted as yours John, I dont have time and space.
But, my inside windowledge is full and I just use memory (at pres) for them all, put some in damp conditions and dry others, but I move the older ones when the missus spots the maggots dropping onto the carpet.
I also use the bench outside to dry bigger specimens in wind and full sun (ha ha) but they blow away, so thats sorted that one then.
Not very scientific...................
Cheers
Ken

I started off that way Ken

I bought the dryer after I had a clean up and found hundreds of dried fungi (OK, some were a bit mouldy, but hey the possibility of another fungus ) remains behind the radiators

John

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello John,



why not just sending the whole unidentified stuff to Chris? He surely is bored now without all the small fungi having their winter sleep now

best regards,
Andreas

I hope you are not being serious Andreas . . . . if you are you have no right to call yourself Mollisia

of course one of the great advantages of the 'small fungi' is that - in their many guises - you can study them 365 days a year . . . .

I suspect I have just walked into an open goal

Chris