CBS-KNAW fungal biodiversity centre
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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Contributors to the CBS Filamentous Fungi database

The staff of the CBS is continuously adding information on fungal names and on strains to the collection database.
The database contains more than:

  • 380,000 names
  • 38,000 strains
  • 15,000 full text descriptions
  • 6,000 images
  • 250,000 literature citations

We are grateful for contributions to the database by institutes and people outside the CBS:

The Index Fungorum partnership

Index Fungorum The Index Fungorum partnership, consisting of CABI Bioscience, CBS and Landcare Research, tries to provide the scientific community with a correct set of all fungal names published in literature.
Each partner holds a copy of the data, additions and updates are exchanged between the partners.
As a result of this partnership, the CBS database contains more than 380,000 names.

Other contributors

  • Annemiek Verbeken and Ruben Walleyn, Ghent, Belgium, nomenclature of Lactarius
  • Uwe Braun and Konstanze Schubert, Halle, Germany, nomenclature of Cladosporium
  • Bernhard Oertel, Bonn, Germany, nomenclature
  • Emory Simmons, USA, anamorph-teleomorph relations
  • Annarosa Bernicchia, Bologna, Italy, images
  • Henk Huijser, Netherlands, images
  • Y.-C. Dai, Shenyang, China, images
  • Erast Parmasto, Tartu, Estonia, nomenclature
  • Leif Ryvarden, Oslo, Norway, nomenclature
  • Ovidiu Constantinescu, Uppsala, Sweden, nomenclature

How to contribute

If to are willing to contribute, e.g. by making available images, drawings, descriptions or text files containing correct nomenclature on particular groups, please contact us at info@cbs.knaw.nl