The ISPRA fungarium, located at the Ozzano dell’Emilia (BO) facility, is where dried fungal specimens sent voluntarily by contributors participating in the Network are preserved.

Some specimens, in addition to being stored in the fungarium, may undergo genetic analyses by researchers from ISPRA’s Conservation Genetics Area.

The fungarium is registered in the Index Herbariorum with the following Herbarium Code: IFI.

Submit specimens

Any contributor participating in the Network can send dried specimens of collected species for conservation. Additionally, contributors can request genetic analyses on submitted specimens, provided they meet one or more of the following criteria:

• 1. New species, including type collections (holotypes, isotypes, paratypes)
  2. Rare and/or threatened species included in Red Lists
  3. Species that are difficult to classify through morphological analyses alone
  4. Species from unusual environmental contexts

Search the collection

Using the search engine, you can find a genus and/or species preserved in the fungarium and subjected to genetic analyses.

List of analyzed specimens in the fungarium (updated as of 31/01/2025)

Specimens deposited in the fungarium: 86

Sequenced specimens: 4

It is possible to borrow a sample kept in the fungal arium, by sending the request to ndm-fungarium@isprambiente.it