Fungi

The mycological collection at Edinburgh has a global coverage with a strong focus on the British Isles.

Major Collections

  • Archibald Menzies (1754-1842)
  • Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805-1860)
  • Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878)
  • Malcolm Wilson, plant and tree pathogens
  • P.D.Orton, Agaric collections (1916-2005)
  • Douglas M. Henderson, Scottish material (1927-2007)
  • Robert Kaye Greville, in support of his Scottish cryptogamic flora (1794-1866)
  • Roy Watling, Scottish material (1938-present)
  • Edred John Henry Corner, approx. 2,000 specimens (1906-1996)