Mushrooms Flora of Nepal at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Citation
Devkota S, Prasad Aryal H, Shah P (2021). Mushrooms Flora of Nepal at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Version 1.3. Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9dyswy accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.Description
This occurrence database contains records of the mushrooms based on the herbarium specimens deposited at the Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH) managed by the Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University Nepal. TUCH is registered in Index Herbarium in 2001 and posses over 22,000 specimens. This database is a part of a project funded by the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA; project no. BIFA5_023 to Shiva Devkota) program of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) supported by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan and co-funding came from the Himalayan Climate & Science Institute (HCSI), ForestAction Nepal and Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS).Purpose
Digitization has been a fast-growing process mostly in academic institutions for the preservation and dissemination of knowledge. In the global north, collections deposited in the libraries, natural history museums, and herbaria have been more or less digitized than in the global south. Therefore, for the conservation of the biological diversity and associated knowledge, documentation, digitization and analysis of the specimens of the global south are crucial. Mushroom in the other hand is already the understudied and underprivileged group and demands further research and extension. This digitization project aims to fulfil that gap and contribute to the records of GBIF by digitizing mushrooms herbarium collections deposited in different herbaria in Nepal. The data produced after digitization will serve as the foundation of mycological knowledge of Nepal quantifying their availability at different deposition centres with every ancillary detail. Digitization of available fungi is also important for the mycologists working at different institutions to understand their ecology, distribution, phenology and possible multidisciplinary research plans; high school and university students to share and understand about such fungal groups; mycophilic communities around to understand and share their knowledge and importantly for the building interest on mushrooms. Furthermore, as Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, existing knowledge on mushrooms is crucial to understand the impacts of climate change on the less explored taxonomic group.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The occurrence records of the mushrooms of Nepal housed at Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH), Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.Sampling
The occurrence records of the mushrooms of Nepal housed at Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH), Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Most of the specimens were collected and deposited by PhD scholars and M.Sc graduates during their course of the studies.Quality Control
- Experts consultation (for taxonomic determination/confirmation and data geo-references), and the taxonomic verification using the Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp) - Data cleaning using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/), - Data validation using GBIF data validator (https://www.gbif.org/tools/data-validator), - Data management in Darwin Core Standard Format using reference guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/), - Missing coordinate and geographic outliers check of the locations (https://www.google.com/earth/)Method steps
- - Pre-digitization curation and staging - Image capture and processing - Electronic data capture - Georeferencing - Data publication
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The occurrence records of the mushrooms of Nepal housed at Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH), Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
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Contacts
Shiva Devkotaoriginator
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841 317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
Hari Prasad Aryal
originator
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
email: hp.aryal@cdbtu.edu.np
Priyanka Shah
originator
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
email: priyankashah2336@gmail.com
Shiva Devkota
metadata author
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841 317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
Shiva Devkota
author
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841 317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
Shiva Devkota
administrative point of contact
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841 317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com