The genus Trichaptum in the Asian part of Russia

Study Extent

The dataset contains information about samples of fruit bodies of Trichaptum genus fungi collected in several physico-geographical countries of the Russian Federation: Altai-Sayan mountainous country, Amur-Sakhalin country, Baikal area and Transbaikalia Mountainous country, Central Siberia, North Pacific Ocean country, Ural Mountains, Western Siberia.

Sampling

The samples of the fruit bodies of the study fungi were collected during field expeditions along Russia by route recording technique.

Quality Control

Species identification and verification was carried out by Professor Viktor A. Mukhin. The coordinates of the finds recorded on the envelopes were checked and, if necessary, restored using Google map services (google.ru/maps) and Yandex map services (yandex.ru/maps). The coordinates of all finds have an uncertainty of about 1000 m.

Method steps

1. 1. The database contains information about the herbarium samples of the fruit bodies the Trichaptum genus fungi. 2. The database layout was accomplished with the help of Microsoft Excel. 3. All samples were linked to the area either by the coordinates indicated on the labels or by a verbal description of the field work site. Verbal descriptions linking as well as the existing coordinates checking were performed via Google map services (https://maps.google.ru/maps). 4. The accuracy of coordinates was described according to the instruction presented above (see Section “Quality control”). 5. The names of settlements given in Russian were translated into English and entered in the field “locality”. Russiand escriptions were fixed in the field “verbatim Locality”. 6. If possible, the full date of the sample collection “event Date” was taken from the label. When the accurate information was not available only the year “year” was indicated. 7. Taxonomic belonging of the samples was marked in the fields “kingdom”, “phylum”, “class”, “family”, “genus”, “scientific Name”. The factual information on the relevance of the species’ name was checked in Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org/). 8. The substrate association of the samples was written down in the field “associated Taxa”.

The list involves four species wood-decaying fungi.

1. Basidiomycota
   rank: phylum
2. Agaricomycetes
   rank: class
3. Trichaptum abietinum
   rank: species
4. Trichaptum biforme
   rank: species
5. Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum
   rank: species
6. Trichaptum laricinum
   rank: species

The dataset is restricted by the 18 subjects of Russian Federation administrative borders: Altai Republic, Chelyabinks Oblast, Irkutsk Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Perm Krai, Primorsky Krai, Republic of Buryatia, Sakhalin Оblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tyumen oblast, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.