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Fun with Fungi -- Iowa State University Fungal Specimen Digitization Blitz

Location

Iowa State University
334 Bessey Hall, 2200 Osborn Drive
50011 Ames , IA
United States
See map: Google Maps
Iowa US
Date: 
Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 10:00 to 16:00
Sponsoring Organization: 
Iowa State University’s Ada Hayden Herbarium
Sponsoring URL: 
Iowa State University’s Ada Hayden Herbarium
Short Description: 
Help ISU's Ada Hayden Herbarium digitize its fungal specimens online + Herbarium tours, prizes for games and lunch provided.
Keywords: 
Iowa; Fungi; Mushroom; Biodiversity; Digitization; Transcription; WeDigBio; MyCoPortal.org; ISU Mushroom Club
Taxonomic Scope of Specimens: 
Fungi (including mushrooms)
Geographic Scope of Specimens: 
Iowa
North America
Temporal Scope of Specimens: 
1800s to present
Image: 
Funding Credits: 
The work is partially funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, ADBC Program (Award 1502735, Subaward 2015-01980-02) -- Digitization TCN: Collaborative: The Microfungi Collections Consortium: A Networked Approach to Digitizing Small Fungi with Large Impacts on the Function and Health of Ecosystems
Parking Directions: 
west and south side of Bessey Hall (parking is allowed in most spaces on weekends)
Organizer Name: 
Deb Lewis
Organizer Email: 
dlewis@iastate.edu
Organizer Phone: 
515-290-6736
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WeDigBio is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program (Cooperative Agreement EF-1115210). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.