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BUCM
Herbarium
Curator: Mogîldea
Daniela-Elena
The Mycological Herbarium of the Institute of Biology from Bucharest (registered
in Index Herbariorum under the acronym BUCM – from Bucharest (BUC)
and Mycological (M)) is a public collection, administered by the Romanian
Academy (AC) trough the Institute of Biology from Bucharest (IBB), being
established in 1928 at the initiative of acad. Traian Savulescu.
On August 14, 1975 the declaration with the number 5035 has been registered at
the Office for the Evidence of the National Cultural Heritage by which the 42
000 specimens of fungi were declared as goods susceptible to be included in the
national cultural patrimony. The Declaration 5035/14.08.1975 has been completed
several times later, in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989.
As a result of the research activities within the Institute and exchanges with
similar collections from and outside the country, the herbarium was enriched
with new specimens. At this moment the collection includes around 137.211
specimens, most of which are phytopatogens. The herbarium contains specimens
collected from Romania but also from other countries and holds type specimens,
with international importance, arranged in large systematic groups, easing the
search for a certain species.
The Mycological Herbarium is a internationally acknowledged public collection,
where the best represented groups are: Peronosporales, Uredinales,
Ustilaginales, Erysiphales, anamorphic Fungi and Basidiomycetes.
The importance of the herbarium is also increased by the collections: T. Bunea,
I. C. Constantineanu, O. Constantinescu, G. Negrean, M. Petrescu, T. Rayss, C.
Sandu-Ville, T. Savulescu.
Besides, the BUCM Herbarium is also internationally renowned for its exchange
collection Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum, initiated in 1928 and
encompassing 63 volumes.
Materials
with exceptional importance:
- 94 type
specimens (nomenclatural types): Holotypus, Lectotypus, Isotypus, Neotypus
etc. This number is increasing continuously both as a result of new
mycological material and because of taxonomic revisions done by Romanian or
foreign specialists.
- old
specimens with historical value;
- specimens
that are included in the National Red List of Macrofungi.
The contact information for the Mycological Herbarium of the Institute of
Biology – Romanian Academy has been updated in Index Herbariorum, and is
accessible online at
http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp
and
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/.
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