Macrofungi
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 1,000 macrofungal specimens. Macrofungi are arbitrarily and artificially separated from the smaller microfungi on the basis of size, but include the familiar toadstools, brackets, club and larger cup shaped types. These date from 1799 to 2005. Within this collection, there are approximately 600 macrofungi specimens in the Glasgow Museums civic collection (GLAM), most of which are from Scotland and were collected from the 1980s onwards by museum staff and members of Glasgow Natural History Society. There are also about 70 examples from the early 19th century. Other specimens are mainly from England, with only a few appearing to be of overseas origin. The Strathclyde collection (GGO) includes only a small number of specimens that are macrofungi. Most date from the 19th century and are associated with the collector R Hennedy. The University of Glasgow collection (GL) comprises mainly microfungi, but also about 200 Ascomycetes and Basidomycetes that can be included here as macrofungi.
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