Small Collections Grant
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Tropical dry forest fungarium of the Cartagena Botanical Garden: Building a key collection of Colombia’s fungal biodiversity
Colombia
Database, Digitally image, Conserve, Other
Cost (USD):
2000
JBGP
Fundación Jardín Botánico "Guillermo Piñeres"
Objective:
The Colombian fungal biodiversity has been poorly documented and mainly explored in the Andes and Amazonia regions. As most Colombian Caribbean studies have focused on flora and fauna, a considerable part of Colombian biodiversity remains unknow. Thus, the JBGP recently inaugurated a fungi and lichen collection to increase knowledge of the region´s funga. Our objectives are:
- Establish protocols for collection, storage and data treatment of specimens
- Enrich the JBGP tropical dry forest funga collection
- Organize, digitize and upload data of the collection to the herbarium database
Timetable:
Hire a research assistant with previous experience in mycology: Month 1
Establish a standarized protocol for collecting and cataloging: Month 1
Develop the storage protocol of the fungarium collection: Month 1
Enrich the JBGP fungarium collection: Month 2 and 3
Update the database of the fungarium collection: Month 2 and 3
Scoring Rubric
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Collection Improvement (max. 120 points)
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Facilitating access to the physical collections by digitization (e.g., data entry, setting up database structure with an outline of the platform to be used, purchasing equipment, and imaging specimens) – up to 30 points.
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Enhancing physical collections by improving the conservation status of specimens in the herbarium (e.g., better folders, protecting covers, mounting paper, labeling, etc.) – up to 30 points.
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Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.
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Increasing our understanding of the flora or funga by making new herbarium specimens available, such as processing of backlog or collecting and mounting of new specimens from understudied sites – up to 20 points.
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Securing collections by distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria or shipping endangered collections to another herbarium – up to 20 points.
This proposal scores:
/120
Methods & Funding (max. 40 points)
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Match between the proposed budget and methods for the aims described – up to 10 points.
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Perceived need, the extent to which the project will benefit from IAPT funding: e.g., due to active floristic work or contribution to poorly collected sites, due to threatened conditions of collections, and for the degree of involvement of others (outreach and education). We give more points for herbaria in low- and middle-income countries – up to 20 points.
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Sharing duplicate specimens with other herbaria – up to 10 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
Broader Impacts (max. 40 points)
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Degree of regional importance of the collection or the taxonomic importance of the targeted collection – up to 10 points.
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The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.
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The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
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Plan:
1. Hire a research assistant with previous experience in mycology.
We will make an open call for a recently graduated biologist or undergraduate student with considerable experience in mycology, fungi and lichen identification and collection to be contracted for three months. After hiring, we will train the research assistant in basic herbarium protocols.
2. Establish a standarized protocol for collecting and cataloging.
We will develop a protocol for collecting, cataloging, and systemizing fungi and lichen specimens.
3. Develop the storage protocol of the fungarium collection.
With the research assistant we will work on standandarizing an adecuate protocol for preservation and storage of the collection.
4. Enrich the JBGP fungarium collection.
The research assistant will collect, identify and adequately process new specimens in order to enrich the fungarium collection of the JBGP. This activity will primarily take place within the 9 ha of the Cartagena Botanical Garden. Advances in the cataloguing and identification process of fungi of the Cartagena Botanical Garden can be seen in the Fieldguide “Macrohongos del Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”, Turbaco, COLOMBIA” submitted to the Chicago Fieldmuseum by Chavarro et al. (2021, in press).
5. Update the database of the fungarium collection.
We will upload data of existing and newly collected fungi and lichen specimens to the herbarium database.
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Enrich the JBGP fungarium
"Other" target:
Sofia Lissbrant
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