About "The Erysiphales Collection at the University Halle-Wittenberg"

The Collection

The Erysiphales Collection at the Herbarium of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (HAL) currently comprises about 1500 herbarium specimens, including 46 type collections. The oldest specimens were collected by D.F.L. von Schlechtendal before 1820, including several types (e.g., Alphitomorpha fuliginea Schltdl. = Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schltdl.: Fr.) Pollacci), but the collection also contains numerous recently collected specimens.

The Database

"The Erysiphales Collection at HAL" and – if not stated otherwise – its supporting files, have been copyrighted © 2000–2024 by the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Geobotany, Herbarium. Support is provided by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).

The data project "The Erysiphales Collection at HAL" was established within the framework of the GLOPP project by U. Braun with technical assistance from A.-K. Wittig. It uses Diversity Workbench components developed within the framework of the GLOPP project and the GBIF-D Fungi & Lichens project. The ColdFusion webinterface was programmed by W. Spiesberger, M. Weiß and J. Ingenhaag, Botanische Staatssammlung München. The Generic Point Mapper (Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility) and Google Maps are used as web services to create dynamic maps. Currently "The Erysiphales Collection at HAL" is maintained and continuously expanded by staff members of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Geobotany, Herbarium. Technical support is provided by the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, IT Center.

The original specimen label data were typed into the DiversityCollection database, illegible label texts were assigned to experts (e.g. for old hand writing or certain exsiccata series). The orthography of fungal names was taken according to the Erysiphales monograph (Braun 1987). All host plant names were checked by IPNI (International Plant Names Index) before including them in the database. Nevertheless, typing and other errors may occur. In such cases we kindly ask the user to contact the editorial staff at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Geobotany, Herbarium.