Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
fungi collection, biological collections, Kent McKnight, BYU
College
Life Sciences
Department
Biology
Abstract
The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum at Brigham Young University houses many biological collections for study and display. Among the collections of insects, plants, fish, and mammals, there is also a fungi collection. This was donated to BYU by mycologist Kent McKnight (former BYU faculty) several years ago upon his death. Unfortunately, this collection had been rather neglected; it was neither organized, documented, nor accessible to others, and a complete inventory of the scope of the collection did not exist. My ORCA grant idea was to sort through the collection, set up an effective system of organization, create a digital database and begin entering data on each specimen, and finally to get the database online and linked to the MLB Museum’s website for public access.
Recommended Citation
Blackwelder, Tess and Johnson, Dr. Leigh
(2013)
"Organizing BYU’s Fungi Collection,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 1076.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1076