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New York State Museum
Herbarium Code

NYS
Current Status

Active
Correspondents

Patricia Kaishian, Curator of Mycology, patricia.kaishian@nysed.gov
Diana Murphy, Collection Manager, Botany & Mycology, diana.murphy@nysed.gov
James Lendemer, Curator of Botany, jlendemer@nybg.org
Contact

[1] 518 402 5350
Fax: [1] 518 486 2034
Email: diana.hurlbut@nysed.gov
Address

Herbarium
Biological Survey, CEC 3140
New York State Museum
Biological Survey, CEC 3140
Albany, New York 12230
U.S.A.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/collections/biology/herbarium.html
CITES

US 046
Specialty

Taxonomic Coverage: All groups

Geography: Mainly New York and north temperate region
Notes

Updated Dec 2011 (staff change) . Correspondence and illustrations of C. H. Peck and correspondence of H. D. House and more recent staff housed at NYS. New York State Education Department.
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Date Founded

1836
Updated

30/03/2022
Incorporated Herbaria

Adirondacks Lakes Survey Corporation (ALSC, 2000 specimens, 2024);
BROC (15,936 specimens) in 1984;
fungi (2,899 specimens) of VAS in 1982;
major portion (2,676 specimens) of GESU in 1983;
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Resources Center (6,664 specimens) in 1984.;
part of DS (W. R. Dudley\'s New York bryophytes)
Important Collectors

H. E. Ahles, R. E. Andrus, C. F. Austin, T. C. Baim, M. E. Banning, L. C. Beck, E. P. Bicknell, E. Brainerd, E. G. Britton, G. W. Clinton, I. W. Clokey, M. A. Curtis, C. Dewey, E. B. Ehrle, J. Eights, C. J. Elting, B. D. Gilbert, J. V. Haberer, C. W. Harris, C. C. Haynes, F. J. Hermann, H. D. House, E. C. Howe, R. R. Ireland, E. H. Ketchledge, P. D. Kneiskern, R. A. Latham, L. Lesquereux, J. M. Macoun, N. G. Miller, R. S. Mitchell, E. C. Ogden, J. A. Paine, C. H. Peck, G. H. Peters, L. S. Rose, C. S. Sargent, H. P. Sartwell, C. S. Sheldon, C. J. Sheviak, S. J. Smith, G. T. Stevens, W. S. Sullivant, J. Torrey, E. Tuckerman, L. M. Underwood