.Fungi of Rwanda - National Herbarium of Rwanda (UR-NHR-F)

The range of mushroom biodiversity gathered in the different ecosystems (savanna, woodland, montane forest, and exotic tree plantations) of Rwanda has been understudied. However, recent research has focused on the inventory of wild edible mushrooms in Rwanda focusing on their sustainable exploitation and their potential for cultivation. Wild mushrooms constitute an interesting and under-exploited resource in Rwanda.

We have also created a Fungi of Rwanda project for citizen scientists on the iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fungi-of-rwanda

Contact: Emmanuel Munyaneza, Institute of National Museums of Rwanda and Michael B Thomas (munyaneza4@gmail.com)

Home Page: https://coebiodiversity.ur.ac.rw/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

Rights Holder: University of Rwanda

Access Rights: Public Domain

• 66 specimen records
• 1 (2%) georeferenced
• 1 (2%) with images
• 22 (33%) identified to species
• 27 families
• 36 genera
• 21 species
• 21 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)