9705083 Desjardin In the course of this project, the mushrooms (agarics and boletes of the Order Agaricales, Class Basidiomycota, Kingdom Fungi) of the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali will be surveyed by an international team of investigators. Data generated by this research will enhance scientific knowledge of the mycota of an environmentally endangered and species rich, but underexplored, region of the world. The information generated will contribute to advances in biogeographic and speciation research in the Agaricales, leading to a better understanding of the relationships of agarics not only in Indonesia, but also in other parts of the world. Both American and Indonesian students will be trained in systematic mycology in the field and at San Francisco State University, and the mycological collections of Herbarium Bogoriense (BO) and San Francisco State University (SFSU) will be significantly upgraded. The project will result in a WWW page that will document all aspects of the project, and which will provide photographs of, commentaries on, and keys to the taxa of the Indonesian Agaricales, as well as an online specimen database of historical and new collections of Indonesian agarics that is expected to total some 3500 records. This project is being funded cooperatively by the Biotic Surveys & Inventories Program (BIO) and the International Program (SBE) of the NSF, and includes matching funds from San Francisco State University.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9705083
Program Officer
James Woolley
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1997-06-01
Budget End
2003-05-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
$317,465
Indirect Cost
Name
San Francisco State University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
San Francisco
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94132