Crowdsourcing Fungal Biodiversity: Approaches and standards used by an all-volunteer community science project

• Published in: Biodiversity Information Science and Standards
• Main Authors: Sheehan,Bill, Stevenson,Robert D., Schwartz,Joanne
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021
• Subjects: citizen science; mushrooms; FunDiS; iNaturalist; Mushroom Observer; DNA barcoding; Pyramid; Willis; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.74225; https://biss.pensoft.net/article/74225/

Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS) is an all-volunteer community science organization that documents the diversity and distribution of macrofungi (visible with the naked eye) across North America. FunDiS addresses a key gap in biodiversity conservation: fungi, one of life’s major kingdoms, have been l...