Flora Mycologica Iberica Project database

The database contains detailed distribution information on several fungus groups species. The information has been revised, and in many time compiled, by expert mycologist(s) working on the monographs for the Flora Mycologica Iberica Project (FMI). Records comprise both collection and observational data, obtained from a variety of sources including field work, herbaria, and literature. The database contains 54,138 records, of which 20,813 are georeferenced. These correspond to 2445 species, grouped in 18 classes. The geographical scope of the dataset is Iberian Peninsula (Continental Portugal and Spain) and Balearic Islands. The complete dataset is provided in Darwin Core Archive format. The " Flora Mycologica Iberica Project database" is one of the main results produce by the "Flora Mycologica, a research project that stood from 1996 to 2008 and involved over 30 researchers . It provides information on 2,445 fungus species recorded from The Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. As an online resource, it is a valuable service, with a high reuse potential, based on its coverage, taxonomic scrutiny --carried out by taxonomic experts in the different groups-- and validation processes of the associate information (location, habitat). The other major outcome of the project were the monographs of the covered groups: Aphyllophorales [p.p.](Telleria Melo, 1995), Myxomycetes [p.p.] (Lado & Pando, 1997), Gasteromycetes [p.p.] (Calonge, 1998), Laboulbeniales (Santamaria, 1998, 2003) and Dictiosporic Dothideales (Checa, 2004).These provides description, illustrations, identification keys and additional infomation on the species and taxa included in this database.