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Voucher information description

Here is a list of the fields (with details) for which a person can enter data for an organism.

Authority Refers the current species name for the organism.
Synonym genus
Synonym species
Synonym authority
For use when a name change for the species has occurred since the reference publication was released. Use the current teleomorph species name for the main entry, and the name from the reference publication in these fields.
Anamorph genus
Anamorph species
Anamorph subepithet
Anamorph authority
For use if the species has an anamorph name mentioned in the reference publication or has a common, widely agreed-upon anamorph name. If the reference publication uses the anamorph name only, the current teleomorph name is used for the main entry and the anamorph name is entered into these fields without parentheses. If there is no agreed-upon teleomorph name, the anamorph name in parentheses is used for the main name entry, and is also entered into these fields without parentheses.
Herbarium
Herbarium Number
The name or abbreviation of the herbarium and specimen number of the organism studied in the reference publication.
Culture collection
Culture number
The name or abbreviation of the culture collection and specimen number of the organism studied in the reference publication.
Collector
Collector no.
Collector date
The name of the collector, the specimen number and date of collection of the organism studied in the reference publication.
Donor
Donor date
Donor geog.
These fields are for people who donated cultures and specimens for study specifically for the AFTOL project. It does not apply to people acknowledged in older reference publications who provided the organism. "Donor geography" refers to the donor's country.
Substrate Substance on which organism was grown, especially concerning biotrophs; e.g. "On host leaves of Euphorbia pulcherrima."
Source of character Life stage/condition of organism studied, e.g. "culture", "sporocarp", "thallus".
Voucher Notes A catch-all field for anything that didn't fit in the fields above, such as name changes, additional herbarium and collection information, culture strain numbers, etc.

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