63urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:0E0032F4-55AE-5263-8B3C-F4DD637C30C2Biodiversity Information Science and StandardsBISS2535-0897Pensoft Publishers10.3897/biss.5.752657526517810Conference AbstractSYM13 - Mushrooming, community science, and sharing biodiversity dataExperiences from the Danish Fungal Atlas: Linking mushrooming, nature conservation and primary biodiversity research Heilmann-ClausenJacobjheilmann-clausen@sund.ku.dk1FrøslevTobias G2PetersenJens H3LæssøeThomas1JeppesenThomas Shttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-239X4Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE instititute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkCenter for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE instititute, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmarkSection for Geogenetics, GLOBE institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkSection for Geogenetics, GLOBE institute, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmarkMycokey, Tirstrup, DenmarkMycokeyTirstrupDenmarkGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, DenmarkGlobal Biodiversity Information FacilityCopenhagenDenmark
Corresponding author: Jacob Heilmann-Clausen (jheilmann-clausen@sund.ku.dk).
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2021160920215e752653B4B78D2-18F9-5D1C-8DFC-AE4B332651BE14092021Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Tobias G Frøslev, Jens H Petersen, Thomas Læssøe, Thomas S JeppesenThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The Danish Fungal Atlas is a citizen science project launched in 2009 in collaboration among the University of Copenhagen, Mycokey and the Danish Mycological Society. The associated database now holds almost 1 million fungal records, contributed by more than 3000 recorders. The records represent more than 8000 fungal species, of which several hundred have been recorded as new to Denmark during the project. In addition several species have been described as new to science. Data are syncronized with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) on a weekly basis, and is hence freely available for research and nature conservation. Data have been used for systematic conservation planning in Denmark, and several research papers have used data to explore subjects such as host selection in wood-inhabiting fungi (Heilmann‐Clausen et al. 2016), recording bias in citizen science (Geldmann et al. 2016), fungal traits (Krah et al. 2019), biodiversity patterns (e.g. Andrew et al. 2018), and species discovery (Heilmann-Clausen et al. 2019). The project database is designed to faciliate direct interactions and communication among volunteers. The validation of submitted records is interactive and combines species-specific smart filters, user credibility, and expert tools to secure the highest possible data credibility. In 2019, an AI (artificial intelligence) trained species identification tool was launched along with a new mobile app, enabling users to identify and record species directly in the field (Sulc et al. 2020). At the same time, DNA sequencing was tested as an option to test difficult identifications, and in 2021 a high-throughput sequencing facility was developed to allow DNA sequencing of hundreds of fungal collections at a low cost. The presentation will give details on data validation, data use and how we have worked with cultivation of volunteers to provide a truly coherent model for collaboration on mushroom citizen science.
Citizen scienceDNA sequencingfungispecies identificationvalidation of species dataAage V. Jensens NaturfondPresenting author
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Presented at
TDWG 2021
Hosting institution
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), GLOBE institute, University of Copenhagen
Acknowledgements
We thank all volunteers contributing fungal records to the Danish Fungal Atlas.
Hosting institution
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), GLOBE institute, University of Copenhagen
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