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Hello everyone,
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<div>Chrysler Herbarium - Rutgers University<br>
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<div>Yesterday right before the SPNHC conference would have begun for me in EDT, I was notified of a flood in our herbarium's mycological collection room. With the limited resources I had and the dire need to act quickly, we separated all wet specimens and
laid them to dry in a room with 2 fans, an a/c unit set to dry and 70 degree F and a dehumidifier. All the remaining specimens were moved to our main room in the herbarium and spread across tables with packets still contained in their drawers. Some drawers
that did not have any water near or within them we had to leave in the room since we ran out of space. The room which was flooded (pipe burst in the ceiling) was cleaned up and then a dehumidifier was added to the room. Our plan is to take the specimens that
got wet (majority was just the packets and not the specimen itself) and re-packet them and freeze them. </div>
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<div>I am worried I am not thinking enough about the drawers we deemed to be dry. The collection contains NJMA's macrofungi collection and Rutgers University plant pathogens (mostly microfungi). I am open to all comments, suggestions and advice. We do not have
many resources at hand, but can likely ask other departments, but with it being summer there might be a delay in response. We also have only 1 cart and no elevator in our building so moving the collection is more than difficult. I am heartbroken and really
at my wits end with our building and the risk it poses to our collection. </div>
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<div>My email is megan.king@rutgers.edu. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Megan</div>
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Megan R. King | Assistant Curator Education and Outreach | Collections Manager, Chrysler Herbarium (CHRB) | Graduate Student | Rutgers University, New Brunswick | Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources | Department of Ecology & Evolution | Email:
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