<div dir="auto"><div>Thank you, Ann and Genevieve!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This was valuable learning on how to deal with the storage of a group of unfamiliar objects! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best wishes,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Gali</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000080" face="tahoma" size="2"><img width="295" height="590" style="width:57px;height:107px" src="https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download">Gali Beiner (ACR)</font></div><div><font color="#000080" face="tahoma" size="2">Conservator, Palaeontology
Lab</font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080">National Natural History
Collections</font></font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080">The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem <br>Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram<br>Jerusalem
91904, Israel<br>Fax. 972-2-6585785</font></font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><br></font><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a title="blocked::mailto:rivka@vms.huji.ac.il" href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a></span></font></u></font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a href="https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en" target="_blank">https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en</a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><br></span></font></u></font></font></span></font></u></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">בתאריך יום ה׳, 7 באוג׳ 2025, 10:29, מאת Ann Bogaerts <<a href="mailto:ann.bogaerts@plantentuinmeise.be">ann.bogaerts@plantentuinmeise.be</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p>Dear Gali,</p>
<p>I've attached some pictures for reference. In our collection, we store Myxomycetes in cardboard boxes, even matchboxes. Each box is assigned a number, and we record the label data in a database, as the specimens are not classified taxonomically. One collection has been kept separately, the collection of Nannenga-Bremekamp (see picture small wooden cabinets) and is taxonomically classified </p>
<p>If the specimens were not already mounted by the collector, we follow the method mentioned by Genevieve: we glue them onto a cardboard strip and then place the strip in a cardboard box.</p><p>Have a nice day,</p><p>Ann </p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Op do 7 aug 2025 om 08:34 schreef Gali Beiner <<a href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thank you, Genevieve! <div><br></div><div>Myxomycetes do look like a challenge, especially because of the glueing. Adhering objects to a substrate isn't normally what I would do as a conservator, but admittedly this is a special case because any movement (in a box, in a bag) can cause the carrier part of the specimen setup, or the substrate, to deteriorate and then the tiny Myxomycetes would be lost, or at least very difficult to pick up again. Definitely a very different kind of object here! </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes, </div><div><br></div><div>Gali </div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM Tocci, Genevieve E. <<a href="mailto:glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Hello Gali,</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
The 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition of the Herbarium Handbook briefly mentions curation on page 114. The book Myxomycetes : a handbook of slime molds by Steven L. Stephenson also has good curation tips.</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
I recommend using archival PVA glue to affix the substrate onto archival heavy paper (like a trimmed herbarium sheet) so that the specimen can be viewed under a dissection scope easily but can also go into a small box. How you then store these boxes varies.
We store them in our standard packets with the labels on the outside of the packet.</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Myxomycetes are great fun though a challenge to work with!</div>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
Genevieve</div>
<div id="m_8463598139184177789m_-7389905627503027048m_8359139323740653531Signature">
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white">=================================================</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white">Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers)</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white">Senior Curatorial Technician</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white">Harvard University Herbaria</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+Divinity+Ave.,+Cambridge,+MA+02138%C2%A0+U.S.A.?entry=gmail&source=g">22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.</a></span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white"><a style="color:rgb(118,113,113);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" href="mailto:glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white"><i> </i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(118,113,113);background-color:white"><i>I don’t expect you to respond to my email outside your work hours.</i></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(118,113,113)"> </span></p>
</div>
<div id="m_8463598139184177789m_-7389905627503027048m_8359139323740653531appendonsend"></div>
<hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%">
<div id="m_8463598139184177789m_-7389905627503027048m_8359139323740653531divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>> on behalf of Gali Beiner <<a href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NHCOLL-new <<a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>Dear NHCOLL-listers, </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Are any of you here working with Myxomycetes? If so, I'll be very glad to learn of how they are stored in your collections, considering that they are usually sitting on something (dry leaf, etc.). </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks, </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Gali </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<span>-- </span><br>
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div><font color="#000080" face="tahoma" size="2"><img width="295" height="590" style="width:57px;height:107px" src="https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download">Gali Beiner (ACR)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" face="tahoma" size="2">Conservator, Palaeontology Lab</font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080">National Natural History Collections</font></font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
<br>
Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram<br>
Jerusalem 91904, Israel<br>
Fax. 972-2-6585785</font></font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><br>
</font><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a title="blocked::mailto:rivka@vms.huji.ac.il" href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a></span></font></u></font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nnhc.huji.ac.il_-3Flang-3Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EYdhJ0HrhAMcA2aVQ-I4N7lml00zxsXPbHYeP7843No&m=3VCl6-V2MwRb-tmk9ZbiF9QPzdDzYR-SuCSR8znynXmFheExZpW7XQaXLIJszCck&s=v-47i9pXCJitFvpz3i9aUquMwAhX1nSssxRjB8svRCo&e=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en</a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><br>
</span></font></u></font></font></span></font></u></font></font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div></blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000080" face="tahoma" size="2"><img width="295" height="590" style="width:57px;height:107px" src="https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download">Gali Beiner (ACR)</font></div><div><font color="#000080" face="tahoma" size="2">Conservator, Palaeontology
Lab</font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080">National Natural History
Collections</font></font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080">The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem <br>Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram<br>Jerusalem
91904, Israel<br>Fax. 972-2-6585785</font></font></font><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000080"><br></font><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a title="blocked::mailto:rivka@vms.huji.ac.il" href="mailto:gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gali.beiner@mail.huji.ac.il</a></span></font></u></font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><a href="https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en</a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt"><br></span></font></u></font></font></span></font></u></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
Nhcoll-l mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a><br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of<br>
Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose<br>
mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of<br>
natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to<br>
society. See <a href="http://www.spnhc.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a> for membership information.<br>
Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.<br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div>