[Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes

[Gali Beiner]

Thank you, Genevieve!

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!

Best wishes,

Gali



On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM Tocci, Genevieve E. <glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> Hello Gali,
>
> The 3rd 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Myxomycetes are great fun though a challenge to work with!
> Genevieve
>
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> Genevieve E. Tocci, ALM (she/her/hers)
> Senior Curatorial Technician
> Harvard University Herbaria
> 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138  U.S.A.
> glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu
>
>
>
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> Beiner <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>
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> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Myxomycetes
>
> Dear NHCOLL-listers,
>
> 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.).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gali
>
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> National Natural History Collections
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-- 
Gali Beiner (ACR)
Conservator, Palaeontology Lab
National Natural History Collections
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram
Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Fax. 972-2-6585785
*gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>*

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