Fungal Collection of Nature Research Centre (BILAS) in Lithuania: Gasteroid fungi

Established in 1948, the BILAS herbarium holds more than 52,000 registered specimens in total, including approximately 650 specimens of gasteroid fungi. The first specimens registered in the herbarium were gasteroid fungi as well.

The dataset comprises 67 species belonging to 20 genera, collected across Lithuania, with the majority originating from the southeastern part of the country. It includes all gasteroid fungi represented by well-preserved specimens in the BILAS collection. A large proportion of the specimens were collected during the preparation of the most comprehensive publication on gasteroid fungi in Lithuania, Lietuvos TSR gasteromicetai which includes illustrations and identification keys (Mazelaitis, 1982).