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MACROFUNGAL DIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA
Table 2. Polypore fungi whose centre of distribution is considered to be in South-East Asia
Antrodiella aurantilaeta (Corner) T. Hatt. & Ryv.
Antrodiella brunneimontana (Corner) T. Hatt.
Elmerina holophaea Pat.
Elmerina ungulata Corner
Inonotus scaurus (Lloyd) T. Hatt.
Protodaedalea hispida Imazeki
Tyromyces incarnatus Imazeki
Source: Hattori 2004
publications need to be reexamined or re-evaluated and the fungal identifications confirmed
but this may be impossible to carry out in the absence of voucher specimens. Information may
also be obtained from assorted publications on macrofungal taxonomy from Malaysia (e.g.,
Baroni & Watling 1999; Hattori & Lee 1999; Pegler & VanHaecke 1994; Sims et al. 1995;
Watling et al. 1995; Watling & Hollands 1990; Watling 1993a, 1993b, 1994a, 1997; Watling
& Sims 2004; Turnbull 1995; Turnbull & Watling 1999) or South-East Asia (e.g., Jülich
1980, 1982, 1984a, 1984b; Watling 1994b, 1998, 2001b); ecology (e.g., Hong et al. 1984)
and plant pathology (e.g., Hilton 1959, Singh 1973, Lee 1993, Lee & Noraini Sikin 1999).
Although a listing of Malaysian macrofungi may be compiled by going through all the published
literature, the veracity of much of the data cannot be confirmed unless voucher specimens
exist.
SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS
Information on specimen collections of Malaysian fungi is scattered and not easily accessible.
Fungal collections made before 1912 were sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Chipp
1921) with a small amount kept for comparison at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (SING).
Collections made during the British colonial era in Malaya, including those from forestry and
agriculture were also sent to Kew (K) for identification. Collections made by the Rev. M.J.
Berkeley which were originally housed at the British Museum were transferred to Kew in
1979 under the Morton Agreement and material collected from Malaya and Singapore sent to
the well known mycologists G.E. Massee, M.C. Cooke, E.M. Wakefield and R.W.G. Dennis
were all deposited and available for examination at Kew. Some of the material collected on
more recent expeditions to Borneo, e.g., to Mulu, are housed both at the Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh (E) and at Kew (see Watling & Hollands 1990). Prof. Corner’s extensive collection
of Malaysian specimens, except those monographed before 1972, are now held in the Edinburgh
Botanic Garden library and herbarium. Other materials are in the Botany School, Cambridge
(CGE), although it is hoped that in the future these specimens will also be transferred to join
the Edinburgh holdings. Some, many in rather poor condition, are held in the Singapore Botanic
Gardens. Presently when time permits Evelyn Turnbull in Edinburgh is gradually databasing
Corner’s collections but this is a slow activity. However, many of the collections so-far
catalogued have been examined and where necessary revised by visiting scientists, e.g., C.
deCock, T. Hattori, U. Koljag, Y. Ota, E. Horak, S. Miller and R. Garcia-Sandoz. Other Corner’s
collections can also be found in the US Department of Agriculture’s collections at Beltsville,
Maryland, U.S.A. (BPI) as demonstrated on its website, whilst many of the collections of W.
Jülich would most probably be deposited at the Rijksherbarium, Leiden, Netherlands (L).
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