Disclaimer

This website has been developed for taxonomic purposes. The information on which it is based is subject to change, correction, improvement and upgrades. There are likely to be errors, and no guarantee is supplied that information is correct. The boundaries displayed on maps and the place names used by this website do not represent any political opinion. The user is advised in all cases to verify information before accepting it.

Querying the database

Clicking the menu choice "View data" on the left hand bar leads to a page with twelve hyperlinks. The four on the left ("Fungal Lists") and the four in the middle ("Other Lists") permit the user to query the database from different starting points to obtain information about individual species. The result of each query is returned as a "Search Result" page. The remaining four hyperlinks on the right do not access the database, but simply provide supplementary information.

Format of the "Search Result" page

Each "Search Result" page starts with the name of the current species in bold followed, where available, by its authors. The organism name provides a hyperlink to full nomenclatural & taxonomic information about the species on the Cybernome website, which will open in a new window.

Next follows a summary of the status of the species on Quercus. Each component of the summary is displayed only when there is available information. Number of records shows the number of records in the database on Quercus. Date information shows the date of the earliest record on Quercus, and months of the year in which the species has been recorded on Quercus. Locations lists countries from which the species has been recorded on Quercus. Associated organisms lists species and substrata of Quercus associated with the current species, with a hyperlink for each associated organism to its own search page. Reference collections provides information about reference collection specimens of the current species on Quercus. Literature provides references and page numbers for publications giving rise to information about this species on Quercus. Where possible, references have hyperlinks to the full bibliographic citation in Cyberliber, the digital mycological library (which will open in a new window).

After the summary paragraph, there is an option to view component records. Clicking on this option results in the "Search Result" page being replaced by an "Individual Collections" page displaying information about the individual collections on which the summary paragraph and map (where available) are based.