Index Fungorum

Infobox Website
name = Index Fungorum

url = http://www.indexfungorum.org/
commercial = No
type = Database
registration = Not required
owner = CABI Bioscience
author = Index Fungorum Partnership
launch date =
current status =

"Index Fungorum", an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the Kingdom Fungi. Somewhat comparable to IPNI, but with more contributing institutions.

Another difference is that where IPNI does not indicate correct names, the "Index Fungorum" does indicate the status of a name. In the returns from the search page a currently correct name is indicated in green, while others are in blue (a few, aberrant usages of names are indicated in red). All names are linked to pages giving the correct name, with lists of synonyms.

LSIDs

Index Fungorum provides LSIDs for records in its database.

ervices

Index Fungorum provides a SOAP web service for searching its database and retrieving records. The WSDL file describing the services is here: [http://www.indexfungorum.org/IXFWebService/Fungus.asmx Fungus Web Service]

External links

* [http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]

References