A low cost long term preservation of macromycetes for fungarium

An organized way of preserving macrofungal voucher specimens is considered to be a key aspect of measuring and conserving biodiversity. The procedure adopted till date for macrofungal preservation in a herbarium leads to easy disintegration of the voucher specimens as they possess quick moisture retention and insect/ mite infestation capacity. Here, we propose a way of low cost long term preservation of voucher specimens for deposition in fungarium.