Project: Information System DEEMY

Structural optimization and web-connection of DEEMY, an information system for Characterization and DEtermination of EctoMYcorrhizae

DEEMY was started as a DELTA-based information system in 1996. It is collecting descriptive data on ectomycorrhizae, including extant character descriptions and definitions, a lot of original hand drawings and photographs as well as elaborated identification tools. DEEMY was expanded over the years comprising now more than 300 types of ectomycorrhizae characterized by 352 characters. As it was issued as cd-rom and commercially distributed, the aim of this project is the optimization of DEEMY and its transfer to a freely accessible web-based database system using the Diversity Workbench modules. So, the user will be able to identify about 400 types of mycorrhizae by ca. 420 characters and ca. 850 descriptive drawings and photographs

Tuber puberulum	Character descriptions are completed by drawings and photographs

Project management

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Agerer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bereich Biodiversitätsforschung: Systematische Mykologie
Menzinger Straße 67
D-80638 München
myrrhmyk@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Staff

Jan Ingenhaag (research assistant)