,,Mushroom growing support center”: Organization of herbarium and collection of fixed fungi-macromycetes
Chernihiv, UcraniaChernihiv, Ucrania
Year Founded:
Project Stage:
2004
Organization type:
nonprofit/ngo/citizen sector
Idea
Budget:
$10,000 - $50,000
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
Resources of the fungi collection can be used on the lessons ( in demonstrating mode) during the studying the new material and for the individual work at school and at home as well. The collection of dried fruiting bodies of fungi-macromycetes (fungi that have big fruiting bodies can be seen with the naked eye) is called the mycological herbarium. Collection of the fixed fungi-macromycetes is in a certain way systemized ( depending on the purpose of the collection) collection of examples of fungi that are fixed in the liquid preserving agents for the purpose of long-term storage that represents scientific, educational etc. aims.
- To organize field studies
- To create herbarium and collection of fungi
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.
In the process of realization of the project such results were achieved:
• Acquaintance with the biodiversity of the fungi
• Elevation of awareness about the role of fungi in our ecosystem
• Mastering the skills of the identification of the fungi
• Reduction of poisoning of the wild mushrooms
• Familiarization with the mushroom collection- effective form of the ecological breeding and education
The project has absolute scientific and practical interest.
The quantitative effect will be defined by:
- Quantity of the gathered patterns
- Lower statistics the quantity of people who poisoned with willed mushrooms.
Qualitative estimation of the project activity:
- Efficiency of the project proceeds from the common quantitative characteristic
Spread Strategies: Moving forward, what are the main strategies for scaling impact?
Financing of the project will be performed for account of profit from the exhibition hall:
- Group and individual excursions
- Holding of the training courses, practical assignments for students of agrarian colleges, ecological trainings, traveling exhibitions
- Sale of books, souvenirs, mushroom planting material (mycelium)
- Sale of the fresh mushrooms, cultivated in the demonstrative premises
- Holding out mushroom festivals, autumn exhibition of mushrooms
Financial Sustainability Plan: What is this solution’s plan to ensure financial sustainability?
Permanent replenishment and expansion of the collection
Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
Because of more complicated identification of the species affiliation then plants have, more irregular and shortness of the fruiting, invisibility of the mycelium and also the lack of the literature – study of the fungi will be more difficult.
Founding Story
The employees of the company "Mushroom growing support Centre" are directly involved in the project implementation
Team
Project manager - organization and supervision the implementation of the project, implementation of activities, provide their information and technical support, report about a course of implementation of the project, distribute of funds, report about use of funds, conduct lectures and workshops.
Assistant to project manager - coordination the work of performers, documenting events.
Project accountant - conducting accounting.