**Code**: [BUF](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124138) **Organization**: Buffalo Museum of Science **Location**: Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 115000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1862 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants, fungi, and mosses; Boletaceae; Pottiaceae **Geographic coverage**: New York and Ontario; western North America and Mexico **Incorporated herbaria**: Buffalo Botanic Garden, CANI (4500 specimens) in 1997. **Important collectors**: C. J. Awald, C. Babington, J. L. Berlandier, R. F. Blasdell, J. L. Blum, M. N. Blytt, H. N. Bolander, A. W. Chapman, F. S. Collins, J. P. Couthouy, H. T. Croasdale, F. J. Dorst, H. K. D. Eggert, W. G. Farlow, A. Fendler, A. B. Ghiesbreght, E. Hall, J. P. Harbour, W. G. W. Hartford, W. Herbst, A. B. Hervey, T. P. James, A. Kellogg, E. H. Ketchledge, C. L. Lesquereux, T. F. Lucy, J. Macoun, P. MacOwan, C. T. Mohr, V. von Mueller, E. Palmer, C. H. Peck, H. W. Ravenel, J. Richardson, J. L. Russell, W. P. Schimper, J. Torrey, J. H. Wibbe, M. Wilson, F. Wolle, C. Wright **Notes**: Updated April 2012. BUF is one of the nine oldest intact herbaria in U.S. It includes duplicate material of many botanists active in the mid- to late-1800s. About one in 200 of the cryptogamic collections is a type. Post-1970 bryophyte collections of BUF, including all post-1970 types, placed on permanent loan to MO in 2002. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.