**Code**: [IMI](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124153) **Organization**: CABI Bioscience UK Centre **Location**: Egham, England, U.K. **Total number of specimens**: 385000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1921 **Taxonomic coverage**: Microfungi of all groups, including lichen-forming fungi, especially those of economic importance **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially tropics **Incorporated herbaria**: Fungi of NHM and EXR (Webster), wood-rotting fungi from the UK Buildings Research Establishment (BRE). **Important collectors**: S. Ahmad, A. Apinis, C. Booth, C. G. C. Chesters, F. C. Deighton, C. G. Hansford, S. J. Hughes, E. W. Mason, K. A. Pirozynski, H. K. Seth, G. Smith, B. C. Sutton, J. Webster **Notes**: Updated Jun 2014. Formerly International Mycological Institute (1985-1997), previously Commonwealth Mycological Institute and Imperial Mycological Institute, now incorporated into CABI Bioscience, a division of CAB International. The Institute moved from Kew to its current location in 1992. Herbarium incorporated the U.K. National Collection of Fungus Cultures and part of the U.K. National Culture Collection (www.ukncc.co.uk). The herbarium moved to K in 2009 and is being incorporated into K. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2021-06-18 > [!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.