**Code**: [SIU](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126014) **Organization**: Southern Illinois University **Department**: Plant Biology Department **Location**: Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 250000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1878 **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, emphasis on New World; southern Illinois; western Kentucky; southeastern Missouri; Australia; South America; Mexico; Hawaii **Important collectors**: R. Athey, W. M. Bailey, S. R. Bennett, A. Chase, A. H. Curtiss, O. Degener, H. K. D. Eggert, J. Fowler, G. H. French, D. C. Ingram, G. N. Jones, F. B. Lenzie, E. J. Palmer, A. E. Radford, C. M. Rector, F. G. Renner, F. H. Sargent, J. R. Swayne, R. D. Thomas, F. H. Utech, G. R. Vasey **Notes**: Updated Oct 2014 (staff update). Fungi moved to the Illinois Natural History Museum in 2011. **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.