Message #143556

[Bianca]

Following 70 years of "careful stewardship" by Cornell University scientists, more than 2,000 Chinese
fungi specimens (including the Aecidium osmanthi above) will soon be returned to China.

"The fungi will be carefully prepared and documented in coming months, so we can accomplish the safe repatriation of this important collection on my next visit to Beijing at a mutually agreed upon time,"

University President David Skorton said in a statement.