Funbel - the chorological database ‘Fungi of Belgium’ of the Royal Flemish Mycological Society

Occurrence
Latest version published by Belgian Biodiversity Platform on Dec 19, 2025 Belgian Biodiversity Platform
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Publication date:
19 December 2025
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Description

Funbel is the chorological database “Fungi of Belgium” of the Royal Flemish Mycological Society (KVMV). The database was launched in 1991, but contains observations dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. The aim of Funbel is to build a standardised database of the distribution and ecological data of fungi and slime moulds in Belgium, with a focus on the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. The database provides a basis for knowledge about the diversity (checklists), distribution (compilation of atlases) and status (compilation of Red Lists) of fungi in Belgium. It can also be used for scientific support for management plans for nature and forest areas. New entries in the database, usually by KVMV members, are checked by the Funbel administrator, including checks of new species names, new areas and incomplete observations. The naming of species for the Basidiomycota and Myxomycota is in accordance with the Standard List of Basidiomycota and Myxomycota of Flanders and the Brussels Region [R. Walleyn & E. Vandeven (eds.), 2006].

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 745,243 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Belgian Biodiversity Platform. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 039f9753-1e6a-4ffc-83f9-daac3686d165.  Belgian Biodiversity Platform publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; mycology; Belgium; Flanders

Contacts

Emile Vandeven
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Funbel administrator
Royal Flemish Mycological Society
BE
Tobias Musschoot
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform / Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
  • Vautierstraat, 29
1000 Brussels
BE

Geographic Coverage

Belgium, but mainly focused on Flanders and the Brussels-Capital region.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Fungi

Phylum Fungi

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period Since the early 1900s

Additional Metadata