<S2-4> Fungi in Sarawak: practical use of historical samples in the fungarium of the Forest Department Sarawak

This proceeding is a compilation of findings and progress activities of research collaboration between the Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) and the Japan Research Consortium for Tropical Forests in Sarawak (JRCTS). To highlight the research findings, An International Symposium entitled "Frontier in Tropical Forest Research: Progress in Joint Projects between the Forest Department Sarawak and the Japan Research Consortium for Tropical Forests in Sarawak" was ii held in Kuching, Sarawak on 21-22 September 2015.We have started to re-identify old samples deposited in the fungarium at the Research, Development and Innovation Division of the Forest Department Sarawak since the 1950s. We confirmed that surveys on polypores (Polyporales, Hymenochaetales, and so on) were conducted from 1954 to 2015, and that 1890 polypore specimens from 56 genera were collected from 117 study sites. However, most of the fungal specimens were collected from a national park in the Miri Division (Lambir Hills National Park) and three study sites (Kubah National Park, Santubong National Park, and Matang Wildlife Centre) in the Kuching District. Further field collections, especially in mountain areas, are greatly needed to reveal the geographical variation of polypore species diversity and the spatial distributions of individual species