Grassland Fungi Mapping Database for Scotland

This database and mapping tool was produced to allow the identification of sites important to this incredibly diverse range of grassland fungal species for which Scotland is important on a global scale. Promotion of this project could lead to a great amount of these vulnerable sites being managed for their waxcaps, leading directly to the conservation of biodiversity, including several species on the Scottish Biodiversity List.

Included layers:
Heatmap of grassland fungi to the 10km level. The fewest species per square is represented by the lightest colour and the highest species per square represented by darkest colour. ADVICE: This layer is ideal for giving an overview of records in the area, but it doesn’t mean the fungi are throughout the area, or that the whole area is unimproved grassland.

Heatmap of grassland fungi to the 1km level. The fewest species per square is represented by the lightest colour and the highest species per square represented by darkest colour. ADVICE: 1km grid square layer may provide a false picture and a blank square does not necessarily mean that no grassland fungi are there. Accurate georeferencing of biological records before the age of GPS and specialist phone apps was rare with many blocks of records being given the same centroid grid reference. Also, it would be common for many recorders to record the first find of a species on a site and none thereafter. THE 10KM SQUARE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT ALONGSIDE THIS LAYER.

Point layer showing the Waxcap Sites. Sites are based centroid grid references for a spread of records in the area. The sites do not have clear boundaries, and so some form of local habitat knowledge is needed to set actual site boundaries within the real-world boundaries of unimproved grassland.
• RED: Any site passing any of the SSSI thresholds
• AMBER: Any site not passing any of the SSSI thresholds but with more than 11 species of Hygrocybe s.l. or with more than 4 IUCN species or with more than 4 indicator species.
• GREEN: Any other site that has records of grassland fungi

本数据库及映射工具之构建，旨在辅助识别对苏格兰在全球范围内具有重要意义的各类草原真菌物种具有重要意义的地点。该项目之推广有望促使众多易受威胁的地点得到针对其蜡菌的管理，进而直接促进生物多样性的保护，包括苏格兰生物多样性名录中列出的数种物种。

包含图层：
- 草原真菌热力图，至10公里分辨率。每个方格中最少物种数以最浅颜色表示，最多物种数以最深颜色表示。建议：此图层适用于对区域记录进行概览，但并不意味着真菌遍布整个区域，或整个区域均为未改良草原。
- 草原真菌热力图，至1公里分辨率。每个方格中最少物种数以最浅颜色表示，最多物种数以最深颜色表示。建议：1公里网格方格图层可能提供误导性的图像，空白方格并不一定意味着该区域不存在草原真菌。在GPS和专用手机应用程序普及之前，生物记录的精确地理定位较为罕见，许多记录块被赋予了相同的中心网格参考坐标。此外，许多记录者可能仅记录物种在某一地点的首次发现，而后续并无记录。应将10公里方格与该图层一并考虑。
- 点图层显示蜡菌地点。地点基于区域内记录的质心网格参考坐标。这些地点边界不明确，因此需要一定的当地栖息地知识来设定实际地点边界，这些边界位于未改良草原的现实世界边界内。
• 红色：任何通过任何SSSI阈值的地点
• 橙色：任何未通过任何SSSI阈值但拥有超过11种（Hygrocybe s.l.）或超过4种IUCN物种或超过4种指示物种的地点
• 绿色：其他有草原真菌记录的地点