Dear Lee,

Hasty reply.  I have used the acrylic clear embedding resin from Tiranti (tiranti.co.uk).  Horrible smelly (styrene!) stuff but it works a treat. They also supply moulds and instructions. It has worked a treat for me but be warned that it doesn’t work every time so get some practise before you try with spectacular / scarce material.
Others may suggest other types of resin and which may work even better.

Viscous paraloid would ned to be drawn into the tissues by some vacuum technique but ensure that the vacuum source is OK to work with solvent vapours!

With all good wishes, Simon.

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,
www.natural-history-conservation.com 




On 12 Sep 2017, at 12:35, Lee Davies <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Afternoon all,
 
I am hoping someone might have some experience of using resins to protect/preserve freeze dried plant or fungal material, to make them more durable if handled or on sow
 
I have some super sexy freeze dried fungi and am looking to see if anyone has tried before using resin to reserve them longer term. I was thinking a thinned down paraloid as it is less viscous, but am open to suggestions.
 
Thanks
 
 
Lee Davies
Fungarium Curator
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
+44 208 332 5314
 
 
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