----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I have a faculty member is trying to locate GUARAPI, a location in Paraguay. The name is from a 100 year old herbarium specimen of a very rare mushroom and he would like to go to Paraguay and collect fresh specimens. We have tried looking in every gazateer that covers Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil but have had no luck. Of course it's possible that this place is no longer referred to as "Guarapi". Can anyone give me any leads? Thanks. Katie Clark Head, Life Sciences Library Penn State [log in to unmask] There is a reference to a Guarapay (river) and Guarapay Yerbal in Paraguay in the Amer Geog Society Index to Map of Hispanic America 1:1,000,000 Washington, 1945. The features are located on sheet SG 21 roughly at 26 deg. 30` South and 55deg.West. Hopefully the faculty member will have some access to this map set in a local Map Library Hope this helps Joan Winearls, University of Toronto Map Library