Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL)
NRRL, the very large culture collection of the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (Peoria, IL) includes many patent strains. Searchable catalogs for holdings of Penicillium, Aspergillus and actinomycetes (filamentous bacteria) are currently available; more catalogs will appear soon.
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American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
The ATCC web page provides a searchable interface to their extensive holdings of filamentous fungi and yeasts, ordering instructions, and information about ATCC workshops and products.
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ARS Collections of Entomopathogenic Fungi (ARSEF)
A catalog of cultures available from the USDA-ARS Collections of Entomopathogenic Fungi (Ithaca, NY, USA) is available online in pdf format.
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Banque Européenne des Glomales (BEG)
BEG lists cultures of glomalean endomycorrhizal fungi in use by European researchers. Its aims are to facilitate and standardize identification, conserve biodiversity and maintain a database of strains. The BEG newsletter, dummies' guide to AM fungi, various protocols, plus genetic libraries and sequences are available through the web site. Strains are available free of charge for scientific research.
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Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM)
BCCM provides cultures of fungi, yeasts, bacteria and plasmids. Their web pages include their newsletter and online search forms.
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CABRI
Common Access to Biological Resources and Information (CABRI) provides a unified search interface for a handful of European culture collections. These include BCCM, CABI, and CBS, among others.
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Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures (CCFC)
The CCFC holds more than 10000 fungal cultures accessible through a searchable database. Ordering information and a directory of Canadian culture collections are also available here.
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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)
CBS is an important center for mycological research in The Netherlands. Their extensive culture collection can be searched on many criteria, including cultural characteristics. CBS also provides access to nomenclatural databases on the Aphyllophorales and the genus Fusarium, and archives of an ongoing discussion on fungal nomenclature.
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Culture Collection of Basidiomycetes (CCBAS)
The Czech Republic's Culture Collection of Basidiomycetes (CCBAS) contains more than 630 strains belonging to 253 species in 115 genera, specializing in members of the Agaricales, Aphyllophorales, and Gasterales. Complete accession information is available online.
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Czech Collection of Fungi (CCF)
The CCF holds about 2000 strains, and provides a list of taxa for browsing.
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Fungal Cultures, University of Göteborg (FCUG)
The FCUG collection at the University of Göteborg, Sweden, is particularly rich in cultures of wood-rotting basidiomycetes. A searchable interface is provided.
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Fungal Genetics Stock Center (FGSC)
The FGSC serves databases on the genetics of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Neurospora, Sordaria and other fungi, as well as catalogs of mutant and wild type strains; cloned genes and gene libraries; and useful recipes and methods. The Fungal Genetics Newsletter is online with full text and quality images. Some laboratory exercises demonstrating fungi can be found here. European users will achieve faster access through the U.K. mirror site.
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Fungi Perfecti
Fungi Perfecti (Olympia, Washington, USA) supplies a plethora of mushroom-growing equipment, spawn and kits, books, and dried edible and medicinal mushrooms. Their online catalog and information about Paul Stamets' mushroom cultivation seminars and consultation services can be found here. This elegant web site includes many impressive images of mushrooms and other products, including scanning electron micrographs of mushroom ultrastructure.
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German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ)
The DSMZ in Germany supplies cultures of filamentous fungi and yeasts, and also provides identification services.
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GPDATA: Soil-borne fungi
A collection of cultures of soil-inhabiting fungi housed at the Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, U.K.
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Institute for Fermentation Culture Collection (IFO)
A large collection of cultures is maintained by the Inst. for Fermentation in Osaka, Japan. A list of fungal species in IFO is available. The catalog is available on CD-ROM or in printed form, but is not yet online.
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International Culture Collection of Arbuscular and VA Mycorrhizal Fungi (INVAM)
The web pages of INVAM provide information about this large collection of endomycorrhizal fungi, its staff, and the fungi it holds. Information on the taxonomy of glomalean fungi and a searchable database of accessions are now available online.
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Microbial Germplasm Database
The Microbial Germplasm Database provides access to the holdings of many smaller research culture collections not directly available online, and covers fungi and other microbial organisms.
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Microbial Information Network of China
A compilation of data from Chinese culture collections and herbaria, information on the journal "Mycosystema," and other Chinese mycology resources.
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Microbial Strain Data Network (MSDN)
Many catalogues of culture collections can be searched through the Microbial Strain Data Network. Fungal collections include the Czech Collection of Fungi (CCF); Moscow State University Yeast Database (MSU); National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Bulgaria (NBIMCC); National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM), Hungary; Peterhof Genetic Collection of Yeasts (Russia); Research Institute of Applied Microbiology, Russia (RIAM); Slovenia filamentous fungi; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina (LAM); LE(BIN) Basidiomycete collection, Russia; and VKM, Russia.
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Microbial Strain Data Network: mushroom databases 0
MSDN's guide to mushroom databases is an extensive collection of data repositories relating to scientific work on mushrooms. Summaries and connection information are included for both public and commercial resources of interest to mycologists.
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Mycobase (LCP)
A searchable database of 4000 fungal strains held by the LCP (Laboratoire de Cryptogamie) at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France. Web pages in French and English.
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Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT)
La Coleccion Espanola de Cultivos Tipo includes cultures of fungi and bacteria, browsable via an online catalog. An English interface is also available.
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United Kingdom National Culture Collection (UKNCC)
The UKNCC provides searchable interfaces for ten culture collections in the U.K., including the diverse fungal holdings of CABI Bioscience (formerly IMI) and the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC).
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University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium (UAMH)
The catalogue of the UAMH culture collection is searchable online. This Canadian collection of over 9500 strains includes significant collections of ascomycetous and hyphomycetous microfungi, fungi associated with human and animal disease, and mycorrhizal fungi. The web pages provide information on UAMH research, services, ordering procedures, and training opportunities.
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Uppsala University Culture Collection (UPSC)
Searchable indices to UPSC, the fungal culture collection at Uppsala University (Sweden). The collection includes some 3000 accessions.
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World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
The World Federation of Culture Collections offers searchable indices of over 400 registered culture collections in more than 50 countries worldwide. Many culture collection homepages can also be found through the WDCM.
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