The Collection includes a total number of 1340 strains belonging to 265 species of Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. The IBK Collection is the largest official specialized culture collection of macromycetes in Ukraine. According to Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1709 of 19 December 2001, the Mushroom Culture Collection of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany was registered as a scientific object of national heritage of Ukraine.

The Culture Collection activities are focused on preservation of genofund of macrofungi in pure culture and fundamental research on biology and biotechnology of edible and medicinal mushrooms. Dikaryotic strains of macromycetes from different taxonomic and ecological groups of broad geographical origin are maintained in the Collection. The Collection is of great environmental importance for ex situ conservation of the fungal genetic resource. Introduction to culture and preservation of rare and endangered species of fungi in Ukraine are emphasized, particularly those species which are listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine. The mushroom cultures maintained by IBK has been included in the World Directory of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms of the World Data Centre, where IBK is assigned number 1152.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/148aefb6-cf88-443e-9780-b774ef7333e7
Homepage: https://www.botany.kiev.ua/doc/katalog_2016.pdf
Citation: Bisko N, Lomberg M, Mykchaylova O, Mytropolska N (2024). IBK Mushroom Culture Collection. Version 1.8. The IBK Mushroom Culture Collection of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dzdsqu accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-06-17.