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Royal Ontario Museum Fungarium (TRTC)

TRTC holds an estimated half a million fungal collections and about 1,000 type specimens, making it one of the most significant fungal depository in North America. Its holding is richest in Eastern Canadian material but has a worldwide representation. The processing of databasing the specimens is ongoing.
Collection Manager: Simona Margaritescu, trtcfungarium@gmail.com (ORCID #: 0000-0001-5560-8847)
Homepage: http://bbc.botany.utoronto.ca/ROM/TRTCFungarium/home.php
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 January 2016
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 11,129 specimen records
  • 11,129 (100%) georeferenced
  • 1 (0.01%) with images (1 total images)
  • 10,154 (91%) identified to species
  • 202 families
  • 537 genera
  • 1,782 species
  • 1,782 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics