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)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 January 2016
Digital Metadata: EML File
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
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agaricus (83)
  • Bovista (59)
  • Bovistella (2)
  • Calvatia (28)
  • Chlorophyllum (5)
  • Coprinus (76)
  • Craterium (2)
  • Crucibulum (13)
  • Cyathus (31)
  • Cystoderma (48)
  • Cystodermella (2)
  • Cystolepiota (2)
  • Fayodia (2)
  • Lepiota (4)
  • Lycoperdon (149)
  • Melanophyllum (1)
  • Tulostoma (11)