The Laboratory of Experimental Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, takes care for a culture collection of Basidiomycetes, which now includes 130 species (280 strains). The cultures were mainly obtained by the explant method from fresh fruit-bodies collected in their natural localities in Czechoslovakia, some of them were isolated from basidiospores or from substrate mycelium. A small part of mycelial cultures was obtained on an exchange basis from various international institutions. The mycelial cultures are used for purposes of investigating their physiology of growth and biochemical activities.
Semerdžieva M., Musílek V. (1976): List of cultures of Basidiomycetes of the Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. – Česká Mykologie 30(1): 49–57.
