1. Collection

Registered Number	150
Acronym	CCFC
Full Name	Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures
Institution	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

2. Correspondent

Correspondent	Assoc.Prof. Carolyn Babcock
Postal Address	Rm. 1015, K.W. Neatby Bldg.,Ottawa,Ontario,K1A 0C6
Country	Canada
Telephone 1	(1) 613-759-1772
Fax 1	(1) 613-759-1924
E-mail 1	babcockc@agr.gc.ca
Homepage	http://sis.agr.gc.ca/brd/ccc/

3. Status of the collection

Status

Governmental

5. Personnel

Director	Assoc.Prof. Carolyn Babcock
Curator	Ms. Babcock Carolyn (Preservation)
Number of Staff	Mycology (1) Research Technicians (1) Total (2)

6. Main Subjects

Subjects	Agriculture
	Culture and preservation methods
	Freeze drying
	Plant pathology
	Systematics and taxonomy
	Forest microbiology

7. Preservation

Method and category of cultures	Liquid N2(Fungi)
	Freezer(Fungi)
	Freeze-dry(Fungi)
	Subculturing(Fungi)
	Sterile mineral oil overlay(Fungi)
Control of the culture	Subculturing
	Light Microscopy
	Taxonomist (researcher) checks
	DNA Sequencing
Deposit	to your collection
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from
Number of Strains until now	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)
	Fungi	16000	11000
	Yeasts	30	15

Number of strains in 2012	Type	Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country)		new species (total number)/(number from your country)		Microbes distributed (total number)/(in your country)
	Fungi
	Yeasts

8. Availability of Cultures

Availability

fee for $ 75 CND

9. Catalogue

Catalogue

Publication after computerization complete

10. Services

Services	Storage services
	Distribution
	Identification(Fungi(Priority given by N.I.S. to Canadian requests))
Consulation about	Preservation
	Propagation
Other Service	Yearly identifcation course with CBS

11. Entry and Update Dates

Date of Entry	1981-10-26
Date of Reply	2011-11-03

12. Strains

Fungi