Fungi Extract Bank®

Fungi Extract Bank® is a research and development initiative of the Institute of Forest Sciences at the Białystok University of Technology. Its goal is to conduct interdisciplinary research and its activities include:

collecting mushroom fruiting bodies from various hosts and habitats, mainly from the Białowieża Forest but also from other forest ecosystems in Europe and around the world
advanced taxonomic studies of fungi
cataloging and storing fruiting bodies - Fungarium of the Białystok University of Technology
developing technologies for the cultivation of mycelium of selected mushroom species
creating a collection of extracts
extracting mushroom fruiting bodies collected from from nature
extracting cultivated mycelium under controlled conditions,