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Picture from Esculent Funguses of England by Charles Badham, 1847

Links to Other Mycological Sites

Educational Sites | Keys On-line | Mushroom Cultivation | Mycological Resources
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Educational Sites

Fun Facts About Fungi From fairy rings to ant gardens a wealth of fungal facts from this site prepared and maintained by Robert Fogel, Curator of the Fungus Herbarium, University of Michigan, US.

Fun with Lichens Site on lichens from Oregon State University, US.

Forest & Shade Tree Pathology This site includes a well-illustrated page on fungal biology and a second page uses simple animated images to demonstrate aspects of fungal reproduction.

Introduction to the Fungi Information on fossil records, morphology, systematics, life history and ecology of fungi from the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, US.

Introduction to Lichens Similar to the 'Introduction to the Fungi' site but devoted to lichens.

Introduction to Mushrooms An on-line slide show about fungi by Michael Beug at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.

Moulds: their Isolation, Cultivation, and Identification An introductory guide to the study of moulds by David Malloch, University of Toronto.

Natural Perspective: The Fungus Kingdom Easy to read and well illustrated articles on the major groups of fungi.

The Fungal Web Introduction to fungi and the fungal lifestyle, an educational resource produced by Jim Deacon, University of Edinburgh.

The Internet Guide to Myxomycetes Although no longer classified with fungi the amateur field mycologist will frequently encounter Myxomycetes (slime moulds) and this site provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of Myxomycetes.

Keys On-line

Europe

Key to Common British Basidiomycetes

Field key to the British species of Collybia

Keys to Coprinus species Dutch site which also lists recent literature about the genus Coprinus.

Field Key to Leccinum

Key to the lichen genus Parmelia

Key to the European species of Psilocybe

MycoKey Synoptic key for the determination of fungal genera from Northern Europe.

Other Countries

Key to the North American Armillaria species

Mushroom Cultivation

Fungi Perfecti Fungi Perfecti supply cultures, equipment and technologies for the cultivation of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms. Paul Stamets, president of the company also runs several weekend seminars on mushroom cultivation every year. Fungi Perfecti is located near Olympia, Washington, US.

Jac by the Stowl Based in Wales this company supplies small hardwood logs inoculated with the spawn of native and exotic species of edible fungi.

Mycologue Mail order company in London that sells inoculated logs, toilet roll kits, dowel spawn etc. and many other fungi related products.

Biologische Pilze Small German organic mushroom farm. They will deliver inoculated substrate with guidance for home cultivation.

Mushroom Growing with Hydrogen Peroxide Randall Wayne claims that use of hydrogen peroxide simplifies the whole process of growing edible fungi and you can purchase an instruction manual from his site.

Mycological Resources

BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database) Dermatology database for fungi maintained by Richard Schmidt.

Distribution Maps from the British Mycological Society Foray Records Database Distribution maps of a selected group of common fungi found in the UK generated in postscript format by Jerry Cooper.

Doctor Fungus Fungal infections and other information about fungi.

Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms Site about research on edible mycorrhizal mushrooms.

Fungal Images on the Net Direct links to nearly 1600 images all uploaded from their original URL.

Funindex Database of fungal names provided by CABI Bioscience. The database contains over 340,000 names of fungi at the species level and below derived from published lists.

Hypomyces This site from the US Department of Agriculture provides an interactive key for 30 species of Hypomyces generally found on the fruiting bodies of other fungi that represent a majority of the Hypomyces found in temperate regions.

Index to the kingdom FUNGI Index provided by Dr Alan Silverside from the University of Paisley.

Internet Directory for Botany This page covers lower plants and fungi, however infrequently updated.

Mike Walton's Home Page Mike is an active member of the North West Fungus Group and he has scanned and placed on-line the full text and illustrations of the following Victorian books about fungi:

Mycena Page Photographs and descriptions of species of Mycena some of which are shown for the first time.

Mycologia Online Mycologia is published by the Mycological Society of America and this site contains the full content of each issue of the journal for the free trial period which will end on 31 December, 2002 .

Mycology at Kew The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew have one of the most important reference collections of fungi in the world and mycologists at Kew have carried out pioneering research on fungi for over a century. This page includes details about recent publications of the mycology section.

Myko Web North American site dedicated to amateur mycology produced by Michael Wood, a past president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. Includes over 630 photographs of Common Fungi of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Norwegian Fungus of the Month Detailed information about an interesting fungus will be presented at this site every month until the opening of the Seventh International Mycological Congress (Oslo, August 2002).

Patrick Ruch Patrick is a member of our Group and has put some of his photographs of fungi on this Polish site.

Recording Fungi in North West England Homepage of our Group Recorder, John Taylor.

The WWW Virtual Library: Mycology This site maintained by Kathie Hodge is an excellent starting point for finding mycological resources and it's 'Really Big Index' is the most comprehensive list of mycological sites on the Internet.

Tom Volk's Fungi You can download images of fungi (over 1000 JPEG images to choose from) and a paper on the taxonomy of Armillaria in the Northern Hemisphere (including a key to the species of Armillaria in North America) from this site. A 'Fungus of the Month' section ensures that this site is regularly updated.

Societies and Other Groups

UK

Association of British Fungus Groups The ABFG is a non-profit making UK mycological organisation concerned with finding, identifying and recording fungi. It includes a nation-wide network of member groups and individual members, and can provide Public Liability Insurance cover to local independent fungus groups in the UK.

British Lichen Society Homepage of the British Lichen Society formed in 1958 as the first society in the world entirely devoted to the study of lichens.

British Mycological Society Founded mainly by amateurs interested in collecting and identifying fungi the BMS has established a reputation as a leading learned society and now has an international membership comprising both amateur and professional mycologists.

British Society for Plant Pathology

For local Fungus Groups please follow this link

Other Countries

Associazione Micologica Bresadola Italian Mycological Association. The introduction page to this site is in English.

Danish Mycological Society The homepage of the Danish Mycological Society includes on-line indexes of articles from the journal "Svampe", the Danish red list of fungi and information on the book series "Fungi of Northern Europe". In Danish and English.

Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Mykologie German Mycological Society. In German.

Igor Malcevski's Home Page Includes details about the Snohomish County Mycological Society, Washington, US. Igor is the editor of their newsletter which is published at least six times a year and reproduced on this site.

International Society for Mushroom Science International organisation for the furtherance of the cultivation of edible mushrooms.

Le Cercle de Mycologie de Mons Information on the members and activities of the mycology group at Mons. In French.

MSA Homepage Mycological Society of America.

NAMA North American Mycological Association.

Nederlandse Mycologische Vereniging Homepage of the Netherlands' Mycological Society founded in 1908. In Dutch and English.

Soci�t� Mycologique de France French Mycological Society. In French.

Soci�t� Mycologique du Nord de la France

Soci�t� Mycologique du Pays de Montb�liard

Soci�t� Mycologique de Strasbourg Strasbourg Mycological Society. In French.

Sveriges Mykologiska F�rening Swedish Mycological Society.

Miscellaneous Sites

AltaVista Translations Free on-line translation service.

Beatrix Potter Article about Beatrix Potter on the Armitt Museum and Library Web site.

British Trees Home Page Guide to the 33 species of trees native to the British Isles.

Cheshire Wildlife Trust
- Trust Nature Reserves

Cumbria Wildlife Trust

English Nature

Fungi for Fun Prints and greeting cards from watercolour paintings of fungi by botanical artist Peter Thwaites.

Fungi Photos Marc Palmer has put together a selection of his fungi photos and had them printed as a 2003 calendar that can be purchased from this site.

Greencheshire.Org.UK Environmental resource site for the Cheshire area includes educational resources, a conservation discussion forum and links to local groups.

Habitat.Org.UK Plant conservation site which includes articles about fungi.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust
- Trust Nature Reserves

Lyme Disease Web Page Bacterial infection transmitted by ticks found in woodland, moorland and other places where there is long grass and the presence of host animals such as deer, sheep and horses.

rECOrd Biodiversity Information System which aims to collate and manage all the biological sightings data for the Cheshire region and to provide as wide an access to that data commensurate with the protection of the wildlife involved.

Taylor Lockwood Taylor Lockwood's site contains pictures of fungi from around the world and you can purchase his book 'Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi' online.

WILD FOOD! Said to be New York's best known naturalist "Wildman" Steve Brill has produced this site on foraging for wild plants and fungi. Includes some nice pictures of fungi and recipes.

Last updated: 4 December, 2004

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