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MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION RESOURCES

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​USA

  • ​MushroomExpert.com - Michael Kuo's identification site, contains keys, descriptions, and photos. There is special info for morel collectors and some info on tree identification.
  • Rod Tulloss' Amanita website - Everything you ever wanted to know about members of the genus Amanita. (Well, almost...if you want more, you need to speak with Rod himself!)
  • The Bolete Filter - Triage (A Synoptic Key) for North American Boletes
  • ​​Tom Volk's Fungi - Very helpful page from Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he  has taught courses on General Mycology.
  • Fungi Growing on Wood - A site assembled by Gary Emberger, reflecting work he's done over the years to create an identification guide to wood decay fungi based on an out-of-print work by Charles Fergus called Illustrated Genera of Wood Decay Fungi. The website includes dichotomous keys, descriptions, and, for many species, quite a few photographs illustrating many diagnostic features useful for identification.​
  • MykoWeb - Fungi of California, reprinted books: Crepidotus, Pholiota 
  • Taylor Lockwood - One of the world's most prominent aesthetic mycologists, Taylor Lockwood's photos are truly jaw-droppers. Contains information about Taylor and provides links to purchase his books, DVDs, and stock fungi photographs. Additional link www.fungiphoto.com
  • Collection of Polypores - Dr. Josef Vlasak's collection of polypores, many collected in the mid Atlantic region. A good resource to study of on those brackets.
  • Weird and Wonderful Wild Mushrooms - Jan Thornhill's fascinating mushroom blog.
  • Forest Floor Narrative
  • Alpental Pacific NorthWest - Danny Miller
  • Field Guide to Common MacroFungi in Eastern Forests and their Ecosystem Functions - Free PDF from USDA Forestry Service
  • Hebeloma - A study based on 10,000 collections for this genus,  58 species were recorded within the USA .
  • Inocybaceae - Under Keys, download a key to Inocybaceae species in Eastern North America
  • CrustFungi - Alden Dirks
  • Crusts by Gary Lincoff
  • Urban Mushrooms ​
  • Stereum Species - MycoGuide

















  • Last Updated: 2022-12-13
​Outside the USA
  • ​Mycoquebec.org - An invaluable resource.  In French, English, etc. Use Google Translate if needed for mobile device.
  • AscoFrance - Dedicated to ascomycota. In French and English.
  • Polypores of British Columbia - A free PDF of North American Polypores, in full color!
  • ​Cortinarius - A free large PDF on researchgate.net, in French.
  • ​​An interactive collection of mycological resources - from the UK. Please note that whatever information you gather from these resources MAY be specific to the UK and Europe, not the US. Do not rely on this as a sole source of information about US mushroom identification.
  • Gruppo Micologico e Naturalistico - An interesting Italian mycological site. In Italian and English.
  • Hebeloma - A study based on 10,000 collections for this genus, commonly known as 'poison pies'.
  • Hygrophorous Key - MycoQuebec Blog - (Use Google Translate to convert French to English)
  • Russula News
  • Xylaria
  • ​Eumycetozoa.com - Myxomycetes ​

Last Updated: 2022-12-15
  • Fungi Magazine
  • Mushroom_Characterization_Part_I-Illustrated_Morphological_Characteristics  - PDF  on ResearchGate
  • www.researchgate.net

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  • Microscopy of spores, hyphae, cystidia, trama, to identify fungi
  • Mic-UK: An Introduction to Microscopy
  • ​How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus III: Microscopic Features, by David L. Largent, David Johnson, Roy Watling, Published by Mad River Press,1977​​, pamphlet
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