Collected Fungi Links

Australia

101 Rainforest Fungi CDROM $95 - Knowledge Books and Software is a Queensland site which offers much information and a CD for A$95, apparently full of useful information.

ABRS - Fungi and the environment from the Australian Biological Resources Study, a program of Environment Australia, supported by the Australian Federal Government, supporting research and publications on the classification, identity, biology and relationships of Australia's rich biodiversity.

ABRS Fungi and their Kingdoms More from ABRS.

Abstracts from an Australian Mycology Conference The AMS 2000 Conference abstracts.

Amanita phalloides + Volvariella sp. The deadly Amanita phalloides in Australia.

Australasian Mycological Society

Australian Biological Resources Study - Publication - 101 Forest Fungi

Australian Biological Resources Study - Publications - Fungi of Australia

Australian Biological Resources Study - site index

Australian fungi history today

CSIRO - World-first Australian truffle find Update on australian truffle research from CSIRO.

Deathcap mushroom - Amanita phalloides More on the lethal Amanita phalloides in Australia.

eMJA Trim et al, Poisoning by Amanita phalloides (deathcap) mushrooms in the Australian Capital Territory And even more on the Death Cap in Australia.

Environment & Nature News - Humungous fungus world's largest organism - 10-04-2003 Article on a giant growing hyphal network of a single specimen of an Armillaria species in the USA.

Erowid Online Texts Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (Pg 1) Erowid is an interesting web site dealing with psychotropic substances in Australia-NZ.

Erowid Online Texts Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (Pg 3)

Erowid Online Texts Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (Pg 6)

Fractal Analysis in Mycology - Swinburne Swinburne Uni (Melb) researcher studying the mathematics of the hyphal growth of the bracket fungus Pycnoporus coccinea. (Problems with some graphics.)

Fungi - Museum Victoria [Forest Secrets] Plants

Fungi at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Fungi fact sheets From Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.

Fungi Food for thought From Denmark, WA.

Fungi Found in Sherbrooke Forest From "Friends of Sherbrooke Forest", Dandenong Ranges.

Fungi in Museum Victoria [Forest Secrets] Plants

Fungi of Australia Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.

Fungi seen around our house - (Australian) A personal web site - Nathan Hurst.

FungiBank -  Books CSIRO

FungiBank CSIRO

Fungimap Australia Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Fungimap Home Page.

Fungimap Newsletter Issue 6 September 1997 Associated with Field Naturalists Society of Victoria.

Fungimap Newsletter Issue 8 October 1998 As above.

Fungimap Target Species This is the place to go to see all the pictures and details of the Fungimap target species.

fungimap@rbg.vic.gov.au Email address of Fungimap.

Fungus, (Unknown) (boxhead) An unknown fungus seen in the web site of a landcare group; 'boxhead' is the handle of an active contributor to the ABC web forums SSSF, Scribbly Gum and Tech Talk.

Gardening with Global Garden Australia - Feature 2 From a gardening site.

Google Search mushrooms growing australia a Google search on:- mushrooms growing Australia.

Halluc. Mushr. Australia

Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

Introduction to Mycorrhizas CSIRO info on the mycorrhizal associations between fungi and plants.

Morwell National Park - Fungi From Gippsland, Victoria.

Mushroomers Online! AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND OCEANIA a very useful collection of personal web sites of fungiphiles in Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand. Very useful.

Mycogeography - Australia's Gondwanan and Asian connections From ANBG, Canberra.

Mycogeography - Imports, exports and puzzles From ANBG, Canberra.

Mycogeography From ANBG, Canberra.

Mycology Online Home Page Adelaide University site.

Nathan Hurst's home page Private web site.

Nathan's fungi pictures

News in Science 01-04-2003 Fungus attacking prehistoric cave paintings ABC News item.

RSC Annual Report 1995 - MASS SPECTROMETRY Royal Society of Chemistry - mention in here of appplication of Mass Spectrometry to certain fungal substances from ANU, Canberra.

Start Here (Mycorrhizas Webpage) CSIRO info on the mycorrhizal associations between fungi and plants.

The Australasian Mycological Society Home Page of AMS.

The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc.

Truffle-like fungi in Australia From ANBG, Canberra.

University of Sydney Fungus Link

Europe

Die Pilze Pilze Galerie Fungal Gallery, in German, but has useful indexes of Latin names of fungi, and illustrations.

Fungi Images on the Net Velcome In English, but a Danish site. has an Index to Fungus Images.

Halluzinogene Pilze Europas In German, on hallucinogenic fungi in Europe.

Index of fungi pages of photographs on The Net In English; excellent index of images and other sources.

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Tokyo Code) - Index of Scientific Names German site, but in English, of technical material relating to botanical rules of nomenclature. Might be of interest to some.

Jim Field Personal Home Page Personal web site, in English, of a US researcher based in the Netherlands; biochemical researcher into white rot fungi; has good fungi images, and interesting chemistry.

Mushroom Picker Dutch site, in English, of 'Pictures and brief descriptions of mushrooms and toadstools of the Netherlands'.

MycoKey home Danish site, in English, with an excellent key to fungi, and images from Denmark, Burkino Faso, and elsewhere.

Pilze Pilze Pilzgalerie Psilocybe cyanescens (Blauender Kahlkopf) In German, a specific example of the 'Halluzinogene Pilze Europas' site (above), on a specific species. The general site has excellent images.

Pilzfreunde Chemnitz e.V. in German, site of a fungophile's site in the region of Chemnitz.

Pilzgeschichten In German, a specific page in the above site 'Halluzinogene Pilze Europas'.

The chemical nature of the flavour of fruit bodies of mushrooms Dutch site, in English, of a chapter dealing with the chemistry of the aromas of fungi. It is part of a dissertation dealing with "Submerged cultures of mushroom mycelium as sources of protein and flavour compounds", from 1976.

Submerged Cultures of Mushrooms as sources of Protein and Flavour Compounds The index, in English, of the original dissertation leading to the link immediately above.

New Zealand

Erowid Online Texts Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (Pg 1) Erowid is an interesting web site dealing with psychotropic substances in Australia-NZ.

Erowid Online Texts Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (Pg 3)

Erowid Online Texts Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (Pg 6)

Mushroomers Online! AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND OCEANIA a very useful collection of personal web sites of fungiphiles in Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand. Very useful.

New Zealand Fungi An excellent collection of all sorts of links by Clive Shirley to New Zealand fungi sites.

NZ Mycology Main Page Very useful Landcare Research site for all NZ fungi links.

The Hidden Forest A personal web site by Clive Shirley from NZ dealing with fungi, lichens, mosses and other lower plants.

Welcome to the Kaimai Bush Shirley Kerr's personal web site of her excellent photos of fungi and other NZ flora.

UK

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK) A interesting site offering a large selection of pictures of Natural History objects, in UK. There is a fungi section. You need to know something about biological nomenclature.

British Mycological Society - Resources List of resources offered by the BMS.

Fungi found in Wales, UK Part of a Welsh site dealing generally with fishing, wildlife, etc.

John Taylor's index of fungus images in print Note that this is for "in print" images - not the web.

MYCOLEGIUM An extremely important site showing many, many links for all aspects of mycology.

MycoMiscellany Private site offering all sorts of fungus miscellany for sale. By Jenny Shorten and her husband, field mycologist, Dave Shorten.

Recording Fungi in NW England Site assiciated with the North West England fungus recording group. Has many useful links in it.

The Old Kingdom - Learn about fungi in an entertaining way Personal web site of fungi information mixed up with travel photos and other things. Some useful fungus links.

Welcome to the Northern Ireland Fungus Group Very good site.

Wildlife Central Gordon Scott's UK personal web site - fungus section - fungi links to all over the place.

USA - Canada

1 Morel Mushroom Lane--The FUN of Morel Mushroom hunting! Just as it says for specialist morel hunters.

1001 Searches Directory Science Biology Flora and Fauna Fungi Ascomycota  (8) Results of a search on ascomycetes.

1001 Searches Directory Science Biology Flora and Fauna Fungi  (232) Results of a search on Fungi.

1998-99 basidiomycete workshops Duke University notes.

A Chemist Smells Mushrooms Essay by a chemistry professor at Humboldt University on aromas of higher fungi.

Amanita muscaria cooking methods From an interesting web page by chef William Rubel in which he gives directions for cooking Amanita muscaria safely, and its use around the world.

BCERN Matchmaker – Gilled Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest British Columbia Ectomycorrhizal Research Network.

Big, Hairy Index to the WWW VL Mycology Excellent set of links to fungi sites on the web.

Botany 135 Index to Botany 135 lectures on Fungi at the Uni of Hawaii, by George Wong. Excellent resource.

California Fungi -- Species Index Just as it says.

Coccidioides immitis, cause of coccidioidomycosis, aka Valley Fever, San Joaquin Valley Fever, desert bumps, desert rheumatism Discussion of a fungal disease that afflicts humans.

Dr. Fungus Fungi, Fungus, Fungal This site deals specifically with fungi involved in infections of humans, animals, plants, and especially medical issues, but also "sick building syndrome" and related issues. Very informative.

eMedicine - Toxicity, Mushroom - Amatoxin Article by Andrew K Chang, MD Medical article on the toxins in the deadly amanita phalloides and related fungi.

FDA-CFSAN Bad Bug Book Mushroom toxins Authoritative site from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on fungal toxins.

Fomes fomentarius, the tinder polypore (amadou, styptic, touchwood, punk, hoof fungus, amadou Amadouvier), Tom Volk's Fungus of Article on the "punk" type of bracket fungi from the excellent "Tom Volk's" fungi site at the Uni of Wisconsin-La Crosse (see below).

Forest and Shade Tree Pathology - Home Site on Forest and Shade Tree Pathology, including fungal diseases.

Fungi Information Sources List of fungi information sources, mainly in North America.

Fungi Kingdom Survey from, Waynes Word. Discussion of fungi classification in Wayne's Word, a very good general botany site by an academic associated with Mt Palomar.

Fungi Perfecti® gourmet and medicinal mushrooms "Fungi Perfecti® is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people". Has information on cultivation of mushrooms, too.

Fungi The Fifth Kingdom "Explore this site and find over 800 images of fungi online as an introduction to our compact mycological encyclopedia, The Fifth Kingdom."

fungiphoto Taylor F. Lockwood is a renowned photographer of fungi from around the world. He makes his living from books and media shows on fungi photography. Many stunning pictures of fungi.

Gallery of Myxomycetes site specializing in the Myxomycetes, or Slime Moulds, a kind of fungus which actually moves around. Hundreds of close-up photographs.

Index.htm home page of a New mexico site on fungi. Interesting reading.

Inocybe, clitocybe, omphalotus and others (Group PIM G028) Deals fully with the fungal species containing the poison 'muscarine', including the toxicology.

Kaw Valley Mycological Society, Kansas Informative site in Kansas.

Landscaping With Mushrooms and Fungi by Pet Fungus Very interesting web site by a firm dealing with all aspects of growing fungi of all kinds, including equipment, media, methods, spore banks, and with many pictures of fungi.

Mushroom Information Center - MushWorld Another site dealing with the cultivation of various fungi. But free registration is required.

Mushroom or Toadstool Personal web site at Uni of Michigan, with hints on identification, and poisonous mushrooms.

MushroomExpert.Com Everything you ever wanted to know about fungi - collecting, identification, photography, etc. Specific to North America, but many general points for use anywhere.

mycoElectronica Personal website by John Dhabolt from the Willamette Valley Mushroom Society located in Salem, Oregon. Quite interesting, but dated in mid-90s.

Mycology Resources Regional Guides and Inventories From Cornell University, by Kathie T. Hodge. Links to fungi sites in many countries.

MykoWeb Mushrooms, Fungi, Mycology Michael Wood's web pages of mycology as a science and as a hobby.

Naming and Classification of Fungi and Other Organisms One of a series of lectures on fungi as part of Botany 135 at the Uni of Hawaii. See the link Botany 135 (above) for the course index.

Neuroscience for Kids - Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Dr Eric Chudler's site at the Uni of Washington is part of a whole site dealing with neuroscience, the brain and the spinal chord. Don't be put off by the phrase "for kids". This is an authoritative site of good value.

Pamela Kaminskis Mushroom Pictures Pamela Kaminski's site has outstanding photography and many useful hints. Note: Site looks best at higher resolution, but OK if you don't mind scrolling.

Photographing Mushrooms - Pamela Kaminski Valuable tips on fungi photography from Pamela's beautiful site (above).

Picking Morels (MOREL MUSHROOMS at MushroomExpert.Com) Information on morels from the "mushroomexpert" site, (above).

The Deadliest Toxins (MushroomExpert.Com) Mushroom toxins info from the "MushroomExpert" link (above).

The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) in North America David Fischer's site dealing with this lethal mushroom in the USA.

the Puffball, Poisonous Mushrooms Good article from mid-90s on poisonous mushrooms in "the Puffball", which is the newsletter of the Willamette Valley Mushroom Society located in Salem, Oregon. See also mycoElectronica in this index.

Tom Volk's Fungi-- including mushrooms, mycology, molds, indoor air quality, morels, fungus, puffballs From a biology lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. This is the home page.

Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for April 2002-- Armillaria gallica, the humongous fungus From above site.

Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month Pages As above.

Tremella mesenterica, witch's butter, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for October 2000 From the above site.

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