Identification
resources
With thanks
to Geoffrey Kibby for sharing many of these through his editorial in the Field
Mycology journal (April 2017).
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Information on waxcap fungi from Aberystwyth – University of Wales.
Includes simple downloadable waxcap key.
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Monographic level treatment of the Amanitaceae with facts and data accessible to persons of multiple
levels of interest and expertise.
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Ascomycete information and discussion forum.
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Spanish site with images of many different species of fungi and
myxomycetes found on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Includes photographs and micrographs of various UK species, organised
taxonomically.
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Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and fungi.
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Includes masses of information on European boletes. Maintained by a
Bulgarian mycologist, Boris Assyov, but – very conveniently – the site’s
content is written in English.
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Keys published by the British Mycological Society and its members.
Includes Archie McAdam’s ‘Keys to the British Genera of Agarics and
Boleti’ and David Boertmann’s ‘Quick Waxcap Key’.
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Comprehensive information on the Phlegmacium, a sub-genus of
Cortinarius.
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Very accessible site with descriptions of many UK species, including
information on how to identify them and helpful pointers to similar species.
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A Beginners Guide to Earth Tongues by Irene Ridge.
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German site with extensive information on the European Inocybe, including photographs of
field characteristics and microscopic features.
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Ascomycetes taxonomy website by Hans-Otto Baral and Evi Weber.
Includes a link to systematically arranged photos and drawings of
Ascomycetes.
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Descriptions and photos of Russula
and Lactarius species.
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North American site developed by Michael Kuo. The keys are probably
not to be relied upon for identifying European species, but the site is
packed with useful and accessible information on mushrooms and mycology. Plus
Michael Kuo can be very funny and is encouraging to read when you’re feeling
like mycology is just too damn difficult.
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A key to the Mycenas of
Norway.
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Mycological information site where you can download the MycoKey
software – giving you access to a user-friendly visual key to genus, as well
as access to all the Funga Nordica keys in .pdf format.
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Pyrenomycetes from southwestern France – looks like it hasn’t been
updated for a long time, but includes lots of great photos of Xylariaceae. (Just be aware taxonomy
has moved on.)
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Waxcaps & Allied Fungi Guide by Paul Ardron, Ian Rotherham &
Chris Percy.
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Comprehensive information on the European Psathyrellaceae, including Psathyrella, Coprinellus and Coprinopsis,
as well as the smaller genera in this family.
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Sussex waxcap key.
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Fungus recording
& systematics
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The website of the British Mycological Society
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Searchable UK fungus records database maintained by The Fungus
Conservation Trust
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Searchable UK fungus records database maintained by the British
Mycological Society
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New platform for the British Mycological Society’s Fungal Records
Database of Britain & Ireland
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Lost & Found Fungi project website with comprehensive information
on the project’s target species
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Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota produced by the
Mycology Section at RBG Kew
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Index Fungorum
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UK Species Dictionary
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Online database documenting mycological nomenclatural novelties and
associated data, for example descriptions and illustrations.
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Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs, Chapter 14:
non-lichenised fungi
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Guide to collecting and preserving fungal specimens, published by the
Queensland Herbarium
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Introduction to fungal microscopy
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Guide to chemicals for fungal microscopy
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Mycology libraries
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Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Cyberliber is an electronic library for mycology. Most of the
publications date from the early 1800s to the 1980s.
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Scans of ‘Flora Agaricina Danica’, produced by the Danish mycologist
Jakob E. Lange from 1935-1940
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A digital archive for books, journals and other publications
important to systematic mycology
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Mycology books
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Identification of the Larger Fungi by Roy Watling.
Recommended for good
illustrations of microscopic features.
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Chapters from the mycological textbook ‘The Fifth Kingdom’ by Dr
Bryce Kendrick
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Mycological
miscellany
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David Moore’s Guide to the World of Fungi on Stamps and other Postal
Ephemera
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Mushroom Space. Photos of mushrooms set against a background of
space.
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Recording in Sussex
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Sussex Fungus Group
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Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre – the local environmental record
centre for Sussex. They run a data request service which anyone can use to
access information on sites and species in Sussex. There’s no charge for
‘personal interest’, academic use and research.
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West Weald Fungus Recording Group
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My recording
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The Blencowe Fungarium. An online record of specimens retained by me,
for science.
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Last updated 11/03/2019
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