A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi, by M.C. Cooke
Cooke's 1898 book, "A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi (6th edition)" is an early introductory text. Mike Walton has posted it on the web.
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A practical guide to mycorrhiza
A basic introduction to mycorrhizae, with tips on how to select and use inoculum in your garden or landscape. A Japanese version is also available.
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A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of Britain, by C.D. Badham
Badham's 1847 book, "A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England" is an early account of edible fungi. Many of the scientific names have changed now, but the text and its accompanying plates are an interesting diversion. Mike Walton has posted it on the web.
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Agaricales of the Hawaiian Islands
Both native and introduced mushrooms are found on the Hawaiian Islands, the latter being especially plentiful. This site includes photographs and catalogs of Hawaiian agarics.
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Airborne fungal spores
This online guide to airborne fungal spores covers identification, counting techniques, and a discussion of spores as allergens.
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All Species Foundation
A foundation that aims to promote the discovery and description of all species of life on earth.
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American Phytopathological Society
The web site of the American Phytopathological Society (APSnet) includes many resources of interest to plant pathologists, including abstracts of articles in APS journals, lists of APS publications, and an index of common names of plant diseases.
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Anateleo
Anateleo is a database of anamorph-teleomorph connections. Anamorphs are the asexual reproductive states of ascomycetes and basidiomycetes; a special article of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature allows us to give them their own names. This database includes only ascomycetes, so far, and is searchable either by anamorph or holomorph (=teleomorph) names. Opportunity is provided for new submissions (with documentation) and corrections.
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Application of pure cultures in systematic research of basidiomycetes, polypore genera Amyloporia and Antrodia as examples
The Master's thesis of M. Haanpää includes some useful pictures of Antrodia and Amyloporia. The text is available online in Finnish (University of Helsinki).
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ARS Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Laboratory
The web pages of the USDA-ARS Plant Disease Biocontrol Laboratory (Beltsville, MD, USA) provide answers to frequently asked questions on plant disease biocontrol, links to related sites, and information about staff and their programs.
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ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
Information on diseases of cereals, especially rusts, as well as information on research and extension are provided for this USDA lab in Minnesota, USA. The site provides high-quality information on rust life cycles, rust resistance, the Puccinia pathway, and alternate hosts. The lab also provides access to its extensive literature databases on cereal rusts, karnal bunt, and Fusarium Head Blight (scab).
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Aspergillus website
The Aspergillus website provides information about Aspergillus species implicated in human disease (aspergillosis). It includes a bibliographic database and discussion groups for laboratory and clinical workers.
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Biological Control Virtual Information Center
This web site summarizes internet resources on biological control of pests.
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Biology of Mycorrhizas
A good introduction to mycorrhizae, their functions and evolution.
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Brazilian Fungi
A searchable database of over 2,700 species of fungi recorded in Brazil by A.C. Batista and his co-workers between 1950 and the late 1970s.
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British Lichen Society
The British Lichen Society provides information on membership, as well as on lichens in churchyards and on manmade surfaces, a list of lichens of the British Isles, and a key to Parmelia species.
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British Mycological Society0
The BMS's web pages include meeting and foray information, and information on their fine journals: Mycological Research, The Mycologist, and Field Mycology.
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British Society for Plant Pathology
The BSPP Web page includes information on the Society, the BSPP Newsletter, and a host of other resources.
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Caliciales
Lichenized members of the Caliciales are treated on this site, which provides keys, illustrations, and taxonomic and ecological information, with a focus on Scandinavian representation.
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Canadian Phytopathological Society
The web pages of the Canadian Phytopathological Society include information on membership, meetings, back issues of the newsletter, and information on publications.
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Candidiasis
A discussion of the "yeast infections" caused by Candida, with special reference to its occurrence and treatment in HIV patients.
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Center for Disease Control
The CDC site includes imformation on fungal diseases of humans in USA. Their searchable newsletter, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, is an excellent source for mushroom poisonings, fungal disease incidences, and other health problems associated with fungi.
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Centex Naturalist
This site includes information on the flora and fauna of central Texas, USA. Jerry Evans has developed a nice guide to noncrustose lichens growing on trees at the Miller Springs Nature Center, and is developing a treatment of the mushrooms, too.
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Cereal Pathology
Diseases of cereals (wheat, rye, and other grains) are the focus of these pages from the Carlsberg Laboratory (Denmark).
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Checklists of lichens
This site provides lichen checklists for many countries, worldwide. It is conveniently browsable via clickable maps.
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Common tree diseases of British Columbia
This online guide to tree diseases includes a glossary, a host-fungus index, and numerous color photographs of diseases occurring in British Columbia, Canada.
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Cryptogams in Depth
Fred M. Rhoades maintains this collection of 3-dimensional images of fungi, myxomycetes, bryophytes, and lichens from Washington, USA.
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David Sylvia's home page
Soil microbiology at the University of Florida, USA. Dr. Sylvia provides an extensive literature database on mycorrhizal fungi, and a glossary of soil microbiology terms, among other useful things.
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DELTA
DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) is a powerful software package for IBM-compatible computers that facilitates character analysis in taxonomic and phyogenetic studies. Through add-on Intkey software, users can create identification keys from on DELTA datasets.
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Dermatology Online Atlas
An atlas of fungi that infect human skin, including graphic photographs.
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Dermatophytes
A web page on fungal infections of the skin is available through the Singapore National Skin Care Centre.
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Dr. Fungus
Dr. Fungus provides a thorough introduction to fungi that impact human health. There is plentiful information on fungal pathogens of humans, diagnosis of the diseases they cause, and discussions of treatments and patient resources (this site was formerly called FungusWeb).
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Duke University Mycology Research Unit (DUMRU)
A group devoted to studying medically important fungi, in particular Cryptococcus neoformans, cause of cryptococcosis in humans.
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Effects of air pollution and forest regeneration methods on the community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi
Ola Kårén's homepage includes his doctoral dissertation on air pollution and fungi, as well as protocols for molecular identification of mycorrhizae.
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Electronic Image Management Guide
Sabine Huhndorf and her group at the Chicago Field Museum (USA) provide this user-friendly guide to digital imaging of fungi using a microscope, video camera, and computer.
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EnviroVillage
A clearinghouse for information on indoor air quality and sick building sydrome, including the effects and control of indoor molds.
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Forest Pathology
These pages constitute an excellent on-line textbook of forest and shade tree pathology (including a good introduction to fungi) by Jim Worrall, a pathologist with the US Forest Service.
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Forest Pathology and Control, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Canada
An online course in Forest Pathology and Control at Sir Sanford Fleming College, Canada.
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Fred Spiegel's web pages
These pages describe Fred Spiegel's research on protostelids and slime molds. They includes a key to protostelid genera.
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Freshwater Ascomycetes and their Anamorphs
The freshwater ascomycete database is a compilation of water-dwelling unitunicate and bitunicate taxa, their substrates and distributions, and their anamorphic states, many species are illustrated by fine microphotographs. It is maintained by Carol Shearer of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).
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Fungal Contamination in Public Buildings: a guide to recognition and management
This publication of Health Canada explores the recognition and management of fungi detected in public buildings, and their effects on human health (link will download a pdf file).
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Fungal infections
A tutorial that deals with fungal infections of humans, their therapy, and the organisms responsible. It is provided by the Microbiology component of the University of Leeds Laboratory and Scientific Medicine Course.
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FungalWeb
FungalWeb provides a searchable classification system for fungi. It incorporates links to other databases including anamorph-teleomorph relationships, DNA and protein sequences, and fungal nomenclature.
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Fungi Images on the Net
A metadirectory of the many images of fungi to be found on the internet.
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Fungi in Buildings
A glossary and index of fungi important in indoor air quality from the University of Minnesota, with advice on remediation.
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FunIndex
A massive, searchable index of names of fungi, provided by CABI Bioscience (q.v.). These pages also include the classification from the Dictionary of the Fungi, Species2000, and the CABI culture collection (IMI).
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Genealogy of North American mycologists
Bob Gilbertson and Meredith Blackwell have prepared this interestign genealogy of mycologists in North America. Who are your mycological ancestors?
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George Barron's website
This website includes some lovely images of fungi, including Entomophthora, Spinellus, and some nematode parasites. It also includes information on Barron's book "Mushrooms of Northeast North America" (in Canada entitled "Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada").
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Glossary of Technical Terms in Plant Pathology
This useful Glossary of technical terms in Plant Pathology is edited by Phil Arneson of Cornell University. It includes definitions, illustrations, and sound files by Richard Korf to aid pronunciation.
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Histoplasmosis in Mexico
A site dedicated to providing information on the fungal disease histoplasmosis in Mexico. In Spanish.
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Histoplasmosis Reference Laboratory
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum. This site at Indiana University provides information on the diagnosis, treatment and incidence of the disease, and offers a clinical test for antigens.
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Hongos: criaturas de otros reinos
A nice Colombian image gallery of fungi, produced by Fondo FEN Colombia (in Spanish). It includes some local images, and some links to other image sites.
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Index Herbariorum
The online version of the Index Herbariorum can be searched and updated online through the New York Botanical Garden.
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Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)
The WWW version of the ING is a massive searchable index of generic names of organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (including, of course, Fungi). A bibliographic citation, and information on typification, status, and classification are provided for each generic name.
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Index of Fungi
Names included in the important CABI Biosicence publication, "Index of Fungi" are searchable (along with other databases) through a WWW interface provided by the USDA-ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Lab.
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Index to American Botanical Literature
This useful and searchable Index to American Botanical Literature is provided by the New York Botanic Garden, and includes much useful bibliographic information about fungi.
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Infoforum Schimmelpilz
Infoforum Schimmelpilz is a German site on molds, with a special focus on those that occur inside, where they're not wanted.
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International Conference on Mycotoxins
Working papers on mycotoxins derived from a conference sponsored by FAO/WHO/UNEP and held in Tunis, Tunisia, March 1999.
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International Mycological Association (IMA)
On the web pages of the International Mycological Association can be found information about congresses and other meetings, as well as publications and biodiversity initiative information.
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International Plant Names Index
This site provides a searchable index of names of seed plants, and also of the authors of plant and fungus names. This project doesn't aim to include fungal names; for mycologists it is most useful for looking up author names and abbreviations.
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Irish Potato Famine
A compilation of information on the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s, during which time over 3 million Irish died, and many others (including some of my own ancestors) emigrated to other parts of the world. The Famine resulted from an outbreak of late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans.
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Key to Parmelia of Great Britain and Ireland
The British Lichen Society makes available this dichotomous key to the lichen genus Parmelia.
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Lichen Home Page
The Lichen Home Page serves a database of red-listed epiphytic lichens of Switzerland, complete with distribution maps.
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Lichenology in the Netherlands
Lichens of the Netherlands are highlighted on this page, which includes a Red List, a checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi, and information on interesting projects and publications.
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Lichens as bioindicators
An interesting discussion of the use of lichens as indicators of the health of an ecosystem. These pages include suggestions for class study and an overview of lichen biology.
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Micoloxia do Oriente Ourenesan
Focused on Spanish fungi, this site includes Spain's red list, cartoons, and information on fungi and mycology in Spain (in Spanish).
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Micro-Fungi, by Thomas Brittain
Thomas Brittain's 1882 book, "Micro-Fungi" is a popular account of small fungi, plant pathogens, and molds found in the U.K. Mike Walton has kindly augmented it and posted it on the web.
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Mushroom Toxins
This discussion of mushroom toxins and the symptoms they produce forms a chapter of the "Bad Bug Book" by the US Food and Drug Administration. Other mycotoxins (aflatoxin and ilk) are discussed in a subsequent chapter.
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Mushrooms and Magic
The Mycotheology Home Page provides an interesting discussion of the role of fungi in magic, folklore, and religion.
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MycoInfo
This interesting e-journal devoted to fungi provides synopses of fungus-related news, articles, as well as interesting editorials and book reviews. Although previously highly recommended, it is sadly being discontinued.
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MycoKey
MycoKey is a very nice, illustrated, synoptic key to the genera of mushrooms and allies in Northern Europe. This site also includes interesting information on the history of mycology and brief biographies of some important mycologists of years gone by.
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Mycological Society of America
The web page of the Mycological Society of America includes information on activities and officers of the society, searchable abstracts of annual meetings, and membership information. Links are provided to the official MSA journal, Mycologia; the MSA newsletter, Inoculum; a directory of MSA members; and the MSA Bulletin board, MSAPOST.
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Mycological voice from the past: Hadrianus Junius
The first scientific account of a fungal species was published in 1564 by Hadrianus Junius (a.k.a. Aadrian DeJonghe). This site provides illustrated Dutch and English translations of his Latin writings on the fabulous stinkhorn, Phallus hadriani.
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Mycology Online
Mycology Online is a guide to fungal pathogens of humans, the diseases they cause, and selected case studies. This Australian site is searchable, nicely illustrated (not for the squeamish!), and replete with information.
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Mycorrhiza information exchange
The Mycorrhiza Information Exchange covers everything you need: literature databases, job ads, teaching tips, images, inoculum sources, links, etc. Participation is invited.
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Mycorrhiza.com
An introduction to mycorrhizae, their function and benefits, provided by the Tree of Life Nursery (USA).
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Mycorrhizas webpage
This guide to mycorrhizal associations (adapted and excerpted from a larger book) is provided by Mark Brundett at CSIRO (Australia). It details the structure and development of mycorrhizae, with handsome images and good textual explanation. It makes a wonderful teaching tool.
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Mycorrhizospheres of boreal forest trees
This site from the Biocenter at the University of Helsinki (Finland) includes scientific publications documenting the diversity, interactions and functions of forest tree mycorrhizae.
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Mycotoxin homepage
A unit of the US Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service that focuses on mycotoxin research. 3-dimensional molecular structures of a few mycotoxins produced by molds are available here.
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MykoWeb
An impressive site dedicated to amateur mycology, MykoWeb includes recipes, a listing of mushroom events, a useful bibliography of works on secotioid and hypogeous fungi. Identification resources include guides to the Fungi of California (USA), the Fungi of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and an online version of H.D. Thiers' 1975 monograph, California Mushrooms: A Field Guide to the Boletes. For a treat, see the scans of the color plates from M.C. Cooke's 1894 book, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms.
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Myxo Web
This nice web site devoted to myxomycetes provides comprehensive information on the plasmodial slime molds, including some impressively gooey images.
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCBI provides GenBank, an invaluable database of DNA sequences from all organisms. Use the taxonomy browser, or perform a BLAST search to find sequences of interest.
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Nematophagous fungi
Philip Jacobs' studies on nematophagous fungi for biological control can be accessed from this page (in German).
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Pedsdermatlas
The Pediatric Dermatology Image Atlas includes impressive illustrations of fungal diseases of the skin. From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (USA).
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PEST CABWeb
PEST CABWeb deals with entomology, nematology, weed science, biological control, plant pathology and many other aspects of pest management. Subscribers can access CABI's journals online, and others may view abstracts and information on CABI's services, as well as recent numbers of "Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria."
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Pfaffia rhodozyma page
This site at the Universidad de Chile is devoted to the basidiomycetous yeast Pfaffia rhodozyma.
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PhysarumPlus
PhysarumPlus is a resource for researchers studying Physarum and allied slime molds. It includes life cycle information, a question and answer forum, images, protocols for culturing and molecular biology, and even an ode to Physarum.
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PhytID - for the identification of Phytophthora species
CABI Bioscience provides this online identifier of Phytophthora species. It is based on DNA data: you PCR-amplify the ITS region of the genome, cut it with restriction enzymes, then input your results for comparison to a database of known strains.
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Phytopathogenic fungi from South Africa
This book by Crous, Phillips and Baxter is a host-fungus index to fungal plant pathogens in South Africa (Department of Plant Pathology Press, University of Stellenbosch, 2000). An updated and searchable web version of the book is provided at this web site.
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Phytophthora diseases of durian
Phytophthora palmivora and kin cause a serious diseases of durian, the fruit that "smells like hell and tastes like heaven." Professor David Guest of the University of Melbourne, Australia provides these web pages on the problem.
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Plant Pathology Internet Guidebook
The Plant Pathology Internet Guidebook is a comprehensive source for Plant Pathology resources online. It is available through the Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection in Hannover, Germany.
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Plant Pathology Simulations
Computer simulations for teaching aspects of plant pathology and epidemiology.
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PLANTS database
The PLANTS database from the National Plant Data Center is now accessible on the WWW. It includes the names and distributions of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens reported from continental North America excluding Mexico.
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Plasmodiophorid Home Page
These are pages devoted to the Plasmodiophorales from Ohio University. Information about life histories, cytology, and biology of this interesting group of fungus-like protists is available here.
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Pythium insidiosum
Pythiosis is a disease of humans and animals that can be caused by the subject of this web page, Pythium insidiosum. The site includes graphic images and information on biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
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R. Gordon Wasson Archives
The writings, photographs, and artifacts of R. Gordon Wasson are held by Harvard University. Wasson and his wife, Valentina Pavlovna Guercken, spent years studying the roles of fungi in spirituality and folklore around the world, coining the terms "mycophile" and "mycophobe," and participating in rituals in which fungi served as entheogens. The site includes biographies, bibliographies, and access information.
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Reliquiae Petrakianae
This index to specimens included in the exsiccatae Reliquiae Petrakianae was compiled by Christian Scheuer.
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Richard Summerbell's web pages
Dr. Summerbell's pages include his publications on the detection and control of indoor molds that potentially cause indoor air problems and perhaps sick building syndrome. Publications dealing with identification of poisonous mushrooms are also included.
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Spongospora: the European powdery scab workshop (2000)
Spongospora subterranea is a plasmodiophorid pathogen of potatoes (and other plants) and an emerging pathogen in some regions. This workshop site introduces the biology and control of S. subterranea and related species, and includes images and a discussion board.
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Sporotrichosis
Information on a fungal disease caused by Sporothrix schenckii, provided by the New York State Dept. of Health.
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Stachybotrys
The General Clinical Research Center provides detailed information on detection and cleanup of Stachybotrys, a mold that can cause serious respiratory problems when it occurs indoors.
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Stains File
Information on stains used in histological studies. Includes a database of dyes, and information on the principles of staining.
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Studies in the Lasiosphaeriaceae
Sabine Huhndorf's website is entitled Studies in the Lasiosphaeriaceae: Monographs of two key genera and a family-level phylogeny. The site provides keys to genera as well as introductory and phylogenetic information on this family of perithecial ascomycetes in the order Sordariales.
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TAXACOM
A dynamic electronic mailing list for discussions on biosystematics, biogeography and collection curation. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@listserv@usobi.org (leave subject line blank and omit signature): "signup taxacom your name" (e.g. signup taxacom Kathie Hodge)
TAXACOM archives are available for browsing and searching
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Texas Plant Disease Handbook
The Texas Plant Disease Handbook is a pretty comprehensive guide to plant diseases and the organisms that cause them.
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The Echinosteliales (Myxomycetes)
A taxonomic treatment of the Echinosteliales (a group of slime molds) prepared by Francisco Pando. An INTKEY identification resource for use with DELTA software (q.v.) is provided.
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The Ones that Stain Blue
A web site devoted to psychedelic mushrooms including Psilocybe and kin, and to the history and people involved in the modern rediscovery of entheogenic mushroom drugs.
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The Rhynie Chert and its Flora
The Rhynie Chert is a fossilized Devonian lake shore in Scotland that includes some of the oldest fossils of plants and their associated fungi. This nice site introduces the botanical and mycological finds of the Rhynie Chert, and provides photos of the oldest known lichen and early arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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Tree of Life
This phylogenetic navigator provides a tree that shows the evolutionary relationships of living organisms, including fungi. It also supplies descriptive pages on selected terminal taxa. Like biological systematics itself, it's a work in progress.
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Trichomycetes of Chironomidae
These pages by R.W. Lichtwardt and L.C. Ferrington document on ongoing project on the taxonomy and co-evolution of Trichomycetes (fungi that inhabit insect guts) and their blackfly hosts. Keys to trichomycete orders and genera, an extensive literature database, and an overview of trichomycete systematics.
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TRITON
The Taxonomy Resource and Index To Organism Names is a developing database of nomenclatural information that covers all kingdoms of organisms.
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Truffle.org
An organization promoting research on truffles. The site includes images, molecular methodologies, a directory and bulletin board, and Tuberkey, a Delta-based key to Tuber species. Neat!
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U.S. National Fungus Collections databases
This incredibly valuable USDA-ARS site is the superstar of all mycological internet resources. It provides searchable data from "Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the US;" and "Literature Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Fungi;" mycological literature reference databases; a listing of specimens in the National Fungus Collections (BPI); an index to Saccardo's "Sylloge Fungorum;" and and index to the "Index of Fungi." Alternate access is through telnet to fungi.ars-grin.gov (login USER; password: USER).
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UC Berkeley's Introduction to Fungi
The Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley provides a well-prepared introduction to the kingdom Fungi, and also to two groups that have historically been studied by mycologists, the Oomycota and slime molds. Similar introductions are available for all other taxa. This link makes a valuable addition to any teaching program.
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Views of the Famine
An illustrated history of news coverage of the Irish Potato Famine that occurred in the 1840s due to Phytophthora infestans, causal agent of late blight of potato.
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White Rot Fungi
White rot fungi are those that grow on wood and digest lignins, making the wood white and soft. The biochemistry of white rot fungi and their application in bioremediation are featured on these web pages.
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World-Wide Web Virtual Library
You're there now! This is a distributed library of resources maintained at many different sites all over the world. Unlike some of the big search engines, VL site maintainers personally select and evaluate the links they recommend, with the result that VL sites generally have a high signal to noise ratio. The WWW VL is a good place to start when looking for electronic information on all kinds of different topics.
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Xylariaceae
Excellent monographic treatments of various genera of the family Xylariaceae (Ascomycota) by J.D. Rogers, Y.-M. Ju, and M.J. Adams. Keys are available for the genera Biscogniauxia, Creosphaeria, Daldinia, Discoxylaria, Entoleuca, Hypoxylon, Jumillera, Kretzschmaria, Kretzschmariella, Stilbohypoxylon, Vivantia, and Whalleya, and each species is illustrated and thoroughly described. An index to more than 1200 species epithets is provided for the treated genera. A key to genera of the Xylariaceae has recently been completed. Wow.
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Zoosporic Fungi Online
Zoosporic Fungi Online provides up-to-date information on fungi (chytrids) and things we used to think were fungi (stramenopiles). There are reviews of publications, tips on cultural methods, phylogenetic trees, and images.
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