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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Alexopoulos textbook errata and additional index items
Errata and additional index items for the textbook "Introductory Mycology," by Alexopoulos, Mims and Blackwell (1996) are available through Dr. Blackwell's web pages.
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American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
The ATCC web page provides a searchable interface to their extensive holdings of filamentous fungi and yeasts, ordering instructions, and information about ATCC workshops and products.
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Biology of Mycorrhizas
A good introduction to mycorrhizae, their functions and evolution.
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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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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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Dermatophytes
A web page on fungal infections of the skin is available through the Singapore National Skin Care Centre.
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Dictionary of the Fungi
The systematic arrangement of fungal genera as suggested in Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (8th edition) can be searched online.
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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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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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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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Fun Facts about Fungi
A great guide to fungi for beginners and students, Fun Facts about Fungi reveals some of the amazing abilities of fungi, and suggests some experiments you might do to discover them.
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Fungal Genetics Stock Center (FGSC)
The FGSC serves databases on the genetics of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Neurospora, Sordaria and other fungi, as well as catalogs of mutant and wild type strains; cloned genes and gene libraries; and useful recipes and methods. The Fungal Genetics Newsletter is online with full text and quality images. Some laboratory exercises demonstrating fungi can be found here. European users will achieve faster access through the U.K. mirror site.
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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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Fungi at Manhattan College and the College of Mt. St. Vincent
Home page of the fungi at Manhattan College and the College of Mt. St. Vincent.
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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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Fungi Perfecti
Fungi Perfecti (Olympia, Washington, USA) supplies a plethora of mushroom-growing equipment, spawn and kits, books, and dried edible and medicinal mushrooms. Their online catalog and information about Paul Stamets' mushroom cultivation seminars and consultation services can be found here. This elegant web site includes many impressive images of mushrooms and other products, including scanning electron micrographs of mushroom ultrastructure.
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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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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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John C. Tacoma Mushroom Slide Collection
Many, many scanned images of mushrooms and allies, from photographs taken by John C. Tacoma, 1968-1978. Maintained by the Library of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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LichenLand
Lichenland provides a fine introduction to lichens for both professionals and amateurs. Synoptic keys to taxa and to terms lead to many fine images of lichens, a compilation of their characteristics, and pertinent literature.
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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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Magical Mushrooms and Mystical Molds
The home page of a course, BOT 135, at the University of Hawaii. The course provides an introduction to fungi and their interactions with people.
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Microfungal home page
Color images of many microfungi taken under the microscope. Over 100 genera of molds are represented.
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Morels: identification of morels and false morels
Michael Kuo's illustrated guide to true (yummy) and false (potentially dangerous) morels.
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Moulds: their isolation, cultivation and identification
An online version of David Malloch's excellent guide to moulds (University of Toronto Press, 1981), complete with keys, media recipes, and illustrations of common genera. This book makes a great introduction to hyphomycetes for those with access to a microscope.
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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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Mushrooms of North Carolina
Mycology students at Duke University (NC, USA) have prepared this site documenting the mushrooms of North Carolina. Their excellent photographs are available here.
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Mycologue Publications
Mycologue is a publishing company founded by W. Bryce Kendrick. It provides books, teaching materials, and computerized keys to fungi (Canada). The site also includes information and many illustrations of fungi that complement Dr. Kendrick's textbook, The Fifth Kingdom (q.v.).
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Mycology class at Arizona State University
Home page of the General Mycology class at Arizona State University, USA.
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Mycology class at Oregon State University
Home page of the mycology class at Oregon State University, USA.
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Mycology class at Towson University
The home page of the Mycology class at Towson University, in Maryland, USA.
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Mycology classes at Humboldt University
Home page of Mycology classes at Humboldt University, California, USA.
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Mycology Course at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
This web site for Dr. Carol Shearer's Mycology class includes a syllabus, lab exercises, and many excellent lecture illustrations.
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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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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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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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Natural Perspective's introduction to fungi
Natural Perspective's nicely illustrated introduction to the fungal kingdom.
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North American Lichen Project
The North American Lichen Project includes essays on lichen biology and the uses of lichens by people and animals, as well as excerpts and lovely photographs from the forthcoming book Lichens of North America, by I.M. Brodo, S.D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff (Yale University Press).
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North American Mycological Association
NAMA is a great group for amateur mycologists. It provides a national mushroom poisoning registry, sponsors an annual foray, and publishes a fine annual journal, McIlvainea, and a bimonthly newsletter, The Mycophile. Also available through NAMA are suggestions for teaching K-12 students about fungi, and other tidbits.
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Penn State Mushroom Spawn Lab
Pennsylvania State University's strong program in mushroom cultivation presents fact sheets and other information about commercial mushroom production on these pages. PSU's mushroom growers' information pages are part of this site.
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Plant Pathogenic Fungi
The University of Kentucky's course in plant pathogenic fungi has web pages that include the syllabus and other information.
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Plant Pathology
The Plant Pathology courses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA). Most materials are for registered students only; a distance learning course is offered.
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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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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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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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The Fifth Kingdom
W.B. Kendrick's delightful introductory mycology textbook, The Fifth Kingdom, is partly available online. This site includes over 800 lavish, colorful illustrations as a supplement to the text, which is available from Mycologue Publications (q.v.). The text of sample chapters is available, too.
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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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This is Not Just Plant Pathogenic Fungi!
Students at Texas A M University have prepared a guide to plant pathogenic (and other) fungi.
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Tom Volk's web pages
One stop shopping for mycology. These pages feature a "fungus of the month" column, with entertaining text and nice photos, in addition to a plethora of other information about fungi. Tom is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA.
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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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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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University of Tennessee Mycology Labs
Drs. Ron Petersen and Karen Hughes maintain a nice set of web pages that include a primer on Botanical Nomenclature, a synopsis of molecular phylogenetic techniques. These pages also provide an important resources on color standards used by mycologists: a synopsis of Fries' color terminology, and a concordance of colors in the Ridgway and Methuen color handbooks. Lots of information is also provided on the projects of staff and students.
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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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Wayne's Word on the fungal kingdom
A delightful introduction to selected members of the kingdom Fungi from the e-zine, Wayne's Word.
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Western Montana Mycological Association (USA): Fungal Jungal
The Western Montana Mycological Association maintains this nice site. It includes photos of Montana mushrooms, recipes, an oyster mushroom cultivation project, a mushroom "trunk" for teachers, a morel information site, and information on the WMMA's current activities.
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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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