Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Fungi
See also: This category in other languages: - Photographic introduction to fungi including photomicrographs of gills, pores and ascopores. - Fungi affect all aspects of life. Here are some of the things not commonly known about them. - Abstract of a proposed new comprehensive phylogenetic classification of the kingdom. - Searchable taxonomic databases of the fungi. - Article on these fungi which which only reproduce asexually and can be found and cultured from such unexpected places as coins and bank notes. - Article by Paul F Hamlyn on identifying fungi, making spore prints and examining spores under the microscope, with photographic images. - Checklists, images, and identification guides for fungi. - Provides an introduction to the biology of fungi for students or anyone with an interest in this Kingdom. - Photographs and description of thousands species of macrofungi growing in Poland and Central Europe. Includes a determination key. In English and Polish. - Light hearted look at the many uses fungi are put to in everyday life. - An introduction to the Fungus Kingdom with photographs of several species and further fungal facts. - An illustrated article from Wikipedia on this Kingdom which covers organisms as diverse as mushrooms, bakers yeast, wood decay fungi and penicillium. - The official site for this event with up to date information and pictures of common, edible, or interesting mushrooms of Girdwood Alaska. - Information from Wikipedia on this class of fungi in the phylum Deuteromycota that lack fruiting bodies. - Photographic article by M. Halit Umar on the theme that life is a continuous interaction between organisms. - Brief introduction to this kingdom with links to further information. - Images and keys for mushrooms and other forms found in the regions of Costa Rica that have been explored by the authors. Several images of common as well as unusual and apparently new species. - Devoted to presenting accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive information about the chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology of medicinal mushrooms and the bioactive compounds they contain. - A personal account of the result of failing to properly identify a fungus before eating it. - Photographs of fungi of Tena Valley, Spain. - Article by M. Halit Umar on the cooperative arrangements between various fungi and the roots of green plants, with photomicrographs showing the processes involved. - An introduction to fungi and some of the divisions which make up this kingdom. - Well illustrated article by George Barron outlining his research into wood-rotting fungi which attack nematodes and other micro-organisms for food. - Information from Wikipedia on the fruiting bodies of fungi, with photographs of the basidiocarps of Amanita muscaria and an ascocarp of Sarcoscypha austriaca. - Notes from a seminar given by Stephen G. Saupe on the ability some fungi have to revive after dessication, leading to the conclusion that life is nothing more, nothing less than the arrangement of certain molecules - Information on the research network Forum Fungorum and various research projects on chanterelles, matsutake and truffles. Swedish and English. - Introduction to the world of fungi for both amateurs and experts. Includes over 800 photographs. - A quirky view on all things mycological, including a large image collection. An excellent resource. - Beautiful, educational, and artistic photographs of mushrooms and other fungi by Taylor F. Lockwood. Includes an online game and a stock photo catalogue. - Illustrated notes explaining the difference between Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes. - Provides information on the identification of edible and poisonous wild mushrooms in the UK, where to find them and how to pick them.
