CA Mushrooms

Systematic Resources

Fungal Descriptions and Keys On-Line


 

This list is alphabetical by genus (e.g. Agaricus, Mycena), group (e.g. Boletales, Marasmioid Fungi), or location (e.g. California, Costa Rica).

Gymnopilus
  • Bird's Nest Fungi: Trial field key to the species of Bird's Nest Fungi in the Pacific Northwest

    A Pacific Northwest Key Council key. Also available as a RTF file.

  • Boletaceae: The Boletes of California

    The MykoWeb on-line reprint of "Thiers, Harry D. 1975. California Mushrooms: A Field Guide to the Boletes. New York, NY: Hafner Press. 261p." Includes keys and complete descriptions of all species of the Boletaceae known from California in 1975.

  • Boletaceae: The Boletes of Michigan

    The complete contents of "Smith, A.H. & Thiers, H.D. (1971). The Boletes of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 426p." From the "University of Michigan Herbarium Fungus Monographs". Each page is available as image, PDF, or text. Poorly implemented and hard-to-use, but it's all here.

  • Boletaceae: Boletales.com

    Very nice website on European Boletales by Boris Assyov PhD. Includes descriptions, photos, and much more.

  • Boletaceae: Draft Key to Some Bolete Genera

    By Roy Halling [PDF].

  • Boletaceae: Trial field key to the Boletes in the Pacific Northwest

    A Pacific Northwest Key Council key. Also available as a RTF file.

  • Boletineae: Boletineae Surveys & Revisions

    "The Boletineae, a suborder of Boletales, is treated here to include the mushroom genera assigned to the Boletaceae by Singer. Genera such as Boletinellus, Gyrodon, Gyroporus, Phlebopus, and Suillus belong in the Sclerodermatineae and the Suillineae based on robust phylogenetic inferences. Paxillioid taxa are being updated. Essentially, fleshy mushrooms with pores (rarely lamellae) and divergent trama in the hymenophore are included."

  • Resupinate Lignicolus Fungi: Aphyllo.net

    Descriptions, nomenclature, and photos of resupinate wood-inhabiting fungi.

  • Rhizopogon: A preliminary account of the North American species of Rhizopogon

    The complete contents of "Smith, A.H. & Zeller, S.M. (1966). A Preliminary Account of the North American Species of Rhizopogon. Bronx, NY: New York Botanical Gardens. 177p." From the "University of Michigan Herbarium Fungus Monographs". Each page is available as image, PDF, or text. Poorly implemented and hard-to-use, but it's all here.

  • Russulales: The Russulales Website

    Includes a "Visual Guide to Characteristics of Russula and Lactarius", some photographs, and PDFs of some recent papers.

  • Russulales: Russulales News

    Descriptions, photographs, and keys. To see examples of what kind of information planned for all species, go here.

  • Tricholomopsis: MICH Fungal Bioinformatics Project

    Keys and descriptions from "Smith, A. H. 1960. Tricholomopsis (Agaricales) in the western hemisphere. Brittonia 12: 41-70."

  • Xylariaceae: Home of the Xylariaceae

    Mongographs of the following genera of the Xylariaceae: Biscogniauxia, Creosphaeria, Daldinia, Discoxylaria, Entoleuca, Hypoxylon, Jumillera, Kretzschmaria, Kretzschmariella, Stilbohypoxylon, Vivantia, and Whalleya. Descriptions, photographs, and keys included. An excellent resource.

  • Zygomycetes: Zygomycetes

    This website describes Zygomycetes, which are fungi that reproduce sexually by forming zygospores.