Chicago Region Summary
Chicago Publications
- 1909, 1923, W. S. Moffatt, The Higher Fungi of the Chicago Region, Chicago Academy of Sciences
- 420 names [110 current names; 270 synonyms; 40 excluded names]
- About 15 species that are not represented by past or present collections
- 1933, V. O. Graham, Mushrooms of the Chicago Region, Chicago Academy of Sciences, 21 pages
- 1944, V. O. Graham, Mushrooms of the Great lakes region: the fleshy, leathery, and woody fungi of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the southern half of Wisconsin and of Michigan, The Chicago Academy of Sciences and the Chicago Natural History Museum, — 390 pages
Chicago Collections
- 1876–1925: Harper, Moffatt, and other collectors
- 1926–1993: Edgecombe, Singer, and other collectors
- 1994–present: Leacock, Gaswick, Murphy, Schmit, and others
2,625 Collections 1876–1993 (118 years of herbarium collections)
20,325 Collections 1994–2011 (18 years of local research)
Checklist, status as of 2013 January
- Approximate total from above sources = 2290 names.
- ca. 1020 names in current use
- ca. 630 synonyms
- ca. 265 excluded names (European names or outside area; incorrect concepts; spelling variants)
- ca. 375 names remaining to determine status
- Possible total of current names = 1300 taxa (a taxon = species, subspecies, or variety)
Estimated minimum diversty of macrofungi, as of 2013 January
- 1150 species for the Chicago Region
- 815 spp. for Cook County (Chicago Region)
- 450 spp. for Swallow Cliff Woods (Cook County)
- 235 spp. in 0.1 hectare Plot 4 (Swallow Cliff Woods)
- 140 unique to Cook County (at present)
- 120 from Forest Preserve District Cook County
- 20 from other locations, primarily urban
- Likely 100 additional unidentified species for Cook County