Resources for Mycology

Poison Control Center 800-222-1222

See Recommended Books

Recommended resources online

Mushroom YouTube Channels

• MycoGuide, Patrick Leacock, Chicago, IL
• Learn Your Land, Adam Haritan, Pennsylvania
• Illinois Mycological Association
• North American Mycological Assocation
• Yellow Elanor, PNW
• An iNaturalist Introduction to Mushrooming

Fungal Web Sites for Upper Midwest

• Michael Kuo, Eastern Illinois University
• Joe McFarland, Illinois Mushrooms
• Tom Volk's Fungi, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
• Gary Emberger, Messiah College, Fungi on Wood NE USA

Useful online tools and information

• iNaturalist, record your observations
• Mushroom Observer, record your observations
• Mycology Collections data Portal, search herbaria
• GPS - Google Maps latitude and longitude
• Index Fungorum Search Page, fungus names
• MycoBank Search Page, fungus names
• Checklist for Lichens of United States and Canada
• Plants of the World Online, plant taxonomy, distribution
• International Code of Nomenclature, 2018 Shenzhen Code; Searchable Appendices II-VIII at Smithsonian
• A Nomenclator of Friesian Sanctioned Names

It is all about the weather

• Weather and 10 day forecast, enter your zip code
• Rainfall Map, National Weather Service
• Current Climate Conditions in Illinois
• Climate Prediction Center, 8 to 14 Day Outlooks
• WeatherSpark, track rainfall and more

Mushroom Publications

• FUNGI Magazine [Follow them on Facebook]
• Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming

Mushroom Clubs

• North American Mycological Association
• Illinois Mycological Association, Chicago
• Wisconsin Mycological Society, Milwaukee
• Minnesota Mycological Society, Saint Paul
• Paul Bunyan Mushroom Club, North Central Minnesota
• Prairie States Mushroom Club, Iowa
• Missouri Mycological Society, two chapters
• The Hoosier Mushroom Society, Indiana
• Michigan Mushroom Hunters Club
• Ohio Mushroom Society
• Directory of North American clubs

Mycology Herbaria

• [F] Field Museum of Natural History herbarium
• [F] Field Museum, Fungi and Lichens research
• [MIN] University of Minnesota Herbarium
• More Herbaria listed here
• What is a Herbarium?