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Disclaimer

Parts of the MycoGuide website are written for the known mushrooms and macro-fungi of the Chicago Region. That is north-eastern Illinois and north-western Indiana. The same fungi are found in nearby areas, such as southern Wisconsin. It does not cover all the mushrooms and fungi found in other parts of the Upper Midwest, particularly species found in more northern or more southern forests.

We provide no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of these data. Information provided in the species descriptions and other pages usually applies to the Chicago Region and may not be relevant or complete for other regions.

Some links on this site direct you to websites maintained by other individuals and organizations. We cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of these outside materials.

Privacy Policy

The MYCOGUIDE.COM website (2013 to currently November 2020) is a basic website. It uses static HTML pages in some directories. The main part of the website uses the program Kirby to serve web pages. It does this via PHP and text files. No backend database system (such as MySQL) is used on this site. No data logging or cookies are used. In the future this site may use other programs such as WordPress. Currently this website collects no information. I only know about you if you contact me personally via email or other direct contact.

Privacy Notice of MycoGuide.com

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for MYCOGUIDE.COM. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the MycoGuide website.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. This site does not collect any information itself. We only have access to or collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do so by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website.

Log Data and Cookies

The Mycoguide.com website does not collect or store any Log Data, the information that your browser sends to us. This website does not generate or use its own Cookies.

Google Universal Analytics uses a few cookies (_ga _gat _gid). These cookies collect general information about how visitors use the website. These reports help us improve the website. The cookies do not directly identify anyone. For Google data privacy and security, see Safeguarding your data.

Service Providers

We do not employ any third-party companies or individuals in relation to this website.

Links to Other Sites

This website contains links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy in the future. Notification of any changes will be made by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy or you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to Contact Us.