Websites
Names of fungi
An on-line database documenting nomenclature novelties (new mycological names and combinations) and associated data.
This is the best way to find the current Scientific Name of species. Entering a Scientific name in the ‘Search’ page will show whether it has been superseded or not.
Checklist of British and Irish basidiomycetes complied by Kew.
Identification Aids
BioImages by Malcolm Storey
A wide-ranging collection of images depicting fungi and other organisms.
RogersMushrooms by Roger Phillips
Images and details from Roger Phillips' book Mushrooms.
A very interesting resource, which comes up with a plausible suggestion more often that a skeptic might expect – although it can make some howlers. In Danish – but Latin names don’t care...
FSC Identikit Keys
Personal and Project Fungal Sites
The web site that relates to Pat O’Reilly’s excellent book, Fascinated by Fungi. Includes background information and many species descriptions.
A fantastically detailed look at the classification of fungi, their ecology, plant pathology, as agents of biocontrol, as exploiters of microscopic animals, symbiosis with animals, mycorrhizae, as food, mycotoxins and medical mycology amongst other subjects.
World of Fungi by David Moore
A companion to the "21st Century Guidebook to Fungi" and much more.
Kew’s Lost and Found Fungi project
British Mycological Society (BMS)
Recordings of BMS Talks