Knowledge: fungi
See Also:
- health → conditions and diseases → infectious diseases → fungal
- recreation → food → wild foods → fungi
- recreation → outdoors → wildlife → mushrooms
- science → biology → genetics → eukaryotic → fungal
- science → biology → microbiology
- science → biology → mycology
Links
- Introduction to the Fungi
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html - Brief introduction to this kingdom with links to further information.
- Natural Perspective: Fungus Kingdom
http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/ - An introduction to fungi and some of the divisions which make up this kingdom.
- Zoosporic Fungi Online
http://www.botany.uga.edu/zoosporicfungi/ - Resource of information on zoosporic fungi, which includes chytrids, oomycetes, labyrinthulids, and other protists. Contains glossary, photos, how to isolate and maintain these organisms in culture, current publications, job listings, and related links.
- The Fifth Kingdom
http://www.mycolog.com/fifthtoc.html - Introduction to the world of fungi for both amateurs and experts. Includes over 800 photographs.
- CABI Bioscience Databases: Index Fungorum
http://www.indexfungorum.org/ - Searchable taxonomic databases of the fungi.
- Mushrooms of Spain
http://www.altogallego.com/setas/ - Photographs of fungi of Tena Valley, Spain.
- Fungi of Poland
http://www.grzyby.pl/ - Photographs and description of thousands species of macrofungi growing in Poland and Central Europe. Includes a determination key. In English and Polish.
- Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi
http://www.fungiphoto.com/ - Beautiful, educational, and artistic photographs of mushrooms and other fungi by Taylor F. Lockwood. Includes an online game and a stock photo catalogue.
- Macrofungi of Costa Rica
http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/ - Images and keys for mushrooms and other forms found in the regions of Costa Rica that have been explored by the authors. Several images of common as well as unusual and apparently new species.
- Discover Life: Fungi
http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Fungi - Checklists, images, and identification guides for fungi.
- Tom Volk’s Fungi
http://tomvolkfungi.net/ - A quirky view on all things mycological, including a large image collection. An excellent resource.
- Types of Fungi
http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/fungi/types1.htm - Illustrated notes explaining the difference between Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes.
- Fungi Online
http://www.fungionline.org.uk/ - Provides an introduction to the biology of fungi for students or anyone with an interest in this Kingdom.
- Mycorrhizal Fungi
http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/~bruns/tour/fungi2.html - Photographs of a number of fungal species which associate with plants to their mutual benefit.
- Sporocarp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogeous - Information from Wikipedia on the fruiting bodies of fungi, with photographs of the basidiocarps of Amanita muscaria and an ascocarp of Sarcoscypha austriaca.
- Fungi: What are Fungi?
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/biodiversity/crypfungi.html - An introduction to the Fungus Kingdom with photographs of several species and further fungal facts.
- The Biology of Resurrection: Life After Death in Fungi
http://employees.csbsju.edu/SSAUPE/essays/anhydriobiosis.htm - Notes from a seminar given by Stephen G. Saupe on the ability some fungi have to revive after dessication, leading to the conclusion that life is nothing more, nothing less than the arrangement of certain molecules
- A Few Facts about Fungi
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCELLANEOUS/facts.htm - Fungi affect all aspects of life. Here are some of the things not commonly known about them.
- Predatory Fungi, Wood Decay and the Carbon Cycle
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISC2003/feb03.htm - Well illustrated article by George Barron outlining his research into wood-rotting fungi which attack nematodes and other micro-organisms for food.
- Mushroom Poisoning
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISC2003/andrus.htm - A personal account of the result of failing to properly identify a fungus before eating it.
- Fungus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi - Comprehensive and well illustrated article from Wikipedia on this Kingdom which covers organisms as diverse as mushrooms, bakers yeast, wood decay fungi and penicillium.
- Mushrooms and Molds
http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/Sample%20Type%20Pages/mushrooms.htm - Cornell University provides a facility for identifying the fungi that may be damaging trees or timber in houses.
- Hyphomycetes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphomycetes - Information from Wikipedia on this class of fungi in the phylum Deuteromycota that lack fruiting bodies.
- I Love Fungi
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/hufungi1.html - Photographic article by M. Halit Umar on the theme that life is a continuous interaction between organisms.
- A Closer Look at Mushrooms
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct98/mushr.html - Photographic introduction to fungi including photomicrographs of gills, pores and ascopores.
- Digital Photography for the Field Mycologist
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun04/phfungi.html - Article by Paul F Hamlyn on identifying fungi, making spore prints and examining spores under the microscope, with photographic images.
- Mycorrhizas and Symbiosis
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan01/symbiosis.html - Article by M. Halit Umar on the cooperative arrangements between various fungi and the roots of green plants, with photomicrographs showing the processes involved.
- Deuteromycetes or Fungi imperfecti
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2005.html - Article on these fungi which which only reproduce asexually and can be found and cultured from such unexpected places as coins and bank notes.
- Fungi that are Necessary for a Merry Christmas
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/xmas.html - Light hearted look at the many uses fungi are put to in everyday life.
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