List of Resources and Guides for Mycology
Index
South America, Central and Tropical Guides
Monographs, Advanced Guides and Keys
Free Online and Downloadable Keys
Taxonomic, Journal and Herbarium Links
Fungal oriented Social media Accounts
Dyes, Papermaking and Bushcraft
Climate and Geologic Resources
General Guides
North American Guides
Regional guides
Eastern NA
Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada by Timothy Baroni ISBN-13: 978-1604696349
Mushrooms of Northeastern North America ISBN-13: 978-0815603887 - Has the most species listed for the NE.
Mushrooms of Northeast North America ISBN-13: 978-1772130003 - A great guide for beginners, with many pictorial and dichotomous guides to ID fungi.
Mushrooms of the Northeast by Walt Sturgeon ISBN-13: 978-1591935919 - A good pocket guide, Walt does a good job mentioning the lesser known look alikes.
Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians ISBN-13: 978-0813190396
Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America (Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America) ISBN-13: 978-1933202365
Mushrooms of Cape Cod and the National Seashore ISBN-13: 978-0815606888
Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic ISBN-13:978-0271077802
A Little Illustrated Book of Common Mushrooms of Newfoundland and Labrador. ISBN 978-0-9699509-4-3
Western NA
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California ISBN-13: 978-1607748175
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest ISBN-13: 978-0881929355
California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide ISBN-13: 978-1604693539
The Outer Spores: Mushrooms of Haida Gwaii ISBN-13: 978-0-9692237-3-3
Mushrooms Demystified ISBN-13: 978-0898151695 This is an old standard book it should be used as a supplementary resource along with a newer guide
Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America (California Natural History Guides) ISBN-13: 978-0520271081
Mushrooms of Cascadia New Book by Michael Beug published 2021
All The Rain Promises and More ISBN-13: 978-0898153880 there are better more updated guides out
The New Savory Wild Mushroom ISBN-13: 978-0295964805 Also dated but made for the PNW
Wild Edible Mushrooms of British Columbia ISBN-13: 978-0988150638
Midwestern NA
Mushrooms of the Midwest ISBN-13: 978-0252079764
Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States ISBN-13: 978-0252076435
Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest ISBN-13: 978-1591934172
Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region (A Timber Press Field Guide) ISBN-13: 978-1604695762
Wild Edible Mushrooms of Alberta: A Field Guide ISBN-13: 978-0988150621
Missouri's Wild Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-1887247740
A Guide to Kansas Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-0700605712
Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and the Midwestern States: A Resource Handbook
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States ISBN-13: 978-1587296277
Southeastern NA
A Field Guide to the Mushrooms of Georgia ISBN: 978-0820362694
Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States: A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida ISBN-13: 978-1477318157
Mushrooms of the Southeast ISBN-13: 978-1604697308
A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas ISBN-13:978-1-4696-3853-9
Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians: A Reference ISBN-13: 978-0820350035
Appalachian Mushrooms: A Field Guide - ISBN-13:978-0821423257
Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States ISBN-13: 978-0815631125
Common Florida Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-0916287306
A Field Guide to Southern Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-0472856152
Southwestern NA
Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide ISBN-13: 978-0292751262
Mushrooms and Truffles of the Southwest ISBN-13: 978-0816511921
Alaska
Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams ISBN-13: 978-1602230583
Alaska's Mushrooms: A Wide-Ranging Guide ISBN-13: 978-1943328499
Edible Mushrooms of Alaska (The Mushrooms Of Alaska) ISBN-13: 978-1497426344
Hawaii
Mushrooms of Hawai'i: An Identification Guide ISBN-13: 978-1626541825
European Guides
Collins Fungi Guide ISBN-13: 978-0007466481
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe 1st Ed. Edition ISBN-13: 978-0330264419
Edible Mushrooms: A Forager's Guide to the Wild Fungi of Britain and Europe ISBN-13: 978-0857843975
Fungi of Temperate Europe ISBN-13: 978-0691180373 A reference guide not a field guide
South American Central American and Tropical Guides
Microhongos Comunes de Costa Rica y Otras Regiones Tropicales / Common Microfungi of Costa Rica and other Tropical Regions (Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Sordariomycetes): ISBN-13: 978-9968927666
Common Mushrooms Of The Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol. 90) ISBN-13: 978-0893274603
Fungi From Costa Rica and Panama (Classic Reprint): ISBN-13: 978-0331350357
Hongos de Costa Rica:
Fungi Austral Guía de campo de los hongos más vistosos de Chile ISBN-13: 978-956-310-899-6
Fungi of Belize ISBN-13: 978-0692183557 only lists 100 species, make of that what you will.
Australia And New Zealand Guides and References
Fungi of Australia Volume 1A ISBN-13: 9780643058897
Fungi of Australia Volume 2A ISBN-13: 9780643059290
A Guide to the Common Fungi of Coastal New South Wales ISBN-13:9781742569444
Australian Subtropical Fungi ISBN-13:9780646915524
A Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi second edition -
"A Field Guide to Australian Fungi" - B. Fuhrer ISBN: 9781876473518.
"A Field Companion to Australian Fungi" - B. Fuhrer ISBN: 9781876473402.
"A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia" - A.M. Young ISBN: 9780868407425.
"Fungi of the South-West Forests" - R. Richardson ISBN: 0730755282.
"Fungi Down Under: the Fungimap Guide to Australian Fungi" - Pat & Ed Grey ISBN: 9780646446745.
"Australian Fungi Illustrated" - I. McCann ISBN: 9780975078006
"Fungi Out West: Some Fungi of Southern Inland Queensland" - R. Tait ISBN: 9780980382402
"Fungi of Southern Australia" - N. Bougher & K. Syme ISBN: 9781875560806
"Larger Fungi of South Australia" - C.A. Grgurinovic ISBN: 0730807371
"Common Australian Fungi : A Bushwalker's Guide" - T. Young ISBN: 9780868406503
"An introduction to the mushrooms, toadstools and larger fungi of Queensland" - J.E.C. Aberdeen
"A Field Guide to the Common Genera of Gilled Fungi of Australia" - M. Cole, B. Fuhrer & A. Holland ISBN: 0909605114
"Rainforest Fungi of Tasmania and South-East Australia" - B. Fuhrer & R. Robinson ISBN: 9780643053113
"Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them (revised ed.)" - A.E. Wood ISBN: 9780868400440
"Host and Habitat Index of the Australian Fungi." - N.A. Cobb.
Fungi in Australia please consider donating if you download.
Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms -James H. Wilis - ISBN-13: 978-1446522288
Fungi of the Perth Region and Beyond PDF
A Guide to Fungi of the Hunter-Central Rivers Region PDF
Wild Mushrooming ISBN: 9781486311736
A Field Guide to New Zealand Fungi https://www.kaimaibush.co.nz/fungi/fungi-books.html
Fungi of Aotearoa A Curious Forager's Field Guide ISBN: 9781761047886
African Guides
Pocket Guide to Mushrooms of South Africa ISBN-13:9781770077560
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of South Africa ISBN-13: 978-1775846543
Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 45: Poroid Fungi of Africa ISBN-13: 9788290724639
Asian Guides
Macrofungi from Guangxi, China (Zhongguó guangxi dàxíng zhenjùn).
Colour Atlas of Macrofungi in Southeast Yunnan (Chinese w/Latin Description)
Fungi of Japan (Nihon No Kino- ko). (Japanese, with Latin species index and Latin nomenclature) 1988 ed ISBN-13: 9784635090209
Monographic texts
North American Boletes ISBN-13: 978-0815632443
Tricholomas of North America ISBN-13: 978-0292742338
Milk Mushrooms of North America ISBN-13: 978-0815632290
Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America ISBN-13: 978-0815632689
Ascomycete of North America ISBN-13: 978-0292754522
Agaricus of North America ISBN-13:978-0-89327-536-5
Champignons du Québec, Tome 2, Les Amanites
Boletes of Eastern North America ISBN-13: 978-0815610748
Field Guide to North American Truffles ISBN-13: 978-1580088626
The Gilled Mushrooms (Agaricaceae) of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region - ISBN 13: 9780486223964, ISBN-13: 978-0486223971 Volume 1 & 2 Reprint of C.H Kauffman's 1918 monograph.
The North American Cup-fungi (operculates) ISBN-13: 978-1341760792
North American Cup Fungi (Inoperculates) ISBN-13: 978-0028519708
Stereoid Fungi of America ISBN: 9788290724424
Entolomatoid Fungi of the Western United States and Alaska: Agaricales of California ISBN-13: 978-0916422813
A Morel Hunter's Companion: A Guide to True and False Morels ISBN-13: 978-1882376162 old but interesting read
Diseases of Trees and Shrubs ISBN-13 : 978-0801443718
Polypores and Similar Fungi of Eastern and Central North America ISBN-13 : 978-1477322727
The Fungi Of Our Common Nuts And Pits ISBN-13: 978-1167166921
Amanitas of North America ISBN-13: 978-0-578-67572
ylutki, Edmund E , (2 vols.) Mushrooms of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest: Vol. 1 Discomycetes and Mushrooms of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest: Vol. 2 Non-Gilled Hymenomycetes.
Ascomycete in colour ISBN-13: 978-1479747559
Fungi of Switzerland A series of 6 books.
Fungi Europaei A collection of 14 books.
The Genus Russula in Great Britain With Synoptic Keys of Species ISBN-13: 9780957209411
Poroid Fungi of Europe ISBN-13: 9788290724547
Fungi Non Deliniati
The Resupinates of Hampshire ISBN: 9780904853155
Funghi Clavarioidi in Italia. Franchi, Paolo and Mauro Marchetti
Puffballs of Northern and Central Europe ISBN: 9771654546008
The Genera Hohenbuehelia and Resupinatus in Europe
Fungi of Australia: Septoria ISBN-13: 9780643093768
The Entolomataceae of Tasmania ISBN-13: 978-9400746787
Fungi of Australia:Inocybaceae: ISBN-13: 9781486306664
"The Gasteromycetes of Australia and New Zealand." - G.H. Cunningham. ISBN: 9783768212311
Myxomycetes of New Zealand ISBN: 9789628676545
Secretive Slime Moulds ISBN:9781486314133
Les Myxomycetes ISBN-13: 978-2951854024 two volume set
Descriptive, illustrated keys to the world's Myxomycetes : a posthumous publication with foreword, annotations, updates and editing ISBN-13: 978-8400111199
Contribution to the Taxonomy of the Genus Tomentella Michael J. Larsen
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World ISBN-13: 978-0898158397
Handbook of Ascomycota Bjorn Wergen, 2 books with more coming, right now Pyrenomycetes excellent, though technical and very expensive.
Microfungi on miscellaneous substrates : an identification handbook ISBN: 9780855462482
Microfungi on Land Plants Revised edition ISBN-13: 978-0855462468
Identifying Molds a Practical Handbook ISBN-13: 978-3443500382
A Revision of the Genus Hypoxylon (Mycologia Memoir) illustrated edition ISBN-13: 978-0890542149
Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography and Ecology ISBN-13: 978-0128050897
Trichoderma: Identification and Agricultural Applications ISBN: 9780890544846
The Genera of Hyphomycetes ISBN: 9789070351854
Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi ISBN-13 : 978-0890541920
Fungiflora.no Leif Ryvarden’s website with free and purchasable monographs primarily focusing on Polyporales and Aphyllophorales
The Fungi An Advanced Treatise: volumes IIIB and IVB Has Keys
Combined Keys to Illustrated Genera of Ascomycetes ISBN-13 : 978-0890541999
Studying the Discomycetes from initiation to advanced levels https://ascomycete.org/Book
Free Online General Websites
123Pilze German interactive website
Mushroom Expert Kuos Website for North America
First-Nature Fungi of Britain and Ireland
Mykoweb Michael Wood’s California Fungi
Free Downloadable Monographs
Basidiomycetes
North American Species of Lactarius
North American Species of Psathyrella
North American Species of Hygrophorus
Smith and Singer Monograph of Galerina
North American Species of Mycena
For Chlorophyllum pdf
Polypores of British Colombia pdf
American species of Crepidotus
A preliminary account of North American Rhizopogon
Ascomycetes
Scutellinia pdf, beware in Czech
Bjorn Wergans Ascomycete website
Keys to inoperculate discomycetetes
Online Monographs
Bjorn Wergans Ascomycete website
For Inocybe (In German)
Messiah college this has a lot of weird species for polypores and other things
European, specifically French Pyrenomycetes
The Agaricales Phylogeny of the Agaricales, includes a great tree
For Inocybaceae With continually updated keys
Myxotropic Carlos Lados’ Myxo Site
Hebeloma.org Henry Beker’s new Heb site
Dothideomycetes Database for descriptions of Dothideomycetes
Free Online and Downloadable Keys
Fungi of Temperate Europe Key Wheels PDF
Bolete Filter WPA’s Bolete Filter
Key to North American Russulas
Agaricus of Western North America pdf
Interactive key to Scutellinia species
Synoptic Key to Geoglossaceae (Geoglossum, Trichoglossum etc)
Pyrenomycetes and Dung Fungi Collection by Sigrid Jackobs
Key to Trichaptum by Fungee on iNat
Mycology
Mycology Texts
Mycology Light Reading
The kingdom of fungi ISBN-13: 978-0691157542 coffee table book, nice pictures.
The Fifth Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1585104598 for those who don't have a solid science background.
Mycology Texts
Introductory Mycology ISBN-13: 978-1641720809 Book is small and content looks extremely light for the price
Fungal Biology ISBN-13: 978-1405130660
The Fungi 3rd ed. ISBN-13: 978-0123820341
Introductory Mycology 4th Ed. ISBN-13: 978-8126511082
Introduction to Fungi ISBN-13: 978-0521014830.
An Introduction to Mycology ISBN-13: 978-8122437966
Dictionary of the Fungi ISBN-13: 978-1845939335
The Chemistry of Fungi ISBN-13: 978-0854041367
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis 3rd Edition ISBN-10 : 0123705266
Taxonomy descriptions and resources and Journals
Librifungorum For original descriptions
references.net For deciphering journal abbreviations
index fungorum For current valid taxa names and synonyms
Mycobank for nomenclature and molecular databases
Mycoportal Search Herbarium Taxa.
Mycologia MSA’s publication Journal
Genetics
Snapgene Viewer View Chromatograms
BLAST Find sequences similar to yours
GenBank Find and Upload Sequences
Easy alignment and Phylogenetic Trees
Counter culture labs sequecing Alan Rockefellers Wiki on Sequncing
RaxML High Quality Trees
UGene Bioinformatics
UNITE Another genetic database but for ITS sequences of fungi
BOLD Barcode of Life
Minion Nanopore sequencing, low cost sequencers
Stephen Russell’s MinIon Sequencing Protocol
Awesome nanopore A list of software packages for nanopore sequencing. Basecalling etc
Treebase Public repository of genetic information.
BEAST Molecular analysis based on time rooted phylogenies
T-Bas Large scale phylogeny alignment tool with vouchering capabilities
Wikipedia List of Bioinformatics Software
The ODIN order primers, pcr equipment and other tools and consumables
Protocols.io Find protocols for PCR, oxford nanopore and for other disciplines as well
Bento Labs PCR equipment and primer(s) ITS1
Microscopy
How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus III: Microscopic Features ISBN-13: 978-0916422097
Nikon's Microscopy Learning Center
Olympus’ Microscopy Resource Center
Microscopy and measuring tool ImageJ
Touptek microscope camera/measuring software Those who do not use Windows computers
Microscopy and Measuring tool Piximitre the most suited for mycological measurements but limited in platforms (and not in English)
Forum for Photomicroscopy and macrophotos
Microbe-Hunter Great forum for microscopy
Intro to Microscopy First Nature
Intro to Microscopy Mushroom Expert
Extras
Fungal Light Reading
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies ISBN-13 : 978-1771646628
Mushrooms Poisons and Panaceas: A Handbook for Naturalists, Mycologists, and Physicians ISBN-13: 978-0716726494
The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America ISBN-13: 978-0345536259
Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-1603582148
Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-1609619879
Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom ISBN-13: 978-0060828295
The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization ISBN-13: 978-0190270711
A Mushroom Word Guide: Etymology, Pronunciation, and Meanings from over 500 Mycology Words ISBN-13: 978-1519686619
The Triumph of Fungi: A Rotten History ISBN-13: 978-0195189711
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins ISBN-13: 978-0691178325
The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds ISBN-13: 978-0691139395
Fungi in the Ancient World: How Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds, and Yeast Shaped the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East ISBN-13: 978-0890543610
Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death ISBN-13: 978-0890543337
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures ISBN-13: 978-0525510314
Fungal oriented Social media Accounts
Central Texas Mycological Society
Cultivation
The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home ISBN-13: 978-0961079802 (If your home is a 50,000 sq ft warehouse)
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation ISBN-13: 978-1603584555
Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms ISBN-13: 978-1580081757
Radical Mycology: A Treatise On Seeing And Working With Fungi ISBN-13: 978-0986399602 - Very Heavy in Pseudoscience this should not be seen as a text and its verisimilitude should be rigorously scrutinized when accepting information from this book.
The Essential Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms: Simple and Advanced Techniques for Growing Shiitake, Oyster, Lion's Mane, and Maitake Mushrooms at Home ISBN-13: 978-1-61212-146-8
Dyes, Papermaking, Bushcraft
The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyers Field Guide ISBN-13: 978-0815606802
Spalting 101: The Ultimate Guide to Coloring Wood with Fungi ISBN-13: 978-0764360893
Natural Colors to Dye for: How to Use Natural Dyes From Plants and Fungi by Fran Leach
NAMA short list of dye Mushrooms
Mushrooms for Color Miriam Rice
USGS mapview Geology. warning Flash
Periodicals
Omphalina Newfoundland and Labradors mycological publication
Journals
Karstenia Finnish Mycological Journal
Persoonia Molecular phylogeny and evolution of fungi
Mycologia Official journal of the Mycological Society of America
*Most guides are provided with just ISBN numbers when possible, for publications that are only available in a single place and are usually limited printings, a website is provided.