Fungipedia presents a delightful A--Z treasury of mushroom lore.

Table of Contents

• Epigraph Page
• Preface
• A
• Agarikon (Laricifomes officinalis)
• Aksakov, Sergei (1791–1859)
• Alder Tongue (Taphrina robinsoniana)
• Alice in Wonderland
• Allegro, John (1923–1988)
• Amadou
• Amateur
• Amatoxins
• Ambrosia
• Anamorph
• Aniseed Polypore (Haploporus odorus)
• Aphyllophorales
• Artist's Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)
• Ascomycetes
• Azalea Apples (Exobasidium sp.)
• B
• Banning, Mary (1822–1903)
• Basidiolichens
• Basidiomycetes
• Beech Aphid Poop Fungus
• Beefsteak Polypore (Fistulina hepatica)
• Berkeley, Rev. Miles (1803–1889)
• Berserker Mushroom
• Big Laughing Gym
• Bioluminescence
• Bird Droppings
• Bird's Nest Fungi
• Black Knot of Cherry (Apiosporina morbosa)
• Bolete
• Bonnet Mold (Spinellus fusiger)
• Brown Rot
• Buller's Drop
• C
• Cage, John (1912–1992)
• Carver, George Washington (1864?–1943)
• Caterpillar Fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
• Cemetery Mushrooms
• Chaga
• Chestnut Blight
• Chitin
• Chytrids
• Claudius (10 BCE–54 AD)
• Clusius, Carolus (1526–1607)
• Commercial Harvesting
• Common Names
• Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1825–1914)
• Coprophiles
• Corals
• Corn Smut (Ustilago maydis)
• Cramp Balls (Daldinia sp.)
• Crust Fungi
• Cultivated Mushrooms
• Cyphelloid Fungi
• Cystidia
• D
• Darwin's Fungus (Cyttaria darwinii)
• Dead Man's Fingers
• Death Cap (Amanita phalloides)
• Desert Truffles
• Discomycetes
• Djon Djon
• Dry Rot (Serpula sp.)
• Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma sp.)
• Dyes
• E
• Earth Tongues
• Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
• Endomycorrhizal Fungi
• Endophytes
• Ergot
• Ethnomycology
• F
• Fairy Rings
• Fiction
• Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
• Fly Killers
• Fries, Elias Magnus (1794–1878)
• G
• Gastrointestinal Tract
• Gills
• Green Stain
• H
• Hair Ice
• Hairs
• Hálek, Václav (1937–2014)
• Honey Mushroom (Armillaria sp.)
• Horsetails (Equisetum sp.)
• Humongous Fungus
• Hygrophanous
• Hyphae
• I
• Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
• Indwellers
• Inky Cap (Coprinus, Coprinellus, Coprinopsis sp.)
• Insect Mushroom Farmers
• Iqmik
• J
• Jellies
• K
• Keratinophiles
• King Tut's Curse
• Know Your Mushrooms
• KOH
• Kombucha
• L
• Latex
• Lawnmower's Mushroom (Panaeolus foenisecii)
• LBM (Little Brown Mushroom)
• Lichenicolous Fungi
• Lincoff, Gary (1942–2018)
• Lloyd, Curtis Gates (1859–1926)
• Lobster (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
• M
• Magic Mushrooms
• Maitake (Grifola frondosa)
• Matsutake
• McIlvaine, Captain Charles (1840–1905)
• McKenna, Terence (1946–2000)
• Medicinal Mushrooms
• Melzer's Reagent
• Microfungi
• Mildews
• Mold
• Morels (Morchella sp.)
• Mushroom Websites
• Music
• Mycelium
• Mycologist
• Mycophage
• Mycophobia
• Mycoremediation
• N
• Noble Polypore (Bridgeoporus nobilissimus)
• Noble Rot
• O
• Orchids
• Ötzi
• Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus sp.)
• P
• Parasites
• Peck, Charles Horton (1833–1917)
• Pegtymel
• Penicillium
• Phallus impudicus
• Phoenicoid Fungi
• Poisonings
• Polypores
• Potter, Beatrix (1866–1940)
• Prototaxites
• Psilocybin
• Psychrophiles
• Puck
• Puffballs
• Pyrenomycetes
• R
• Red List
• Reishi
• Resupinate
• Ristich, Sam (1915–2008)
• Russula
• Rust
• S
• Sabina, Maria (1894–1985)
• Santa Claus
• Saprophytes
• Schobert, Johann (ca. 1735–1767)
• Sclerotium
• Sequencing
• Sex
• Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
• Slime Molds
• Sloths
• Smell
• Snake Fungus (Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola)
• Snell, Walter (1889–1980)
• Soft Rot
• Spalting
• Split Gill (Schizophyllum commune)
• Spongiforma squarepantsii
• Spore Print
• Spores
• Stamets, Paul (1955–)
• Stem
• Stinkhorns
• Substrate
• T
• Tar Spot (Rhytisma sp.)
• Teonanacatl
• Thaxter, Roland (1858–1932)
• Toadstool
• Tooth Fungi
• Train Wrecker (Neolentinus lepideus)
• Truffles
• Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
• U
• Umbo
• V
• Valley Fever
• Veil
• W
• Wasson, Gordon (1897–1986)
• Waxy Caps
• White-Nose Syndrome
• White Rot
• Witches Broom
• X
• Xerotolerant Fungi
• Y
• Yeasts
• Z
• Zombie Ants
• Zygomycetes
• Afterword
• Acknowledgments
• Useful References