Chicago Fungi

A collection of links.

List of Fungi recorded for Cook County, Illinois

Web version with images ; Word Document version

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Chicago Fungi soon to be online : vPlants.org

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Previous classes

Kane County Program, Saturday, 2005 September 10, 9 am - 1 pm

2004 Species List - Last year's finds.

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New York Times, Science article: The Fungi Hunt: So Many Species, Ripe for Finding (requires registration).

Chicago Wilderness article : Fire-loving Fungi Benefit from Restoration with Burning

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Visit Illinois Mycological Association

The mushroom club of the Chicago region. Monthly meetings, spring, summer, and fall forays.

Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming : Useful information and stories.

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Visit Tom Volk's Fungi

Lots of information and images. Lots of links too! Fungus of the Month pages are listed half way down the page.

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Visit Mushrooms of the Chicago region

Excellent digital images by John Denk. A few of the mushrooms pictured, such as Gyromitra caroliniana, John gave to The Field Museum for the permanent herbarium collections.

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