Fungi

Information from Wikipedia on various fungi from the order Ophiostomatales which have a symbiotic relationship with the ambrosia beetle.

Tom Volk provides photographs and information on these causal agents of tar spot of maple.

Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this fungus, found growing in a kangaroo's pouch, which provides a missing link between fungi and plants.

Information from Wikipedia about this group of underground fungi which exchange nutrients with higher plants through a mycorrhizal arrangement.

An illustrated introduction to the lichens with information on their ecology and reproduction.

A lichen is a combination of two organisms which live together intimately. Information on their fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics and morphology.

Photographs of Acolium hawaiiense, Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides, Anaptychia leucomelos, Bacidia medialis, Bryoria furcellata, B. smithii, Buellia aeruginascens, B. proximata, B. pruinosa, B. tincta, Caloplaca erythrantha and Teloschistes flavicans.

The Forest Inventory and Analysis service in the United States monitors the lichen community in order to assess the impact of air pollution on forest health.

Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of fungi the members of which are molds living on soil or decaying plant or animal material.

Wikipedia article on the ascomycete fungi that cause powdery mildew on plants.

Photograph of this species.

Article with photographs by Tom Volk on this green mould and a useful explanation of the complex classification system for fungi, their teleomorphs and anamorphs.

The fungus Gibberella zeae and its anamorph, Fusarium graminearum, are the causal agent of a serious disease of wheat. Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the microscopic processes involved in the infection.

Article by Tom Volk on this fungus which grows on rose thorns, and other fungi that can colonise human skin.

Information on Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its use by man from the time of the ancient Egyptians up to modern day commercial production.

This species photographed in Puerto Rico.

Two photographs and information on this basidiomycetous truffle.

Photograph and information on this stipitate polypore.

Photograph and information on this boletoid fungus.

Photograph and information on this bolete.

Photograph and the identifying features of this species.

Information on this species, and photographs of the fruiting bodies and spores.

Photograph of four pine seedlings variously affected by Ceratobasidium spp.

Description and natural habitat of this genus of yeasts, which lack pseudohyphae and hyphae, and their macroscopic and microscopic features.

A number of images of the fruitbodies of this jelly fungus including basidia and spores seen much enlarged.

A number of images of the fruitbodies of this jelly fungus including some magnified specimens.

Article with photographs by Tom Volk on this species which causes heartrot in aspen trees and conks on the trunk.

Description of this species, and photograph of it exuding droplets of red fluid.

Tom Volk and his colleagues discovered that this crust fungus can degrade phenolic resin plastics which are used in laminating formica and which were previously thought to be non-biodegradable.

An article by Sean Westmoreland and Tom Volk on this strange species with indeterminate fruiting bodies.

Tom Volk provides photographs and information on the cauliflower or noodle mushroom.

Several photographs of this resupinate fungus.

Two photographs of this species, with a description of the fruiting body and spores, and information on where and when to look for it.English and Polish.

Tom Volk writes of this fungus, commonly known as oak parchment, which grows and feeds on the dead bark of trees causing smooth patches, and its interesting features when viewed under the microscope.

Several photographs of this species.

Photograph and description of the lion's mane.

Photographs and notes on this blue species.

Photographs of Boletopsis grisea, Boletopsis melaena and Boletopsis subsquamosa. Text in Polish.

Several photographs of this species which infects antirrhinums, and microscopic images of the uredospores.

Many photographs, some enlarged or magnified, of this rust fungus.

Microscopic image of a zygospore.

Microscopic image of this species showing the fruitbodies, and information on the infections it can cause in birds, mammals and man.

The principal characteristics of the genus Agaricus and links to other sites. Also a list of those species found in California with photographs of about 20 of them.

Photograph and notes on this species.

Photograph and information on this species from the montane scrub of Costa Rica.

Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, which is one of a number of fungi used in the dyeing of wool.

Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this Honey Fungus, a new species discovered by him on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, and why it was so named.

Photograph and information on this dainty agaric.

Photograph of this bird’s nest fungus which grows on bark or wood mulch, and an illustrated account by Tom Volk of its unusual reproductive structures.

Article by Tom Volk on this interesting fungus, which besides living on rotting wood, also traps and eats nematodes.