Fungi Including Lichens
Fungi
A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from the other eukaryotic life kingdoms of plants and animals.
20 branches of this kingdom, most-observed first
Basidiomycete Fungi
phylumBasidiomycota
Ascomycete Fungi
phylumAscomycota
Mucoromycota
phylumMucoromycota
Entomophthoromycota
phylumEntomophthoromycota
Chytrids
phylumChytridiomycota
Glomeromycetes
phylumGlomeromycota
Blastocladiomycota
phylumBlastocladiomycota
Mortierellomycota
phylumMortierellomycota
Cryptomycota
phylumCryptomycota
Zoopagomycota
phylumZoopagomycota
Kickxellomycota
phylumKickxellomycota
Monoblepharomycota
phylumMonoblepharomycota
Basidiobolomycota
phylumBasidiobolomycota
Entorrhizomycota
phylumEntorrhizomycota
Prototaxites
genusPrototaxites
Calcarisporiellomycota
phylumCalcarisporiellomycota
Olpidiomycota
phylumOlpidiomycota
Aphelidiomycota
phylumAphelidiomycota
Nematovomycota
phylumNematovomycota
Neocallimastigomycota
phylumNeocallimastigomycota
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 1
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1861 · p.341
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 2
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1863 · p.251
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 2
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1863 · p.238
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.730
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 2
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1863 · p.254
Treatise on the Ferns of America
Charles Plumier · 1705 · p.517
New Genera of Plants
Pier Antonio Micheli · 1729 · p.388
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 1
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1861 · p.375
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 1
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1861 · p.372
Methodical Synopsis of Fungi
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon · 1801 · p.749
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.649
History of the Fungi of the Rimini Territory
Giovanni Antonio Battarra · 1755 · p.95
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Fungi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47170.