The fungi of Australia form an enormous and diverse group, encompassing a huge range of freshwater, marine and terrestrial habitats with many ecological roles, including saprobes, parasites and mutualistic symbionts of algae, animals and plants, as well as agents of biodeterioration.

Feb 9, 2023 · These stinkers are found all over Australia, particular in areas close to the coast. They also hold a proud place in history as the first Australian fungus to be formally described by European science.

What is a fungus? Home page for site introducing Australian fungi , sponsored by the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Aug 3, 2017 · Australia is home to a lot of fabulous fungi. Sprouting in the most unlikely locations, fungi thrive across the Australian continent, pushing through dry desert soils and lush rainforest floors.

Apr 1, 2022 · It’s estimated that Australia is home to over 250,000 species of fungi, yet only around 5,000 have been described. Within that, only a minute portion have been assessed as safely edible. It’s therefore advised to consider any mushroom you find as toxic until undeniably proven otherwise.

All fungi species shown on this web page belong to the major division (phylum) Basidiomycota in the fungi kingdom Eumycota. Members of this phylum produce large fruiting bodies, such as mushrooms, toadstools and morels that can be identified by visual appearance alone.

Impressionist, sedimentary and herbivorous are elements of classification schemes that are useful for particular purposes. There are many ways of defining similarity for fungi. This leads to many useful ways of grouping them, with the groups created by one definition of similarity different to those created by another.

If you would like explanations of the differences between the many families of fungi, The Fifth Kingdom is a good starting point, while the first chapter in Fungi of Australia, Volume 1A contains a history of fungal classification as well as a detailed discussion of the fundamental classificatory features used to differentiate major fungal ...

Part 1 "Introduction" introduces you to Fungi In Australia and also to the Kingdom Fungi. Part 2 "Ascomycota: Pezizomycotina" contains the descriptions of ascomycetes. Part 3 "Basidiomycota: Agaricomycotina – I" contains the Order Agaricales, which includes most of the gilled fungi.

Browse the list of datasets and find organisations you can join if you are interested in participating in a survey for species of Fungi. Upload your observations, identify species, and contribute to the ALA. Visualise and analyse relationships between species, location and environment.