Virtual Mycota Groups - A Simple Key

A simple pictorial key to the fungi treated in the virtual Mycota. Links from this page will provide a provide a short description of the various groups of fungi treated, and a list of genera within those groups

Group (click to select)	Image (click to enlarge)
Mushrooms [fleshy fungi with gills]
Boletes [and other fleshy fungi with pores]
Pouch Fungi (secotioid - with a stalk)
Truffle-like Fungi (gasteroid - without a stalk)
Coral Fungi
Puffballs and puffball-like fungi
Birds-nest
Jelly Fungi
Bracket or Crust Fungi with pores on fertile surface
Thelephores - a smooth fertile surface, leathery brackets, or crust-like (paint-splash fungi)
Tooth Fungi
Cyphelloid fungi - basidiomycetes with cup-like fruiting bodies and a smooth fertile surface
Earth tongues and jelly babies
Cup fungi, saddle fungi and morels
Slime moulds
Xylariaceae
Rust fungi
Smut fungi