Fungi Publications

Fungi Project Area

Fungi are the most diverse group of organisms apart from the insects. One thing common to all of them is that they do not make their own food and must feed on pre-existing organic matter. Australia is estimated to have 160 000 to 250 000 fungal species, of which less than five per cent have been described. They occupy almost every habitat and are important in ecosystem function and the maintenance of biodiversity, from the individual organism to the global level. The Fungi of Australia book series is a major initiative of ABRS. The taxa to be treated in the Fungi of Australia include members of three kingdoms: the Protoctista (the slime moulds), the Chromista (the chytrids and hyphochytrids) and the Eumycota. Other fungi-related resources produced by ABRS include interactive keys and catalogues and posters.

Fungi of Australia series

The first parts of this major series provide an introduction to the diversity and importance of fungi in Australia, and a census of currently known species.

• Volume 1A Introduction–Classification - OUT OF PRINT
• Volume 1B Introduction–Fungi in the Environment - OUT OF PRINT
• Volume 2A Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1 - OUT OF PRINT
• Volume 2B Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Fungi 2 - OUT OF PRINT
• Hygrophoraceae - OUT OF PRINT
• Incocybaceae
• Septoria
• The Smut Fungi - OUT OF PRINT

Other related books

• The Genus Mycena in South Eastern Australia

Online publications

• Integrated research priorities for algae, protists and fungi with a focus on microorganisms
• Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World 2^nd edition

CD ROMs & software

• 101 Forest Fungi of Eastern Australia - OUT OF PRINT
• FunKey:
  an Interactive Guide to the Genera of Australian Macrofungi. Key to Agarics

Posters

• Australian fungi and the environment - OUT OF PRINT
• Fungi and their Kingdoms