ABOUT MUSHROOMS Learn the fungi growing around you.Identification, field skills, foraging resources, distribution maps, books, and tools for exploring Alabama’s fungi. IDENTIFY & LEARN Start with what you found.Mushroom identification is mostly the practice of noticing more than you did the last time. Learn which features matter, document what you see, and build from there. 
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Learn to identify mushroomsSubstrate, cap, stem, gills, pores, bruising, spores, and the other features that make an identification possible. Identification basics →
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Get help with an IDLearn which photographs, angles, habitat details, and field notes give other mushroom people what they need. Photograph your find →
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Browse recommended booksBeginner guides, Southeastern field guides, specialized references, and books for people who have fallen much farther down the fungal rabbit hole. Find your next mushroom book →FORAGE & EAT Know what you have before it reaches the pan.Positive identification comes first. From there, explore Alabama edibles and how experienced foragers approach mushrooms that are new to them. EXPLORE ALABAMA FUNGI What grows here?Alabama has extraordinary fungal diversity, much of it still incompletely documented. Observations and collections help us build a better picture. THE BEST WAY TO LEARN Bring your questions into the woods.Books and websites get you started. Seeing fungi in habitat with other curious people is where much of it begins to stick. |
