Mushrooms ! Mycology ! Fungi !

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Mushrooms.

READ ME FIRST:

Before you embark on this journey through cyberspace to the beautiful and fascinating world of mushrooms, you need to know in all seriousness that eating wild mushrooms is a risky proposition. Pay attention, the following information could save your life.

This World-Wide-Web site is inadequate to prepare you to correctly identify mushrooms which you might decide to eat. Eating the wrong mushrooms could cause:

serious and agonizing illness
death
permanent liver damage
permanent kidney damage
naseau, vomiting, or an Antabuse-like reaction
... or other unpleasant effects too numerous to mention

The information provided here is intended for your amusement and entertainment, and should not be taken as adequate or complete. For example, limitations and disclaimers include (but are not limited to):

colors of pictures may vary with your monitor
all look-alike mushrooms may not be not mentioned
adequate identification information may not be not given:
- spore color may not be not mentioned
- spore microscopic appearance may not be not mentioned
- details of appearance may not be mentioned
personal idiosyncratic food allergies to otherwise delectable mushrooms
personal idiosyncratic contact dermatitis from otherwise harmless mushrooms
other disclaimers too numerous to mention here...

So, read the more extended disclaimer, and recognize that the information you see here is intended to educate and amuse you, but is inadequate to allow you to safely eat wild mushrooms.

Well, you read this far, so now you are ready to visit the Mush Room Home Page. Please enjoy your visit, and if you recommend this set of pages to a friend, please refer to this welcome page,

http://gait.aidi.udel.edu/mushroom/

rather than to any other link contained in these pages.