Mushroom Observer (MUOB)
The purpose of Mushroom Observer is to record observations about mushrooms, help people identify mushrooms they aren’t familiar with, and expand the community around the scientific exploration of mushrooms (mycology). Some have asked what counts as a mushroom. This site takes a very broad view. While the emphasis is on the large fleshy fungi, other fungi such as lichens, rust and molds as well as fungus-like organisms such as slime-molds are all welcome. Ultimately, I hope this site will become a valuable resource for both amateur and professional mycologists. I like to think of it as a living field guide for mushrooms or a collaborative mushroom field journal.
Contacts: Nathan Wilson, webmaster@mushroomobserver.org
Homepage: http://mushroomobserver.org/
Collection Type: Observations
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 May 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Rights Holder: MO Observers
Collection Statistics
- 229,007 specimen records
- 228,678 (100%) georeferenced
- 213,958 (93%) with images (668,381 total images)
- 203,709 (89%) identified to species
- 385 families
- 2,108 genera
- 12,056 species
- 12,705 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
