This page is going to be continually updated. If you would like to contribute a fascinating fact, please e-mail me at Puffballs as religious objects More about Squirrels and fungi The Red Cracking Bolete, Boletus chrysenteron, our most common Bolete - or is it? The Olympics, Drug allegations, Pythagoras and ...the Fly Agaric What makes a forest good for brackets? Dead wood fungi in managed forests Fungal diversity in fine and coarse dead wood Truffle hunting in England The strange world of worm eating fungi Hygrocybe vitellina - Some thoughts from Norway Mushroom Poisoning incidents in Ireland Marine Fungi Gasteroid Fungi or Gasteromycetes? What are Puffballs, Earthstars and Earthballs? The Boletes – Some New Molecular Findings Fungi saving Honey bees Why are Russulas so difficult? Some results of 21 years of recording in Switzerland Killer fungus threatens New Zealand's frogs Mesolithic Mushrooms How many species of fungi are there in Northern Ireland? Why female pigs hunt truffles Picking fungi - a profitable business? Grassland fungi and the effects of management The fungi amongst the World's 100 Worst Invasive Alien Species The Marbled White butterfly and its dependence on fungi Do you eat radioactive wild fungi? Fungi at Chernobyl Fungi and Tobacco - a powerful mixture Squirrels and Fungi - it's not only us that have a taste for mushrooms! A Myxomycete (slime mould) with intelligence? Did fossil fungi helped plants establish on land for the first time? The Fungus that (partly) caused the Irish Potato Famine (a link to the Norwegian Fungus of the Month site) Dry Rot, the gory facts (a link to the Norwegian Fungus of the Month site) The largest organism in the world? All about Ectomycorrhizal Fungi - the fungi some trees cannot do without Mushroms and Chinese traditional medicine Eating Mushrooms - organic or non-organic - which is best? Fungi creating woodland diversity Fungi in Patagonia Oetzi the Iceman The Wood Wide Web The strange story of Santa and the Fly Agaric (a link to the Norwegian Fungus of the Month site) The great Alder disease   Home - Our Group - Forays - BMS Foray 2000 - Mycology in NI - Atlas of NI Fungi - Interesting Finds - Edible Fungi - Database Stats - Fungal Focus - Fungal News - Fascinating Facts  - Ectomycorrhiza - Waxcaps - Herbarium - Photo Gallery - Recording Tips - Recording Form - Links - Joining Us - Dublin Group - Tree ID - Winter Tree ID - Downloads - Search the site - NIFG Discussion Forum