Apps and Resources
A fantastic online resource that covers many learning tools and ways for people to safely interact with fungi.
Considerations
The great recyclers of the the planets bio mass. Fungi are able to break down many difficult to decompose things like wood which is a lattice of lignin and cellulose. Look for dry blocky and red wood that shows a fungus has started to degrade the cellulose helping to cycle nutrients in the forest.
Mushrooms are just the way that fungi spread themselves. They are beautiful structures that can help with identification. The vast majority of a fungus lives usually underground as a network of very fine filaments that can transport nutrients and find more nutrients.
Fungi play an important role tapping into the roots of plants helping transport nutrients. This relationship is a give and take, but sometimes it’s not clear if its always mutually beneficial.