Welcome to the website of the Illinois Mycological Association, dedicated to promoting mycology among members and the public.

Former club president Eileen Schutte, club member John Komosa, and guest Karol Krowiak show off morels gathered on a club foray early in May.

• the Top Ten questions people ask us about fungi
• our club's calendar of events, showing our monthly meetings, club dinners, and group forays to hunt for mushrooms
• a key to the mushrooms of the Chicago area
• our database of historical biographies of mycologists
• a glossary of mycological terms
• Clicking on our yellow logo will always take you back to this page.

All these features are interlinked: a technical term on any page will be colored Steel Blue and clicking on it will take you to a page that explains the term. Any mention of a myco-person will be in this color and will take you to a page with information about that person. And likewise, any mention of a gilled mushroom that's in our database of chicago-area gilled fungi will take you to a page describing that mushroom. We hope you enjoy the site and find it informative!

For more background information about the IMA, click here.

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Glossary

Mushrooms

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