I’ve been thinking of this for some time and following on from @lothlin ’s comment: in the Stepped on mushroom thread, I was wondering if someone could recommend a reliable online layman’s guide to identifying at least the main fungus orders and perhaps some of the most important families. I used …

Thank you!!! This helps a lot!!! I have not downloaded any apps of any kind ever, so I do need help. I am a lap top user. My phone is the size of a credit card. I use a Nikon 950 to take pictures. I will poke around, thank you for helping me :-)))

honestly just stick to the web uploader then if your phone is tiny; the website functionality is better than the app functionality IMHO

I cant figure out how to post an observation. I feel super stupid.

I’m going to message you privately, I don’t want to go too off topic okay?

Definitely don’t feel that way, some of this isn’t easy and even long-time users (and staff members like myself) make mistakes and get confused! Welcome to iNat!

I send you a message, click on your profile image in the top right of the forum page and you should have a notification in messages - Its the fourth icon down, looks like a letter. Open that and we can just talk back and forth that way <3

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[image] lothlin: -Russula - hugely cosmopoliton and notoriously difficult genus to identify to species. These guys are usually brightly colored, in reds and yellows and greens, and usually have cream to white gills. They’re usually brittle, may be spicy, and may bruise or blacket. Genus is usual…

The only two Russula sections I’m personally any good with are Cyanoxanthinae and Virescentiae, and that’s mainly because I’m personally familiar with those from my own collections. As far as I’m aware, there aren’t really any good, detailed books that specifically dive into the genus russula broadl…

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Layman's guide to fungus orders/families

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