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Agaricomycotina: Jelly Fungi, Yeasts, and Mushrooms - Information from the Tree of Life Web Project on this clade of the Basidiomycota including characteristics and a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships.

Basidiomycetes - A clearing house for research information about the basidiomycete fungi. Includes a list of laboratories focused on the basidiomycota, lists of basidiomycete species, conferences and other events, and an index of available genomic information.

Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles - Highlights research on the basidiomycetes of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. Includes information on the range of habitats in this area and an illustrated species list.

Basidiomycota - Details from Wikipedia on the classification and typical life-cycle of members of this phylum.

Basidiomycota - Information on members of this phylum from MicrobeWiki, the student-edited microbiology resource, including their description and significance, cell structure and metabolism, and ecology.

Basidiomycota: The Club Fungi - Extensive information from the Tree of Life Web Project on this phylum including characteristics of the group and a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships.

Charismatic Megafungi: The Conservation of Waxcap Grasslands - Article on the largely unseen fungi which are an important part of ancient pastures. [PDF]

Checklist of UK Recorded Basidiomycota - Provides a searchable database of all the club fungi, rusts and smuts recorded in the United Kingdom.

Dimorphic Basidiomycetes - Information about the systematics, ecology, and evolution of basidiomycetous fungi having a yeast stage.

A Gallery of Scanning Electron Micrographs - Paul Stamets provides a number of images of spores and basidia.

Glossary of Terms - A useful list of the technical terms used in the study of fungi.

Jelly Fungi - Information and photographs of jelly fungi from the three orders Tremellales, Auriculariales and Dacrymycetales.

Jelly Fungus - These fungi are so named because their fruiting body appears to be the consistency of jelly. They are found in the orders Tremellales, Auriculariales, and Dacrymycetales.

Lawn Mushrooms - Information on a number of species of fungi that may be found growing on the lawn.

Mushrooms, the Hwarang and the Martial Arts - Article by Paul Stamets on the Asian martial artists who believe in the potency of various mushrooms to aid them on the path to perfection.

Natural Perspective: Order Agaricales - General description (with photos) of this order of mushrooms, including the Amanita, Agaricus, Russula, Tricholoma, Gomphidius, Coprinus, Waxy Cap (Hygrophoracea), and Bolete families.

Order Tremellales, Auriculariales, Uredinales and Ustilaginales - Many photographs of the rusts and smuts of the Uredinales and Ustilaginales, and a few of the jelly-like Tremellales.

An Overview of the Mushroom Life Cycle - Diagram illustrating the process by which a fungal spore can develop into an organism producing a spore-producing fruiting body.

Springbrook Research Centre - Environmental studies and observations of bioluminescent organisms and bioluminescent fungi at the Springbrook Research Centre, Queensland, Australia.

Subphylum Basidiomycotina - Illustrated account of the Basidiomycetes.