Choose one of the categories above for a list of plant-related websites. Selected websites are all non-commercial, without advertisements, and free-access sites. The links provided have all been checked as of March 1, 2018; however, websites are occasionally moved or deleted without notice by the authors or sponsoring agency. If you do encounter a link that no longer works or a website that has changed location, please report the problematic link to the NOPD so that we can update the link.

Lichens & Fungi

An Introduction to Lichens

A good introduction to the morphology and importance of lichens, by Salvatore De Santis at the New York Botanical Garden.

FloralImages - Fungi and Lichens of the UK and Ireland

Fungi and lichens from John Crellin's excellent FloralImages website.

Fungi of Commanster, Belgium

A very comprehensive website of images of European macrofungi, complete with a list of fungivores. Part of the Ecology of Commanster website by Jim Lindsey. Plants are organized according to scientific name, but common names are also provided in English, French, Dutch, and German.

Fungi Images on the Net

A website compiled by Flemming V. Larsen with links to over 3500 images of fungi.

Lichen Flora of Manitoba

A checklist of lichens in Manitoba. Each genus listing is followed by an abbreviation to denote crustose (C), foliose (Fo), and fruticose (Fr) lichens.

Lichen Photo Gallery

This gallery of excellent lichen images, the best online resource for lichen images, is from the Lichen Herbarium, Botanical Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. With your mouse, hoover over each image to find the genus name for that lichen, click on the image, then hoover over the next images to select the species.

Lichen Vocabulary

An introduction to lichen morphology and terminology, from the Lichens of North America website.

Lichenland

An interesting and very useful site on lichens compiled by researchers at Oregon State University. Illustrated interactive keys help to teach about the unique characters of lichens, which are formed by a symbiotic association between two unrelated species - one a fungus, the other either an alga or a cyanobacterium.

Lichens of Commanster, Belgium

Webpages of many European lichen species, some of which occur in northern Ontario. Definitely worth a look. Part of the Ecology of Commanster website by Jim Lindsey. Plants are organized by scientific name only.

Lichens of North America

A website about the definitive lichen book for our area, Lichens of North America (I.M. Brodo et al. 1991), which includes photographs and distribution maps for each species, as well as keys and species descriptions. Every serious botanist should have a copy of this book in their library. The website contains a sample of the magnificent lichen photographs taken by Sylvia & Stephen Sharnoff, as well as sections on Lichen Biology and the Environment, Lichens and Wildlife, and Lichens and People.

Tom Volk's Fungi

An excellent website on fungi and lichens by Tom Volk, featuring a "Fungus of the Month," which answers such questions as why we think Christmas reindeers should fly, how ergot is related to the Salem Witch Trials, and how fungi have sex. This is an indispensable website for any students taking a course in lower plants.

Wisconsin Lichens

A website from the Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison with nomenclatural information and distributions of the lichen species of Wisconsin. Access the species from the List of Genera.