The Lost & Found Fungi project focuses on a set of 100 species of fungi from Great Britain & Ireland, in general rarely recorded and feared threatened. It's been distilled from a long-list of nearly 400 species, and that list itself is only an incomplete sample of the British species that are poorly known.Further information will be posted for each species as data are compiled, but the list here is a draft for comment by those with interests in field mycology.
Hopefully there is something for everyone - large and small species, dramatic fruit-bodies and challenging specks, lichens and non-lichenized species, almost unknown species and those known to need monitoring. Many of the species on the list are there by request from the volunteer community, or are present following recent notable finds. If you would be interested to search for particular species in your local area, tell us and we will do all we can to help. Additionally, we do not want to discourage general recording, or searches for fungi not on this target list. By all means tell us what you plan to do, and we'll do our best to work with you.
Suggestions as to what to do when you think you've found a target species (or anything else you think might be a significant find) will come shortly!
