A brief guide to mycology web resources

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to summarize the information about web resources in the area of mycology, one of the most important spheres of biology.Design/methodology/approachThe information on mycological web resources is systematised. Scientific journals, newsletters and magazines of mycological scope, along with their publishers, are presented.FindingsIt is of use to biologists, chemists and other scientists and teachers working in the area of mycology, as well as scientists, who profess to disseminate scientific knowledge, to avail themselves of the myriad information sources on offer.Originality/valueThis is possibly the first attempt to embrace comprehensively and in minute detail the vast field of information on the sources of contemporary mycology and its representative bodies.