The accounts of individual species can be accessed through the indexes of scientific and common names, or by using the search page
Relatively little is known about the fungi of the Outer Hebrides and most records have been generated by specialists on short visits to the islands, particularly to St Kilda. The most comprehensive work is a summary of the collections made over a thirty year period by RWG Dennis (Fungi of the Hebrides, 1986).
We began record fungi in 2010 and so far have photographed and identified over 490 species. This site is a catalogue of these species which includes photographs taken in the field and images of their microscopic structure. Information on their distribution is available via the National Biodiversity Network Atlas Scotland.
Over 860 species have been recorded in the Outer Hebrides but the list is not comprehensive as it does not include records submitted to the British Mycological Society after 2007 and species in museum herbaria or reported in the literature. As the fungi of the archipelago is seriously under-recorded there is still a great deal to discover.
The Myxomycota (slime moulds) and Oomycota (includes Phytophthora, Pythium, and downy mildews) were originally classified as fungi but are now included in the Protista. They have been included on this website for convenience.