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Introduction
What is a fungus?
Types of fungal fruiting bodies
            Boletes & polypores
            Coral and jelly fungi
            Stinkhorns, puffballs & birds nest fungi
            Stereoid & paint (skin) fungi
            Cup fungi
            Flask fungi
            Truffle-like fungi in Australia
Two major groups - ascomycetes and basidiomycetes
            Ascomycetes
                        The cup fungi - and relatives
                        Flask fungi
                        Truffle-like fungi - ascomycetes
            Basidiomycetes
                        Mushrooms
                        Corticioid, stereoid and coral fungi
                        Gasteromycetes
                        Boletes & Polypores
                        Jelly fungi & Wood-ears
                       Truffle-like fungi - basidiomycetes
Spore release and dispersal
            Spore discharge in mushrooms
The mycelium
Mycorrhizas
Mycogeography
            Cosmopolitan and pan-tropic species
            Australia's Gondwanan and Asian connections
            Australia and nearby
            Mycogeography within Australia
            Imports, exports and puzzles
Deathcap Mushroom - Amanita phalloides
Spore prints
Aboriginal use of fungi
The study of Australian fungi
            Before the twentieth century
            The twentieth century
            What is the state of knowledge today?
Fungimap
Further information
Heino Lepp's acknowledgements

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