Contacts

Below are names of professional mycologists that can be approached to possibly identify mushrooms that you could not identify any other way and you suspect that it might be a new specie.  You should first try to identify the mushroom yourself.  If that does not work, try posting to a discussion group where there are some experts.
I recommend that you post pictures of your mushroom to the internet.  Make sure to get a spore print.  Then write the mycologists and ask him or her to look at your pictures to see if he/she can recognize your mushroom.  Also include the spore print color and things like the size of the cap, where the mushroom was found etc.  The more information you can give about the mushroom the better.  If it looks like it might be something unusual or new to science he/she will ask you to ship a dried specimen.  Ask him/her for instructions on drying and shipping.
1 - able to help with identification only
2 - able to help identify and write up new species
3 - instructions from mycologist
4 - did not reply to e-mail