Keeping Notes - guidelines for fungus recording

Each enthusiast or each Fungus Group can develop their own preferred recording system for location and habitat data. This general-purpose record sheet is easily modified to suit your preferences:

Date	Day, month, year
Location	Venue details
Situation	Solitary, group size etc
Substrate	On living/dead wood (type), in moss, leaf litter, soil
Possible mycorrhizal partners	Nearby trees or shrubs
Cap	Diameter, colour, nature of surface, odour etc
Gills/tubes	Colour, shape, size, crowded/spaced etc
Spore print	Colour
Stem	Diameter, length, shape, colour, nature of surface
Base	Rooting, shape, volva etc
Other details	Colour changes, etc

Photographice records

Where possible, photograph specimens and features at various stages in their development and from several angles. Here, for example, is a photo record of the Shaggy Inkcap, Coprinus comatus: