Welcome to CrustFungi.Com!

My name is Alden Dirks and I am the creator of CrustFungi.Com. Check out my personal website here to learn more about what I have going on as a mycologist. As is true for all mycology, this site is a work in progress and will never be "complete". However, CrustFungi.Com in particular is still early in its development (19 species profiles and counting). As the owner of this much coveted domain name, though, I recognize my responsibility to make something respectable out of it so that crust fungi finally receive the acclaim that they deserve.

Little attention is paid to crust fungi despite their enormous ecological importance as decayers and symbionts. Learn more about this diverse group fungi in the Introduction. If you have a crust of your own to identify, try your hand at the Synoptic Key. The species of crust fungi treated on this website can be browsed under Species. When you come across terms that are new to you, make sure to check out the Glossary. Finally, it can be hard to access scientific literature outside of academia so I've done my best to include articles that I cite in Literature.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me here. I especially welcome any constructive feedback, notices of any errors or broken pages, and suggestions on new species or terms you'd like to see on the website.

Finally, if you find CrustFungi.Com useful, I'd greatly welcome and appreciate any donations to help offset costs associated with serving the website. Thanks!