Events & Resources

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Events

Programme of all BMS events - including BMS Talks, field meetings, the open meeting and annual scientific meeting - plus a selection of other, international events of interest.

Publications

The Society's journals, published by Elsevier, are available to BMS members at a discounted rate: Fungal Biology, Field Ecology, Fungal Biology Reviews. A new, open access journal Fungal Interations was launched in 2023. The journal Field Mycology is published by the BMS; digital copies are free to BMS members.

English names for fungi

A working party - formed in 2005 after the publication of the Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota (CBIB) - develops and maintains a list of common English language names for fungi. 

Keys

The British Mycological Society and it members have published a large number of keys to fungi injournals and occasionally in the publications of other societies. These keys are accessible to all.

BMS Library @Kew

The BMS Library at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, holds over 1100 books. Development of the Library has depended largely on the generosity of members. Many offers of books and monographs, particularly important taxonomic works, and gifts of money to purchase items, are gratefully acknowledged.

• View a catalogue of the library contents (PDF)
• To arrange a visit to the Library, please contact Geoffrey Kibby at fieldmycol@yahoo.co.uk