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Museums, fungaria, research institutes and educational trails devoted to fungi — where to go, and what you can actually see when you get there.

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A path in Wheatfen Broad nature reserveWheatfen: wetland fungi at Ted Ellis’s reserveThe Slovak National Museum building in BratislavaBratislava: Monday mushroom advice at the SNMOfficial mushroom control in ZurichOfficial mushroom control in Zurich

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Bratislava: Monday mushroom advice at the SNM
MuseumSlovakia

Bratislava: Monday mushroom advice at the SNM

The Natural History Museum beside the Danube offers seasonal consultations with mycologists. Its Monday advice service follows a different timetable from normal museum visits.

SNM – Prírodovedné múzeum, Vajanského nábrežie 2, 810 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
2026 advice service: mid-May to mid-November, Mondays except public holidays, 15:00–17:00, third-floor Objavovňa. Free. Normal museum visits: Tuesday–Sunday 09:00–17:00, last admission 16:30.
Checked: 8 Sept 2026
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Farlow Herbarium at Harvard University
FungariumUnited States

Farlow Herbarium at Harvard University

A historic collection of fungi, lichens and bryophytes, open to researchers by prior appointment rather than as a standing exhibition.

22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Access to specimens Mon–Fri, generally 9:00–17:00, strictly by prior appointment with staff. No permanent public display.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Fungarium of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FungariumSweden

Fungarium of the Swedish Museum of Natural History

Around 670,000 fungal and lichen specimens form a research collection; the catalogue is public, but a visit requires contact with the team.

Frescativägen 40, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
The research collection by prior arrangement through herbarium@nrm.se; the museum’s opening hours are not a booking.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Latvian National Museum of Natural History
MuseumLatvia

Latvian National Museum of Natural History

A museum in central Riga presenting the plants and fungi of Latvia; check the current hours and gallery availability before visiting.

Krišjāņa Barona iela 4, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia
Wed–Sun 10:00–17:00; closed Mon and Tue. On public holidays, and when displays are being changed, check the museum’s notice.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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MA-Fungi: the fungal herbarium in Madrid
FungariumSpain

MA-Fungi: the fungal herbarium in Madrid

More than a hundred thousand fungal specimens in two separate collections, in a building on Plaza de Murillo, open through office hours all year.

Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madryt, Spain
The herbarium is open all year, Mon–Fri 8:00–15:00, holidays excepted. Visitors register and sign the guest log.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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MUDET — the Truffle Museum in Alba
MuseumItaly

MUDET — the Truffle Museum in Alba

A year-round exhibition presents the truffle as an organism, a product, a working landscape and a mark of Langhe culture.

Piazzetta Giovanni Falcone 1, 12051 Alba CN, Italy
10:30–18:00, closed on Tuesdays; check last entry and seasonal exceptions on the website.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Musée du Champignon in Saumur
MuseumFrance

Musée du Champignon in Saumur

Troglodyte galleries combine living mushroom cultivation, a collection of species and the Loire valley's history of underground production.

Route de Gennes, Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, 49400 Saumur, France
A seasonal calendar on the website; the shop is listed as 10:00–18:00. Confirm the route’s hours and last entry on the day of the visit.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Natural and Forest Museum in Białowieża
MuseumPoland

Natural and Forest Museum in Białowieża

The Białowieża National Park museum presents the nature of the forest — including the role of deadwood and the organisms that break it down.

Park Pałacowy 11, 17-230 Białowieża
16 April – 15 October: Mon–Fri 9:00–16:30, Sat–Sun 9:00–17:00. Out of season: Tue–Sun 9:00–16:00. Last entry one hour before closing.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Official mushroom control in Zurich
OrganisationSwitzerland

Official mushroom control in Zurich

The city runs a free inspection of the day's picking through a season from 15 August to 29 November 2026, at hours matched to the walk home.

Eggbühlstrasse 21, 8050 Zurych, Switzerland
In the 2026 season the point receives visitors Tue and Thu 18:00–19:00 and Sat and Sun 18:00–19:30. The check is free of charge.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Steere Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden
FungariumUnited States

Steere Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden

One of the world's largest herbaria: over seven million specimens, including rich fungal and lichen collections, with data in open databases.

2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Research collection: Mon–Fri 9:00–16:30. Approval and a request at least two weeks before the visit are required.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The free mushroom advice service in Berlin
OrganisationGermany

The free mushroom advice service in Berlin

The botanic garden with the largest herbarium in Germany runs a free advice desk, where mushrooms arrive in a basket, kept species by species.

Botanikschule, sala E05, Unter den Eichen 5, 12203 Berlin, Germany
The advice service is free. The institution announces its consultation slots on its own page, some of them only after booking in advance. The telephone line is not staffed every day.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The Fungarium at Kew Gardens
FungariumUnited Kingdom

The Fungarium at Kew Gardens

One of the world's largest collections of dried fungal specimens, built up since the 19th century and used in taxonomic research.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
Research collection: Mon–Thu 9:00–17:30, Fri 9:00–17:00. Visits only once a request sent at least 14 days in advance has been accepted; this is not a permanent public display.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The fungarium at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
FungariumUnited Kingdom

The fungarium at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

A hundred and fifty-two thousand fungal specimens, more than three thousand of them types, in a building on Inverleith Row — a collection built since the early 1800s.

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom
The herbarium is open Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00. Other times can be arranged for visiting researchers. A visit is requested through a form, one for vascular plants and another for cryptogams, sent to the herbarium address.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden
Botanical gardenBE

The herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden

Four million items, the oldest from 1724, and a mycology centred on Central Africa — a Belgian herbarium you enter with a completed form.

Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgia
The herbarium is open Mon–Fri 9:00–16:30, with an earlier start or later finish possible by arrangement. Before arrival the visitor policy must be read and the visitor form completed.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The mushroom expert at Bydgoszcz sanitary station
OrganisationPoland

The mushroom expert at Bydgoszcz sanitary station

Free assessment of a day's picking on weekdays from 8:00 to 13:00, at the regional station on Kujawska 4 and at eighteen district stations.

ul. Kujawska 4, 85-031 Bydgoszcz
Mushroom advice Mon–Fri 8:00–13:00, free of charge. Beyond the regional station it is also given by eighteen district stations across the province.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The mycological collection of the National Museum
FungariumCzechia

The mycological collection of the National Museum

About half a million items, a department independent since 1965 — and a flat refusal to identify mushrooms brought in by pickers.

Cirkusová 1740, 190 00 Praga 9 – Horní Počernice, Czechia
A collection repository, not a display with fixed visiting hours. Access to material follows contact with the department. The permanent exhibition on the world of fungi, lichens and plants is in the historic museum building on Wenceslas Square.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The mycological collections of Luomus in Helsinki
FungariumFinland

The mycological collections of Luomus in Helsinki

Half a million fungal specimens in the herbarium coded H, with ninety thousand Finnish aphyllophoroid fungi as the single largest section.

Kaisaniemenranta 2, 00170 Helsinki, Finland
The botany and mycology unit and the plant museum sit by the Kaisaniemi botanic garden. Scientific work on the collections follows arrangement with the collection team.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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The Polish Mycological Society
OrganisationPoland

The Polish Mycological Society

A scientific society bringing together mycologists and promoting knowledge of fungi in Poland, with thematic sections and publishing activity.

Al. Jerozolimskie 89/43, 02-001 Warszawa
The society keeps no fixed visiting hours. Contact the office and the sections before a visit, by the e-mail or telephone given on the website.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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U.S. National Fungus Collections at Beltsville
FungariumUnited States

U.S. National Fungus Collections at Beltsville

The federal BPI fungarium holds about a million collections, particularly important for identifying fungi associated with plants.

Building 010A, Room 230, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
By arrangement only; visitor passes generally Mon–Fri 8:00–16:30 in building 003.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Kraków
InstitutePoland

W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Kraków

A research institute studying the fungi and lichens of Poland and maintaining the KRAM herbarium collections in Kraków.

ul. Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków
A research institute, not an attraction with fixed visiting hours. Access to the KRAM collections and the library by prior request, under the rules of the relevant unit.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
InstituteNetherlands

Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

An institute in Utrecht holding one of the world's largest collections of living fungal cultures — over a hundred thousand strains ordered for research.

Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, Niderlandy
The institute and the culture collection work on weekdays; a research visit or collection of material only by prior arrangement with the relevant team.
Checked: 29 Aug 2026
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Wheatfen: wetland fungi at Ted Ellis’s reserve
OtherUnited Kingdom

Wheatfen: wetland fungi at Ted Ellis’s reserve

This reserve near Norwich offers a fungal landscape of reeds, wet woodland and shallow water. Check its paths, access rules and research history before visiting.

Wheatfen Nature Reserve, The Covey, Surlingham, Norfolk NR14 7AL, United Kingdom
Daily from sunrise to sunset; reserve admission is free. Activities have separate booking arrangements and may charge a fee.
Checked: 8 Sept 2026
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