GET READY TO EXPLORE

Your first field expedition.

Start small. A careful one-hour walk, three to five fungal observations, and a few good field notes can become the beginning of a meaningful biodiversity record.

Open field notebook ↗Open iNaturalist ↗

FungaAtlas begins in demonstration mode.

All demonstration observations and coordinates are fictional. Your sightings belong on iNaturalist first; the atlas can later import public records without requiring a password.

A REPEATABLE BEGINNING

Your expedition checklist

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01 · Set up iNaturalistUse the app or website. No link to Funga Atlas is required yet. 02 · Choose your trail and methodConfirm access and weather. Choose a permitted route and decide whether this is a casual or timed search. 03 · Document three to five fungal occurrencesPhotograph in place. Capture top, accessible underside, stem, scale and substrate where possible. 04 · Log the survey effortNote active search minutes, number of observers, habitat, weather and limitations. Export a notebook backup. 05 · Upload to iNaturalistKeep the original date and honest ID level; use location privacy as appropriate. 06 · Turn on public observation syncOnce records exist, connect the public username to Atlas configuration and verify the first import.

Checklist progress stays in this browser only; checking a step does not upload or sync anything.

THE LOOP

One observation becomes a living record.

Your photos go to iNaturalist, identifiers can refine the identification, and FungaAtlas imports an updated public snapshot. A Research Grade label is a community data-quality status—not proof of professional species verification.

Find & photograph→Log survey effort→Upload to iNaturalist→Import & explore

Full interactive fieldwork guide →Scientific recording protocol ↗Configure real-data sync ↗