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Mushroom Observer 
Photograph of a Boletus edulis observation recorded on Mushroom ObserverURL http://mushroomobserver.org Commercial? no Registration Optional Available language(s) English, German, Spanish and Portuguese Content license Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike with or without "Noncommercial" restriction Owner Nathan Wilson Launched 2006 Mushroom Observer is a collaborative amateur mycology website started by Nathan Wilson in 2006.[1] Its purpose is to "record observations about mushrooms, help people identify mushrooms they aren’t familiar with, and expand the community around the scientific exploration of mushrooms".[2]
As of 2010, the website contains about 53,000 user-submitted mushroom observations illustrated by 101,000 photographs;[3] up from 7,250 observations and 12,800 photographs in 2008.[1] The community of about 2,000 registered users collaborates on identifying the submitted mushroom images, assigning their scientific names by means of a weighted voting process.
All photographs are subject to a Creative Commons license that allows their reuse by others without the need for remuneration or special permission, subject to the terms of the license.[2]
References
- ^ a b Wood, Michael (Summer 2008). "WebWatch: Observing Mushrooms". Fungi Magazine 1 (2). http://www.mykoweb.com/articles/Web%20Watch--Mushroom%20Observer.pdf. Retrieved 8 October 2010. Reproduced on the MykoWeb website.
- ^ a b "Introduction". Mushroom Observer. http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/intro. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "Site Statistics". Mushroom Observer. http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_site_stats. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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