Use this page to download MatchMaker Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest Version 2.0.
If you want to download the program to your own computer for use without a CD, choose "Download Program Free for Hard Drive" above. In you want to download the files that would appear on a MatchMaker CD, choose "Download Program Free to Make CD". If you have Windows 98, choose "Download Program for Windows 98 CD"

Version 2.0 consists of two programs. The first is for Gilled Mushrooms and runs the same way as Version 1.31. The new one, for Nongilled Mushrooms, involves choosing first a category of nongilled mushrooms (boletes, polypores, etc.). The Nongilled program is easily reached via the Match Nongilled menu, and at startup by a large button on the bottom right. It is easy to switch back and forth between the two programs.*

MatchMaker is a program to help identify mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. It contains a database of almost 4000 descriptions of gilled and nongilled mushrooms. There is an interface for entering mushroom characteristics to find species that fit those characteristics. There are 2600 illustrations of 1050 gilled species, as well as 2000 illustrations of 800 nongilled species, from 150 different photographers.

It is a non-profit educational project, and CDs are distributed at or below cost.

The earliest versions of the program were available in 1999. Version 1.3 was completed in August 2008. Version 2.0, which adds the ability to enter characters of nongilled mushrooms, is the current version.

*If the two programs will not run together due to insufficient memory, it is possible to run the Nongilled program by itself. Click on MatchNongilled.exe in the folder
C:\Program Files\MatchMaker\MatchNongilled\.