{
 "title": "Mushroom habitat regions",
 "description": "Ten worldwide habitat regions used for regional seasonality and the 90-day field signal, with bounding boxes (west, south, east, north) and hemisphere.",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "attribution": "World Mushroom Foraging (Mushroom Forage Map), https://worldmushroomforaging.org",
 "notice": "A map observation is not an identification. Never eat a wild mushroom based on this data.",
 "notes": "Region boundaries are rectangles for grouping observations, not ecological borders.",
 "snapshot": "2026-09-27",
 "rows": [
  {
   "slug": "pacific-northwest",
   "name": "Pacific Northwest",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "Coastal forests and inland mountain ranges from northern California through British Columbia and southeast Alaska.",
   "west": -130,
   "south": 40,
   "east": -116,
   "north": 60,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/pacific-northwest"
  },
  {
   "slug": "rocky-mountains",
   "name": "Rocky Mountains",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "High-elevation conifer forests and aspen country from New Mexico through the Canadian Rockies.",
   "west": -117,
   "south": 31,
   "east": -102,
   "north": 54,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/rocky-mountains"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northeastern-north-america",
   "name": "Northeastern North America",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "Temperate hardwood and mixed forests across the Great Lakes, New England, eastern Canada, and Appalachia.",
   "west": -86,
   "south": 35,
   "east": -58,
   "north": 56,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/northeastern-north-america"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southeastern-north-america",
   "name": "Southeastern North America",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "Warm hardwood, pine, and subtropical habitats from the Gulf Coast through the southern Appalachians.",
   "west": -100,
   "south": 24,
   "east": -74,
   "north": 38,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/southeastern-north-america"
  },
  {
   "slug": "western-europe",
   "name": "Western Europe",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "Atlantic woodlands, managed forests, and upland habitats from Iberia through the British Isles and central Europe.",
   "west": -12,
   "south": 36,
   "east": 17,
   "north": 61,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/western-europe"
  },
  {
   "slug": "northern-europe",
   "name": "Northern Europe",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "Boreal forest, birch woodland, and cool maritime habitats across Scandinavia and the Baltic region.",
   "west": -12,
   "south": 54,
   "east": 33,
   "north": 72,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/northern-europe"
  },
  {
   "slug": "east-asia",
   "name": "East Asia",
   "hemisphere": "north",
   "description": "Temperate and subtropical forests spanning eastern China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and nearby islands.",
   "west": 100,
   "south": 20,
   "east": 150,
   "north": 51,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/east-asia"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-australia",
   "name": "Southern Australia",
   "hemisphere": "south",
   "description": "Eucalypt forest, temperate rainforest, and cool coastal country across the continent's southern arc and Tasmania.",
   "west": 110,
   "south": -45,
   "east": 155,
   "north": -25,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/southern-australia"
  },
  {
   "slug": "new-zealand",
   "name": "New Zealand",
   "hemisphere": "south",
   "description": "Native beech forest, mixed woodland, pasture, and wet coastal habitats across Aotearoa New Zealand.",
   "west": 165,
   "south": -48,
   "east": 179.9,
   "north": -33,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/new-zealand"
  },
  {
   "slug": "southern-south-america",
   "name": "Southern South America",
   "hemisphere": "south",
   "description": "Andean forest, Valdivian rainforest, Patagonian woodland, and cool grasslands in Chile and Argentina.",
   "west": -76,
   "south": -56,
   "east": -55,
   "north": -30,
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/regions/southern-south-america"
  }
 ]
}