This dataset is a extract from FongiBase (1708–2021), the French National Fungal Database. It corresponds to the dataset analysed in: Gautier, M., Moreau, P.-A., Boury, B. & Richard, F. (2022). Unravelling the French National Fungal Database: Geography, Temporality, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Recorded Diversity. Journal of Fungi, 8(9), 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8090926 The dataset includes 1,043,262 fungal records from metropolitan France, covering more than three centuries of observations. It provides information on taxonomy, geography, temporality and ecology of fungal diversity. Recommended citation:If you use this dataset, please cite both this deposition and the article above (https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8090926) Contributors and original data providers (e.g. SMF, SMNF, ADONIF, MNHN, FMBDS, CBNFC-ORI, RNF, and many others) are gratefully acknowledged. Please note that this is a static version of the database used in the 2022 article.