This paper reports the progress of an ongoing project to develop an initial inventory of the fungi of the Bandelier area, and describes their relationships with vascular plants and fire ecology. The goal of this ongoing survey has been to collect and identify (at least to genus) as many macroscopic fungi species as possible, and thereby inventory the diversity of such fungi in Bandelier National Monument and adjoining Los Alamos County. The survey covered the three summer seasons of 1991­-1993. We collected 836 specimens from a variety of habitats. These were identified as well as possible, recorded in a computer database, dried, and stored, in an herbarium. We found members of 228 species in 118 genera. We were able to identify 95% of the specimens to genus, and 81 % to species. In Bandelier alone, we collected 145 specimens in 1991-92 and 270 specimens in 1993, representing at least 74 genera and 93 species. All three basic types of fungi were found: Parasitic, Saprophytic (feeding on dead wood and litter), and Mycorrhizal (in a beneficial symbiosis with a plant). Mycorrhizal fungi compose roughly three fourths of the collection. A variety of sites were studied, with special attention to sites at Bandelier that have burned in recent years, or are planned to be burned soon. The fruitings varied widely (and wildly), making correlation with site location, burns, and other parameters difficult or impossible. The only distinct correlation was with precipitation (and thus elevation). Future needs and possible studies are discussed.