Covering: the literature published between September 1998 and May 2003. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 1999, 16, 301

This review summarises progress reported in the chemical, biological and mycological literature dealing with the isolation, characterisation and chemistry of pigments manufactured by those fungi that produce conspicuous fruit bodies (Macromycetes). Work that has appeared in the primary literature between September 1998 and May 2003 is covered, and 99 references are cited.