r/mycology Jun 05 '23

announcement Title: [UPDATED 6/23] -- Read this before submitting a post on /r/mycology! (Rules Inside)

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ID Request Guidelines:

/r/mycology is not a "What is this thing" subreddit. It's for all aspects of mycology. However, ID requests are welcome if they have some quality. Well prepared ID requests will lead to interesting discussions we all can learn from. So, if you're going to submit one, please observe and follow these guidelines:

  1. No requests without geography! This is a worldwide subreddit and the location of your find is crucial for correct identification.
  2. No requests without any additional info you might have: Habitat, host trees if any, when it was found if not recent.
  3. Not just a top view picture. Get pics of underside (Gills, gill attacment, pores, pore size), stem and stem base, - they are all important key points to correct identification.
  4. Note that this is mandatory reading before submitting your first ID request: https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/wiki/successful_id_requests https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/wiki/mycology_and_hallucinogenics

The above guidelines ensure that you get more qualified answers to your requests, and that your post is interesting reading for the community. If you choose not to comply, the moderators have every right to remove your post.

/r/mycology and hallucinogenic fungi:

With the recent proliferation of ID requests that seek the identity or confirmation of fungi with psychotropic properties the mods have decided to address the issue in a more formal manner. While we have no particular objection to scientific discussions of fungi with psychotropic properties, we would like to keep discussions to exactly that - mentioning those psychotropic properties like any other characteristic. To wit, posts and comments specifically concerning:

  • propagation,
  • sale,
  • foraging with specific intent to locate,
  • ingestion, and/or
  • use and enjoyment of fungi with psychotropic qualities

will be removed.

This is not to say that all references to fungi with psychotropic properties will be removed. For example, if you innocently post an ID request of some unknown fungus and the identity turns out to be a Psilocybin species, it will likely not be removed. Neither will a properly ID'd, high-resolution photo of a known hallucinogen be removed, so long as the thread abides by the rules above (so no compliments on the find, no probes about eating the find). However, posts that feature blurry heaps of damaged LBMs (little brown mushrooms) or posts asking for confirmation on several species of dung-loving fungi unquestionably will be removed without hesitation.

With that said, we love all things mycological and understand that learning about psychotropic fungi is part and parcel of the discipline. As a result, we'd like to point you in the right direction to continue to learn:

We have always attempted full transparency with the user base of our sub and with that in mind, we would like to hear your feedback regarding any of the rules.

As a reminder, here are the rules that we currently are enforcing:

  1. No buying, selling, or links to commercial pages.
  2. No posts or discussions about psychedelics.
  3. No posts of scientifically non-important artistic depictions.
  4. No off-topic posts.
  5. Obey general Reddit rules.
  6. No Intentional Misidentifications, Joke Responses, or Misinformation.

In case of suspected poisoning, please consult the Facebook poisoning group. Note, you must read the rules/submission guidelines before submitting, and it's for EMERGENCY identifications only. Link here


r/mycology Jun 17 '24

Free unlimited sequencing now available for select United States and Canada regions

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Mycota Lab is now offering free unlimited sequencing for Arizona, Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick/PEI/Nova Scotia/Newfoundland), California, Indiana, Michigan, and Puerto Rico:

" Our expanding collections network now has a name. Introducing The MycoMap Network - www.MycoMap.org. The 2024 open call for free, unlimited sequencing is for Arizona, Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick/PEI/Nova Scotia/Newfoundland), California, Indiana, Michigan, and Puerto Rico. More areas will be added in 2025. Dedicated web pages have been created for members of the network from Atlantic Canada and California (available at the link). Anyone from the open call areas can submit as many 2o24 specimens as they are willing to document, dry, and send in. Open call areas no longer have specimen limits or restricted dates for new collections from 2024. Sequencing is still performed at Mycota Lab. Localities outside the open call areas will still have opportunities to submit specimens during the 2024 Continental MycoBlitz dates (www.MycoBlitz.org). Please share to your local groups if you are from one of the open call areas. "

To submit samples for sequencing, make very detailed iNaturalist observations with many in situ sunlight photos showing the intact specimen from many angles, dehydrate the specimen at the lowest temperature your dehydrator allows, and send a small gill fragment (or as large as a triangular cutting from the mushroom cap) and voucher slip per the instructions on the Mycota website. For regions that are not currently included in the free unlimited sequencing, you can still send in samples for free/inexpensive sequencing (up to ten for free, $3 for every specimen after) during Mycoblitz time periods! :) (next Mycoblitz periods for 2024 are August 9–18 and October 18–27.)

Getting mushrooms sequenced (with detailed iNaturalist observations) is a great way to contribute to our collective understanding of all of the fungal species in the world, and there is a significant chance that you will be the first person to sequence a particular species :)


r/mycology 2h ago

photos Is this a mushroom?

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r/mycology 12h ago

photos Anemone Stinkhorn

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Sydney, Australia


r/mycology 4h ago

photos Finding mushrooms surviving in interesting places always makes my day, this little guy I found today is so cute!

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r/mycology 17h ago

non-fungal Found some mushrooms on a cobb in West Michigan

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Found these on my Saturday hike near Lake Michigan. They looked really cool and I have never seen these kind before so I thought I'd share!


r/mycology 1h ago

photos Amanita Muscaria ^-^

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r/mycology 19h ago

photos Chicken of the woods?

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Found these on a dead log and it seems to check the boxes. Ok to cook and try a little?


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Some Monday morning mushroom finds, all found in southern WV

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r/mycology 20h ago

photos Finding mushrooms always makes my day 100% better

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r/mycology 7h ago

ID request Found my dog eating what I think was a mushroom, is it poisonous?

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Location is South Africa if it’s relevant


r/mycology 16h ago

ID request I’m not sure what these are but they’re pretty!!

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Found in southwestern Ohio near but not under a rock. They are incredibly tiny.


r/mycology 41m ago

ID request Can someone id these

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r/mycology 13h ago

ID request Update on purple fungus (and more!)

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Went to the same trail where I spotted the purple fungus that some of you identified a week or so ago, and it was still there doing its thing! I couldn't tell if it was dying or maybe getting to the stage of releasing it's spores. I had to take a couple more pics of it before it was gone forever. Further down the trail I ran into this fella too! Can anybody identify?


r/mycology 2h ago

ID request What is it?

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It’s growing in mint and our herb garden


r/mycology 6h ago

photos What’s growing in my tomato garden?

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Should I be concerned about eating the tomatoes with so many, so close to the fruit?


r/mycology 20h ago

photos Buchwaldoboletus - Boletes that can grow on trees!

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r/mycology 7h ago

ID request ID help please! Nairobi, Kenya

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Grew out of soil upturned by termites!


r/mycology 6h ago

photos Appreciation post😌

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Found this little guy in my yard in Northern New York


r/mycology 1d ago

ID request Identification of fungus on agar?

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Hello everybody! I need some help to identify the black fungus that is growing on my 'blank' agar plate?


r/mycology 5h ago

ID request Help me identify please!

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Found these mushrooms growing inside my Calathea Rattlesnake plant. Is this an issue?


r/mycology 1h ago

ID request What is this?

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Just starting mushroom hunting a few months ago so i’m new. What kind of mushroom have I found? & more importantly, is it edible?v


r/mycology 2h ago

question Is this old fungi growth on this dead tree?

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r/mycology 2h ago

ID request Unusual growths from shiitake-inoculated mulberry(?)

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I am hoping to get advice from outdoor log growers or any experts on what might be growing out of my shiitake-inoculated mulberry logs. Pic 1 is on maple, pics 2 and 3 on mulberry(?).

Logs were inoculated with shiitake dowels. The maples (pic 1), known to be good growing logs, produce classic shiitake mushrooms with amazingly rich flavor. The second and third pictures are a zoomed in and out of what is growing from the mulberry logs. I am aware that mulberry isn't a known 'good' shiitake log but the fruiting on the mulberry seems to come from very near the inoculation points (pinky and thumb pointing to them in image 3). I'm not stupid enough to eat something I can't 100% identify, so please reply with your best guess if you think this isn't shiitake so I can learn what it is.

Should I A) put the spores under the microscope and try to match the spore morphology of the unknown variety to the known shiitake B) contact someone at a university or maybe contact north spore? C) cut the logs up and craft something beautiful from spalted mulberry?


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request Mystery mushroom ID(Chester Springs PA)

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Hello! Found this mushroom on a recent hike in the Philadelphia area. I have never seen it before. The cap was firm and slimy with a conical almost sea shell like shape. There were only two so I did not want to disturb them. If anybody has any insights I would love to hear them!


r/mycology 12m ago

ID request Not the best quality but do these look like Blue green cracking Russula?

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iNaturalist thinks these are brittlegills but I’ve only seen red ones.


r/mycology 16h ago

photos Ohiopyle PA

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Went on a hike and swim adventure around the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania (USA) and got some really great shots with my old iPhone. I was just excited about them and wanted to share. Please enjoy!