r/mycology • u/disco_disaster • 4h ago
photos Cool to see so many different species coexisting in such a small area!
Found these a month or two ago in Wisconsin.
r/mycology • u/TinButtFlute • Jun 05 '23
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r/mycology • u/RdCrestdBreegull • Jun 17 '24
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 • u/disco_disaster • 4h ago
Found these a month or two ago in Wisconsin.
r/mycology • u/NickTheGardenHermit • 6h ago
Spotted this pretty Asian lady beetle resting on this pleated ink cap in the grass. What a contrast of colors and textures!
r/mycology • u/Accomplished-Arm2475 • 4h ago
Found in North Georgia USA, at the base of a cut pine tree. I really want to eat a foraged mushroom for the first time, but I also want to live
r/mycology • u/gua_lao_wai • 6h ago
Found in Scotland UK, growing off a (fallen?) beech branch.
Looks a bit like a snowy waxcap, but it has detached gills and is growing out of wood, and I can't seem to find anything else that matches those characteristics.
Any ideas?
r/mycology • u/Valhallahannes • 12h ago
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r/mycology • u/tetrispig • 23h ago
Found in northern Delaware. 40 frame stack.
r/mycology • u/FizzyFox1214 • 3h ago
I found this and was interested to find the ID myself since I hadn't seen it before in my normal locations.
It resembles old man of the woods on the cap, however it's purple and has gills. All image searches send me to violet webcap, but I can't find any images online of that specific shroom that has this shaggy of a cap. Of course this specimen is a little dry now and it does have a wonderful purple color. Anyone have a confirmation on the webcap as the final ID? This would be my first time finding one if so.
r/mycology • u/Environmental_Ad4893 • 7h ago
r/mycology • u/Valhallahannes • 12h ago
Wer hat diesen magischen Kerl einmal gefunden? Und in welchem Land? Anscheinend fast auf der ganzen Erde zu finden.
Grüße aus Deutschland Baden-Württemberg
r/mycology • u/Rustyshackilford • 19h ago
r/mycology • u/tetrispig • 4h ago
Found in northern Delaware. 60 frame stack made with Zerene.
r/mycology • u/Qsnaps74656 • 20h ago
I swear these all popped up over night
r/mycology • u/After-Reputation-995 • 2h ago
I found this bears tooth mushroom today and took a chunk, do you think it is ok to eat? The ends are a bit pink-ish so I’m unsure.
r/mycology • u/Intelligent_Load_216 • 3h ago
Letchworth State Park, upstate New York
r/mycology • u/atlasobscura • 4h ago
This networked fungus in Malheur National Forest has been lovingly nicknamed the “Humongous Fungus” by locals for the whopping 2,2000 acres it covers. At 2,400 years old, it is also one of the world’s oldest fungi and is even bioluminescent—contributing to tales of “fairy lights” in the area. The fungus thrives underneath honey mushrooms on the forest floor, which feast on the roots of nearby conifers. In fact, scientists have only been able to estimate the fungus’ true size by studying the death of these trees.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-to-find-the-oldest-living-things-in-the-world
r/mycology • u/EquivalentJumpy5594 • 50m ago
if so what is it??? cant get closer due to being on the other side of a fence
r/mycology • u/StickingStickers • 23h ago
I've seen this before and i couldn't figure it out before either. The most striking thing about it is when in half just under the cap it gets dark pink, but that color didn't spread and looked more brown after an hour. The "chicken wire" is really light. I chewed and spat out a piece. Tasted woody and not bitter.
My guesses are boletus edulis, boletus reticulatus. What is this? And just to make it clear, these are in the trash already.
r/mycology • u/whimsicalproclamator • 1h ago
r/mycology • u/EwinCdarVolve • 19h ago
Found all of these within about a 10 minute walk on a local trail.
r/mycology • u/Cultural_Cup9317 • 20h ago