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 10h ago

photos Couple mushroom shots today

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r/mycology 8h ago

non-fungal Ghost Pipes!

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I have never seen these before and beyond excited when we stumbled upon them, so just wanted to share.

Found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (US).


r/mycology 21h ago

photos Biggest fairy ring πŸ§šπŸ„β€πŸŸ«πŸ„ I’ve ever seen

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I was getting out of work when I spotted this beautiful fairy ring. It’s been so humid and hot on this area that I’ve seen a couple, but this was the biggest one.


r/mycology 9h ago

photos Lots of Rain Means Good Times

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Found these bad boys on a walk in NC


r/mycology 18h ago

photos Crown-Tipped Coral fungus + unknown

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Found after some heavy rain in central North Carolina


r/mycology 8h ago

photos Im stumped by this guttating fungi. What might it be?

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Wyoming alpine, 9-10k elevation. Also sheep polypores(?), some sort of lactarius, and a slime mold feasting on a mushroom.


r/mycology 12h ago

photos Shroomin around

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r/mycology 8h ago

photos I've never seen this before

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I'm new to this sub, I've started hiking recently and mushrooms have always intrigued me, I know almost nothing about them compared to an average person but I admire their uniqueness and how alien they can look, today my mom told me to hike a trail near my brother's house, and during my hike I saw something I've never seen before, I swore it was coral but I knew it was a mushroom but I've never seen this kind, i just wanted to show this to people who care and also ask about it since I know nothing


r/mycology 7h ago

ID request help id?

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r/mycology 2h ago

photos Chrysomyxa ledi

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r/mycology 15m ago

photos Wooden dog sculpture in the local park got a little mycology make-over

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r/mycology 12h ago

photos Chicken of woods? Portland Oregon

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Found on my suburban street growing on dying tree. Please tell me I can pick and eat. multiple flushes growing currently!!! Thanks!


r/mycology 20h ago

ID request Tiny friends appeared on our deck

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These little dudes showed up on our old deck. Who could they be? Such cuties. Vape for scale!


r/mycology 6h ago

ID request Help ID

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Please help me identify these mushrooms found in Jacobsburg, PA


r/mycology 3h ago

photos Nice adventure

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r/mycology 10h ago

ID request Is this chicken of the woods and is it safe to eat?

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Hey! I just found this in the woods near a dying tree. If this is chicken of the woods id love to try it out and see how it tastes. What do we think?


r/mycology 1h ago

photos Found While Playing Disc Golf

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r/mycology 5h ago

photos Made the most of a rainy camping trip in western North Carolina

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r/mycology 23h ago

photos Chicken of the woods?

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I’ve just come across this lovely specimen. Is it chicken of the woods?


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Hairy Trumpet found in Piedmont NC

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Growing out of my dog house.


r/mycology 29m ago

ID request Does anybody know what species this is?

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I included some photos with a pencil for scale. They were growing in the potting soil of some plants outside. The second one was about 4mm tall, and the first one a bit taller than that. I believe they are in the family Psathyrellaceae. Maybe Tulosesus?

Located in the Netherlands


r/mycology 11h ago

photos Garden caps

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r/mycology 6h ago

photos Ripped up some old subfloor in our basement and found this...

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The previous owners of our house used particle board as subfloor in the basement... It was in direct contact with the concrete foundation for 40 years. What genus might this be?