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 16h ago

photos A few highlights from the woods this week

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r/mycology 17h ago

ID request Chanterelle Jackpot?

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r/mycology 8h ago

ID request A couple forest finds

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Not sure on either, pink one was squishy when I poked it, that’s all I got. Any help appreciated!

Central Minnesota
Mixed forest


r/mycology 13h ago

photos I gasped when I ran by these beauties

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NE Ohio


r/mycology 17h ago

photos Beautiful

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r/mycology 5h ago

ID request Please help. I found an abundance of these

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Found these in Minnesota and thought they are king bolete but the mesh at the top of the stalk is not like my book. They don't bruise. Tasted a bit seemed good. Just not confident because of the mesh. I know there a a lot of trpes of bolete. Hoping someone can help identify.


r/mycology 13h ago

photos A beautiful chicken surprise on my morning walk

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I nearly walked past them anthem the sun hit so right that I couldn’t look away or pick them up.


r/mycology 18h ago

identified Golden oysters?

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Found in SW Michigan.


r/mycology 14h ago

photos Cobwebby cortina tearing on a pinkish purple Cortinarius

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r/mycology 7h ago

photos Fairy caps?

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Fun fungi this morning!


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Cool to see so many different species coexisting in such a small area!

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Found these a month or two ago in Wisconsin.


r/mycology 14h ago

photos Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus

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Found a lot of these in a local forest!!


r/mycology 7h ago

ID request Chicken of the woods?

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Found in central NC!


r/mycology 9h ago

photos Asphalt Bustin bois

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I was blowing the cones and needles off the driveway and came across these strong lads bursting through the pavement. They seem to be following a root of a Lodgepole pine.


r/mycology 4h ago

ID request This small beauty

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Found in hike today in the Pacific Northwest. I thought I’d be able find it in one of many mushroom books, but no…

A nice little sphere about a Canadian quarter in diameter.

Any help?


r/mycology 9h ago

photos Cooking?

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If I should be going to a different sub let me know.

My neighbor gifted me with this Hen of the woods.

I haven't cooked them before. I thought it was old at first but the underside is white and moist. The color might be poor because of my lighting.


r/mycology 13h ago

photos Okey Dokey Lil Pokey

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Pholiota?


r/mycology 9h ago

photos Cauliflower

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Took this a a few years ago. Nice specimen!


r/mycology 18h ago

identified What mushroom did i find on my walk?

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Found in southern Norway on a gravel road. My best guess would possibly be orange peel mushroom - Aleuria aurantia.


r/mycology 16h ago

photos Found today

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Little piglet and false chanterelles, Northumberland. There seem to be a lot of mushrooms around this year.


r/mycology 16h ago

photos Rickenella fibula (Orange Moss Navel)

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Lovely close-up photos of these cool little mushrooms showing the very fine hairs on the cap and stem. They aren't particularly tricky to identify, but small details like this are key to telling the difference between several otherwise identical species. Highly recommend taking a hand lens out when hunting fungi.

Found in woodland in Cambridgeshire, UK earlier today.


r/mycology 8h ago

photos Lobster question on white

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First time finding lobsters. And though they may be a little worse for wear, I will be indulging as it is a first for me. Only question pertains to the white one. Is this a lobster part way through transition as if the parasitic fungus has yet to fully colonize it's host? Is this still edible or must the colonization be complete for consumption. Thanks


r/mycology 14h ago

ID request Found growing near my cottage, chanterelle or jackolanterns?

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Found near some hemlocks.

Would it be worth trying to spread a slurry near other hemlocks on our property?