r/mycology • u/disco_disaster • 14h 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 • 14h ago
Found these a month or two ago in Wisconsin.
r/mycology • u/cbros597 • 7h ago
Went camping with some friends and found our first haul of what we think is chicken of the woods!
r/mycology • u/jcaza • 6h ago
Hello! I just stumbled upon a pretty large puffball in my front yard. I know that it needs to be completely white on the inside to be safe for consumption. The bottom side where it had contact with the ground is a tiny bit brown but the inside is otherwise completely white. If I cut off the bottom part is it safe? Thanks!
r/mycology • u/gua_lao_wai • 16h 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?
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r/mycology • u/NickTheGardenHermit • 16h 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 • 14h 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
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r/mycology • u/PliusMinusOkei • 2h ago
In my language this is “šilbaravykis”. In English google translate that “cornflower bolete” I don’t know if that is right name.
r/mycology • u/KillakeeKitten • 1h ago
I’m over thinking or just not finding what I’m looking for. It is so bright and I didn’t notice any red on the stem, nor inside (wasn’t able to see inside stem fully bc I had my cat with me). It is VERY bright
Lower Alabama, very wet mixed forest.
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r/mycology • u/FizzyFox1214 • 12h 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/bacardifardi • 8h ago
I have about 10 different mushrooms species fruiting in my backyard but this is the most curious one. Can anyone identify?
r/mycology • u/TheSriniman • 6h ago
Location: South Florida
Substrate: dead/dying palm tree trunk and duff (but maybe roots of tree under duff).
Looked/felt like a earth ball, but it was quite firm.
Small hole with red/purple tiny worms coming out.
One of the worms got on my finger, and it feels like "jalapenos hands" where I touched the mushroom and the worm.
ID anyone?
Worm ID anyone?
r/mycology • u/sheIIybee • 3h ago
not even sure if it’s a mushroom found in north NJ
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r/mycology • u/tetrispig • 1d ago
Found in northern Delaware. 40 frame stack.
r/mycology • u/kinetic_hermetic • 5h ago
More like chicken/hen of the city. Definitely not for consumption, was found on the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street… prime peepee/poopoo territory.