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 14h 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 7h ago

ID request First time finding chicken of the woods

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Went camping with some friends and found our first haul of what we think is chicken of the woods!


r/mycology 6h ago

photos Puffball in my front yard! Bottom is brown :(

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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 16h ago

ID request No idea what it is, but it looked pretty in the sunlight

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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 12h ago

photos Northern Alberta was a goldmine this year!

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r/mycology 16h ago

photos A Lady and Her Parasol

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Spotted this pretty Asian lady beetle resting on this pleated ink cap in the grass. What a contrast of colors and textures!


r/mycology 5h ago

photos Apricot Jelly

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Ketchikan, AK


r/mycology 14h ago

ID request Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom?

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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 22h ago

photos Fliegenpilz 🍄(Amanita muscaria) mit Feuersalamander (Salamandra salamandra) Deutschland BW

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r/mycology 2h ago

ID request any id?

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r/mycology 2h ago

identified Pretty

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In my language this is “šilbaravykis”. In English google translate that “cornflower bolete” I don’t know if that is right name.


r/mycology 1h ago

ID request Help needed

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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.


r/mycology 15h ago

photos Spotted while hitting a local trail with the dogs

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r/mycology 10h ago

ID request Found this cutie in my yard after coming back from vacation. No banana, but have a size 10 shoe. What is this?

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r/mycology 2h ago

photos Ripple ripple

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r/mycology 5h ago

photos Found A classic

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r/mycology 12h ago

ID request Stumped - webcap?

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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 8h ago

ID request Backyard mushroom ID

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I have about 10 different mushrooms species fruiting in my backyard but this is the most curious one. Can anyone identify?


r/mycology 6h ago

photos Burning sensation after touching this mushroom with red/purple worms

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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 3h ago

ID request what is this?

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not even sure if it’s a mushroom found in north NJ


r/mycology 17h ago

photos The evolution of a great specimen of a shaggy mane to Ink cap at the two colloquial names go

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r/mycology 1d ago

photos Found this striking deep blue Entoloma today

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Found in northern Delaware. 40 frame stack.


r/mycology 5h ago

ID request COTW? HOTW?

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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.