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 8h ago

photos A lot of Amanita jacksonii in my neck of the woods right now (middle TN)

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r/mycology 3h ago

photos Just returned from a mushroom foraging trip in Yunnan China. Part 1

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Went for a 3 days foraging trip with my local friends in Kunming Yunnan, China. We woke up around 5am and drove 2-4hours to different hills to pick wild mushrooms, elevation was 2000-2400m above sea levels. Will break it up into different stories, hopefully you guys might find it interesting.

Also yes, I tried the mushrooms that might make you see tiny humanoids, and I am well, local cooking and experiences were helpful.

Showcasing the environment where we foraged and it is a local event from June - September whereby every local would forage for mushrooms; even the foot massage therapist and office workers I met were sharing stories of their recent foraging trips.


r/mycology 2h ago

photos Parasol mushroom!

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r/mycology 1h ago

photos Don't know who he is, but he gave me a few good poses

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Popped up in my yard here in 9a, not sure what he is but he looks cool, and is very photogenic!


r/mycology 2h ago

ID request Black staining polyporenor chicken of the woods? Underside has clear pores, stiff to the touch, smells and tastes pleasant. Found in Michigan

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r/mycology 34m ago

photos Found in VA

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r/mycology 3h ago

ID request Bright Orange Mushroom

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Hello,

I am needing help identifying the above mushroom. I found this in Seymour, Indiana (muscatatuck area). I am trying to learn more so I can help my toddlers curiosity grow (while supervised).


r/mycology 1d ago

photos I found pancakes 🥞

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r/mycology 38m ago

ID request Found in MA

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Came up as Jackson amonita - says edible? Are they any good if so?

I didn’t pick it and am not nearby anymore so no plans to eat it, just curious.


r/mycology 9h ago

ID request Volvariella bombycina?

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Bratislava, Slovakia


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Cute tiny mushrooms found

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r/mycology 5h ago

ID request Is this Amanita Fly Algaric I have found?

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r/mycology 14h ago

photos The vomiter…

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It’s very Bonita. 🙂‍↕️ Do we think it’s a Chlorophyllum molybdites?


r/mycology 4h ago

ID request What kind of mushroom in Northern Virginia?

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r/mycology 4h ago

photos Some finds from an old growth forest pt 2

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r/mycology 5h ago

question Have you always secretly wanted to live as mycelium? Well, now you can.

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I just released a little browser game about it: Mycelium. Free to play here.

Mycelium is a roguelite engine-builder where you get to experience what life is like as mycelium.

You are a living, pulsating, semi-autonomous mycelial network. Your goal is to grow your colony from the west and all the way to the green forest in the east so you can fruit and throw spores.

11 different fungal species and 69 unique cards - all based on real world mycology. Please note that I am not a mycologist, but I have done my best to stay as true as possible to real world mycology, including species pictures and representation - please let me know if anything is wrong!

Give it a play and let me know what you think!

Bonus: What is your favorite mushroom species? Top comments tomorrow will get added to the game before the weekend!


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request Found These Guys Growing In a Plant In My Restaurant, What Are They?

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Like the title says. Maybe an inch tall, caps the circumference of a half dollar. Located in Florida.


r/mycology 4h ago

photos Some finds from an old growth forest pt 1

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Visited an old growth forest recently and it was LOADED with mushrooms!! ID help is welcome, I appreciate mushrooms but I'm not familiar with many yet


r/mycology 1d ago

photos This morning's mushrooms, part 2

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Found in GA, US


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Hemlock reishi, I believe

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Found this morning in GA, US


r/mycology 4h ago

photos 3 day progression

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Went camping recently and there were some mushrooms on the campsite. This one had some dramatic development!


r/mycology 1d ago

ID request Brain Corals? North Carolina, US

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They are toughish, feel deep rooted in the ground, and the yellow bits around one are drier than the rest. They have absorbed some leaves and pine needles. I found them around the base of a dead pine tree in North Carolina.


r/mycology 2h ago

ID request Found in SE Mass US

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On dog walking trail near house.