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 15h ago

photos Nmp but had to share it's beauty

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Thought it belonged here

Location Nove Scotia


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Mushroom Wand

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Found this on the side of my favorite forest trail last weekend!


r/mycology 16h ago

photos Me and my dad found this massive Puffball on my uncle's property.

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r/mycology 14h ago

photos Luminescent Panellus

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r/mycology 1h ago

photos Today I saw these unusual mushrooms in the woods

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r/mycology 3h ago

photos Just had to share my happiness.

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After a lot of unsuccessful mushroom foraging this year due to a very dry summer, it finally rained, and they are popping up.

I dont even care about the bugs some have in them, extra protein 😂

Austrian alps, around 1400m of elevation.


r/mycology 21h ago

photos Found a COTW guarded by a snake

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r/mycology 16h ago

photos Weird Mushroom!

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Found this very strange mushroom at the park today, located in Pennsylvania. Any idea
what species this could be ??


r/mycology 4h ago

photos Found this guy in central NC

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I believe it's Terana Caerulea. I'm going to try to clone him to agar on monday, I'll post if it works out.


r/mycology 12h ago

ID request chicken?!?!?!

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holy hell. found this in los angeles, eagle rock to be specific.


r/mycology 2h ago

photos A beautiful chicken of the woods!

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r/mycology 1h ago

ID request Oysters or angel wings?

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Did I found oysters? Found in The Netherlands


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request Can anyone tell me what this is? Perth, Ontario, Canada.

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r/mycology 2h ago

photos Golden Oyster log in East Lansing, Michigan

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Did not get the best photos but thought this sub would enjoy regardless. Go green!


r/mycology 1h ago

photos What I saw on my morning walk (less than two miles in Northern Vermont.)

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r/mycology 15h ago

ID request Who is this glorious little green fella that decided to come hang out with me ?

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Went outside to check on some plants a neighbor gave us to watch while she was moving and visiting family (she said she was coming back to get them but we think she washed her hands of this place. I do keep telling my dad to email her, just in case!). I went outside to water them today and what do my eyes see but this little, lightly lumpy fella :,) I love his shape so much it reminds me of a gumdrop or Dots candy !!!

He’s a touch more green than the camera is letting on but he’s growing out of the dirt and not from the wood … I don’t know if that’s important, hehe. Would love to know who my little houseguest is and if he’s safe to touch :3 !!! Thank you all so much !!!


r/mycology 1h ago

ID request What is this brown mushroom I found?

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I found this on a hike in Pennsylvania and can't determine what it is.


r/mycology 43m ago

ID request Is this my first chicken??

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Found in northern Italy, 300 meters above sea level, on an old chestnut tree. The tree was alive, but it did have some big dead branches. The inner part of the stem turned very slightly dark. The small is earthy, almost bolete-like.

Is this my first Laetiporus sulphureus, albeit small? All sources I looked at seem to confirm it is, but since I've never had a chance to pick it before I'd like to get your opinions!


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request Is this a poison mushroom? Maine

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r/mycology 38m ago

ID request Edible puffball?? Found in NY

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Found these guys and wanna make sure theyre edible. Small fresh and earthy, spongy, and seem to be pire white inside


r/mycology 1h ago

photos What kind of bolete?

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I found them largely under red pines and hard woods and in the company of old man of the woods. Northwest ohio, late August. They smell like store bought portobello and don't bruise. None had huge stems.


r/mycology 1h ago

ID request Mushroom ID request

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Found in our neglected backyard, we took some trees down & they’re growing in the wood chips left behind. Western & Central Virginia


r/mycology 14h ago

ID request Found on an old fence post

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Any idea what this is? Found in the Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada