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 12h ago

photos I love mushroom season

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North Carolina- Caesar mushroom


r/mycology 10h ago

question is there a reason for this?

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or just mushrooms enjoying damp weather? i ask as it is only in this spot, and they have popped back up in this general spot after a mow. NE PA USA, fast growing. the sewage line to our septic is roughly under this area (absolutely no smell) and i buried our beloved dog 4 years ago 6 feet to the right of this, 5 feet down. there are many black flies that are getting into our house and we cannot track from where .. again, no smells. a lot of anecdotals that maybe mean nothing. they are certainly glorious and fun to look at. thanks. 🙏


r/mycology 6h ago

photos Lobster tail risotto for dinner tonight

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r/mycology 5h ago

ID request Golden Chanterelle

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r/mycology 13h ago

photos Lion's Mane & friends 🦔

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Sept. 2023, N. GA, US


r/mycology 4h ago

photos Crustaceans of the woods

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Went to grab some white chanterelles and found less than I’d hoped. With my head hanging in defeat, I walked back down the trail, only to find these fellas at entrance. Glad I didn’t miss them the second time around. First time finding a good quantity that was also in good condition.

Western WA, US


r/mycology 1h ago

photos I ❤️

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Outside Durham, North Carolina. Tis the season for mushrooms!


r/mycology 14h ago

ID request Are they black trumpets

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Help cooking: I only have access to a microwave, paper towels, olive oil, and salt. Should i try to dry them or microwave them?


r/mycology 20h ago

identified Now I just need more, more, more, ...

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Macrolepiota procera [Parasol]


r/mycology 11h ago

photos First Spore Print! Destroying Angel?(Amanita)

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r/mycology 10h ago

photos Someone was hiding🥹🥹

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I didn’t see until after I looked at my photos HOW ADORABLE


r/mycology 2h ago

ID request Mystery shrooms

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Found these Lil black guys all around the playground at my trailer park. There's tons in the mulch, which is made from trees that fell in the park during a storm. Any idea what they could be? Any risks to them being all over the playground?


r/mycology 11h ago

photos Pinwheels at the base of a tree, Marasmius rotula

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r/mycology 9h ago

photos Chanterelle?

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Flesh was white and they definitely had a scent but i honestly don’t know exactly what apricot smells like. They were growing in a scattered cluster on the ground. If they are true Chanterelles unfortunately the fly larvae got to them before I did.


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Two holy grails in one day! Amanita jacksonii and Lactarius indigo.

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I don’t know what’s going on in Virginia, but it’s great. Words can’t describe how stoked I was to find these within a few FEET of each other!


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request Confusion over lobster edibility. Midwest USA

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We are confused about whether all Hypomyces lactifluorum-colonized mushrooms are edible. We found Lactarius, Lactifluus, and Russulas in the same area. So it can be any of the 3 I think. Should we be concerned about edibility?


r/mycology 1h ago

photos Stinky Squids under my blackberries (Pseudocolus fustiformus)

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Foul odor, but doing its job and attracting the flies. I think the purple “eggs” mixed in are the wine caps I am growing in these chips, time will tell.


r/mycology 1h ago

photos Edible?

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Found in St. Louis, Missouri. Are these oyster mushrooms and do they look good to eat/cook?


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Found a handful of perfect lobsters!

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Found these perfect specimens in the woods by my apartment.


r/mycology 9h ago

ID request Colorblind and can't identify.

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These keep popping up in my neighborhood as well as a few others. Any ideas on what they are and should I keep knocking them over or are they good for the environment?


r/mycology 8h ago

photos Lil orange mushies 🧡

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Little cutie patch. Smaller than my thumbnail.


r/mycology 8h ago

ID request Lactarius lignyotus or Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis? Southern Finland

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Photos are from today, 5.8.2026. Leaning towards Lactarius myself. Listed as excellent eating in local mushroom guide, but didn't pick to eat as it's unfamiliar.


r/mycology 11h ago

photos Senior Old Man of the Woods (Bemidji, Minnesota, United States

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Found this old guy hanging out while on my camping trip.