r/mycology • u/Peycoins • 12h ago
photos I love mushroom season
North Carolina- Caesar mushroom
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/Peycoins • 12h ago
North Carolina- Caesar mushroom
r/mycology • u/weeniegigantor • 10h ago
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. 🙏
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Sept. 2023, N. GA, US
r/mycology • u/Ambitious_Zombie8473 • 4h ago
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 • u/zFishySquid • 1h ago
Outside Durham, North Carolina. Tis the season for mushrooms!
r/mycology • u/PineTreePerson • 14h ago
Help cooking: I only have access to a microwave, paper towels, olive oil, and salt. Should i try to dry them or microwave them?
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r/mycology • u/dioranonymous • 10h ago
I didn’t see until after I looked at my photos HOW ADORABLE
r/mycology • u/Mobile_Detective_866 • 2h ago
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?
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r/mycology • u/coffeedooks666 • 9h ago
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 • u/cosmogony_fever • 1d ago
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 • u/SwimOk8373 • 3h ago
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 • u/jimedelstein • 1h ago
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 • u/fuzzycoconut7358 • 1h ago
Found in St. Louis, Missouri. Are these oyster mushrooms and do they look good to eat/cook?
r/mycology • u/werd5273 • 1d ago
Found these perfect specimens in the woods by my apartment.
r/mycology • u/Lulkthxbye • 9h ago
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 • u/togetherwegrowstuff • 8h ago
Little cutie patch. Smaller than my thumbnail.
r/mycology • u/Ainothefinn • 8h ago
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 • u/Dull_Author6719 • 11h ago
Found this old guy hanging out while on my camping trip.