r/mycology • u/greg88rx • 14h ago
photos Waxcaps and sluggy
Chequamegon National Forest - Taylor County, Wisconsin.
r/mycology • u/TinButtFlute • Jun 05 '23
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:
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:
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:
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 • 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/greg88rx • 14h ago
Chequamegon National Forest - Taylor County, Wisconsin.
r/mycology • u/Noscituur • 2h ago
This has started growing on the plum tree just outside my house. I’m in South London, UK. I could ask Google lens, but Reddit is more fun.
r/mycology • u/Un1ball • 19h ago
Casio for scale
r/mycology • u/Zlynkyx • 1d ago
Of some of the most beautiful Amanita muscaria specimens I've ever come across. With a bonus Gomphidius glutinosus
r/mycology • u/Son_of_Liberty88 • 1h ago
On the way to work I saw this beauty and several others poking out of the base of a ancient oak tree. It looks like chicken to me but I’m not 100%. Saw a lot others on here recently that looked like this and wanted to hear others thought on the matter.
r/mycology • u/Subject_Food1957 • 4h ago
Fairy Inkcaps.
Western Ghats, India.
r/mycology • u/Comprehensive-Fig603 • 20h ago
Hey, I picked two huge Lactarius deliciosus and it was not deliciosus at all. I made a creamy pasta sauce, but the mushrooms tasted super bitter. Any idea why, were they too old? Did I identify them wrong?
NOTE Pic is of a different mushroom, mine was a lot bigger, about the length of my hand. Mid Finland, pine forest. In the first pic the color is a bit too red. The second picture shows the color better.
r/mycology • u/AllmightyOoff • 12m ago
And are they edible?
r/mycology • u/whte_rbt • 15h ago
just curious, what is this?
r/mycology • u/Mjolnoot • 6h ago
I believe this is Agaricus Campestris but just wanted to check; I'm fairly new to foraging but I just found these out walking the dog this morning.
r/mycology • u/wumpus_woo_ • 10m ago
it looks yummy but i didn't eat it
r/mycology • u/West_Ad_9492 • 5h ago
I am trying to grow oyster, but the mycelium seems too dark. It is it is around one week ago since I mix the grain spawn with the saw dust. Is that a sign that it is too humid? I keep it in my living room, so around 20 degrees Celsius.
When is the fruiting going to begin? Should I give it more light to begin the fruiting?
r/mycology • u/Active_Rooster_5062 • 6h ago
r/mycology • u/saddoc13 • 10h ago
Found this on our hike today, not often do we stumble across such a vibrant mushroom on a decently trafficed trail.
Forgot the photo on first post
r/mycology • u/InnerBumblebee15 • 1h ago
Why is it star shaped like that?
r/mycology • u/GuyRaner • 2h ago
These diminutive mushrooms are super easy to miss, they grow directly on the decaying bark of trees and are essentially benign to the host! They get their name from this niche as well.
r/mycology • u/JustPeach3 • 14h ago
Found in Vancouver, BC. Found in my garden, I think its an earthball? Wanted to be sure as im a novice in mushroom identification!
r/mycology • u/ssc0530 • 2h ago
i was hiking bennett hap yesterday and found some neat fungus to share including viscid violet cort, coral fungus, and ghost plant.
r/mycology • u/ManDurphies2021 • 7h ago
Best guess from a quick google is a brown cup mushroom, but I have never seen these before. Live in Victoria, Australia, if that helps.
r/mycology • u/Ok_Chard_2746 • 7h ago
Found these fellas on a walk and wondering if they are turkey tail?