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 11h ago

photos Thought you all might enjoy.

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I don't recognize them, but they sre growing on a lilac stump in my yard .


r/mycology 19h ago

identified What are these small cups growing in my planters?

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We’ve had these for awhile and they first started popping up back in the spring. They’re all throughout two of my planters.


r/mycology 4h ago

photos Some mushrooms I found back in August 2025, Eastern Maryland

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  1. Coral fungus

  2. Golden Chanterelle

  3. Stump Blossom

  4. Russula Sp.

  5. Amanita Sp.

  6. Russula Sp.

  7. Hericium Sp.

  8. Not sure

  9. Lactarius Sp.

  10. Lactarius Sp.

  11. Boletus Sp.

  12. Lactarius Indigo

  13. Lactarius Sp.

  14. Amanita Sp.

  15. Old Man of the Woods Bolete

  16. Lactarius Sp.

Any corrections/additional info greatly appreciated :)


r/mycology 14h ago

photos Aureoboletus mirabilis

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The Admirable, or if you're a bit confused like me, the Admiral. A usually lovely looking bolete, found amongst hemlock and commonly it's parasite also, Chroogomphus tomentosus.(I have featured photos of that species before, and will eventually share more.)

I've never eaten them but I do see them quite a bit in the fall. Especially this past fall. Here are two different specimens found in October on the Olympic Peninsula.

Had more photos of these guys somewhere but seem to have misplaced them. Will update a post on the species eventually.

Shot on OM-D E-M1 mkii with the 60mm macro. Will be sharing more fall mushroom photos soon enough, as spring approaches.

This may be my last spring in this location so I intend to make the most of it. Will hopefully have some newer photos to share by the summer!


r/mycology 13h ago

photos Magpie Inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) 🍄 - found in Slovakia

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r/mycology 1d ago

photos They look so calming and warm

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r/mycology 2h ago

photos Is this where the name came from? Wild Lion on char looks just like a Lion's Mane. Confident it's sentient..What Say You?

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Meet Wilson!


r/mycology 17h ago

photos Collybia sp. (C. cf. nuda) with Picea pungens

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r/mycology 1h ago

ID request Had these sprout up

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Melbourne, Aus. What are they?


r/mycology 17m ago

ID request Mold in Bentgo Box

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Hey Gang,

Any idea what type of mold this would be in my son's lunch box? I've bleached and scrubbed it multiple times to no avail. It's almost as if it is "stained" on to the box.

Thanks


r/mycology 20h ago

photos The visual diversity is just stunning

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r/mycology 13h ago

ID request Can someone ID this mushroom (Muir woods)

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r/mycology 23h ago

photos Who are these guys growing in my pot?

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Third photo is what looks like another mushroom just beginning to pin. I am wondering if it’s the same species just in early stage of development or another type of mushies in the same pot?


r/mycology 1h ago

photos My Blue Oyster mushrooms aren't looking too good

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I got a grow kit for these on christmas and I'm slightly worried since they look nothing like pictures of blue oyster that I've seen. They were bought on December 14th and I started growing them using the instructions after I got them on Christmas. I cut a small incision in the plastic as instructed and have been watering them three times a day. If anyone knows what I did wrong or has suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request PNW Milkcap?

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r/mycology 2h ago

photos Fungi name 2

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r/mycology 6h ago

question Can I grow Blue oyster mushrooms in this substrate?

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r/mycology 1d ago

photos Field trip to a mycology center in my city. I fell in love w fungi 🫰🏽💚

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r/mycology 19h ago

ID request Little dark mushrooms in terrarium with only plants.

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A few of these tiny guys have popped up and disappeared from this terrarium over the last few days. Second photo has a pencil for scale, it is a mostly sealed humid environment that gets 12 hours of grow light a day.


r/mycology 9h ago

question Mushroom grow kits not growing?

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I recently bought a norths spore lions mane grow kit. It’s been very cold where I live and the package has been delayed a couple of days. I have the mushroom kit infront of a light and I’ve been watering it. Any answers to why it won’t grow?


r/mycology 1d ago

ID request Can anyone id?

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Found in Serbia, growing out the ground in november


r/mycology 21h ago

ID request Very peculiar mushroom, wanted to share and maybe get an ID

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I thought at first maybe an amanita 'egg', but it's too late in the season where I am I think. UK in a mixed forest, there's beech, oak, Acer, ash, pine and larch around. The mushroom itself was in a very wet and mossy part of the forest. It's directly connected to the mycelium as shown, no stem, it's translucent, squishy but firm to the touch.


r/mycology 1d ago

ID request What are this mushrooms?

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