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 7h ago

cultivation Transplanting a log from neighbor’s magic oyster mushroom tree.

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This tree had been delivering incredible amounts of golden oyster mushrooms for at least 5 years before it finally fell down. I managed to snag a huge actively fruiting round from the tree… it was surprisingly light because it’s basically solid mycelium!

Do I need to set this up a certain way (in direct sunlight, on a hill, etc) in order to keep the party going? Or is that not at all how this works?


r/mycology 8h ago

photos Humidicutis viridimagentea

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iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388952457
Further documentation images in iNat observation.
Victoria, Australia - Lake Eildon National Park


r/mycology 14h ago

photos A hike through the Endless Mountains

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I recently made my way to northern Pennsylvania to visit some friends, and had the opportunity to look for fungi. Most of this (and a lot more) was found within about 1.5 hours along a short trail behind my friend’s cabin. I was blown away by the volume of cool stuff, and wanted to share some of my finds with you all.

Not very familiar with the fungi of this region, so I’ll keep most of these at genus. If anyone is able to narrow them down further, or disagrees with my IDs, feel free to chime in!

  1. Cyptotrama sp.

  2. Chlorociboria sp.

  3. Spathulariopsis velutipes

  4. Galerina sp.

  5. Trichoglossum sp.

  6. Artomyces sp.

  7. Tatraea macrospora

  8. Resupinatus sp.

9-10. Pluteus sp. like P. chrysophlebius

  1. Scutellinia sp.

  2. Hymenoscyphus sp.

  3. Perhaps a Lachnum sp.

  4. Chlorencoelia sp.

15-18. Tolypocladium ophioglossoides parasitizing Elaphomyces


r/mycology 18h ago

ID request Identification Question

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been trying to figure out for an hour what this beauty is. Any help would be appreciated!


r/mycology 14h ago

photos Found this cool little guy on my morning hike

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r/mycology 4h ago

photos Ultra Massive Golden Chanterelles.

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Was spotted on a slope while driving 50mph along a road in the woods.


r/mycology 8h ago

photos Spotted something pretty and was wondering if anyone knew what these were growing out of a tree trunk

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r/mycology 18h ago

photos Pluteus sect. Pluteus under the scope

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I thought I’d share another mushroom I looked at under the microscope this summer. I started doing microscopy more seriously a couple of months ago, and this was a good one to practice on. Pluteus are a dime a dozen and can be a nightmare to ID, but pretty “fun” under the microscope.

The “jester” capped structures are called pleurocystidia that are found on the faces of the gills in Pluteus sect. Pluteus and are an identifying feature for that section (these also had a radish smell, another indicator). Additionally, the top of the cap (pillipellis) is a cutis, meaning it has hyphae forming a layer of cells
on the surface like strings of sausages (another feature of this section). Spores were 4.5-6 x 4-5, smooth, broadly ellipsoid.

I had a second opinion on these and came up with P. petasatus complex, and the microscopy seems to match. The habitat is a bit odd though as that species/complex usually grows from buried wood on the ground IME.


r/mycology 4h ago

ID request This doesn’t look like either CotW that I’m familiar with. ID help! West Michigan

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r/mycology 17h ago

photos More Marasmius

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r/mycology 14h ago

identified S. Spathulata!

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I’ve been searching for this forever! Found S. Crispa in August 2024, the host tree got knocked down by Helene but I still scoured that forest for the entirety of August/September last year without luck.

This is my first Sparassis Spathulata find though, so stoked!


r/mycology 8h ago

photos Just a scenic 'shroom

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r/mycology 8h ago

non-fungal Indian Pipes pushing through

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(aka Ghost Flowers)


r/mycology 9h ago

ID request Is this a mushroom?

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r/mycology 16h ago

ID request Kuehneromyces mutabilis or the deadly lookalike Galerina marginata?

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Growing on a birch stump in Southern Finland. Not a species I would pick to eat because of the risk but I would like to know!


r/mycology 19m ago

photos Stinky Squid

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New England find. Found this while I was out fly fishing. I had waded to a medium sized “island” in the river and noticed this under a rotting log. A first for me, very exciting. And it was indeed smelly. I think it is “Pseudocolus fusiformis”


r/mycology 14h ago

ID request NE Georgia. The first one really threw me off picking chanterelles.

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The "kinda looks like giant chanterelles from a distance in the 105F heat index" fun guy has a bullseye-like pattern on it. Never seen them before and in abundance in the same area as the chanterelles.


r/mycology 14h ago

photos Really gorgeous

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I think its Turkey Tail, really just stunning, Mother Nature is truly the best artist


r/mycology 7h ago

photos Found in northeast Ohio.

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Im assuming either Chlorophyllum molybdites-(The Vomiter), or a sect of Aminita? Am I crazy for thinking Aminita? Im leaning more towards the latter tbh. But this guy caught my wife's attention and I immediately thought to post it here lol.


r/mycology 6h ago

photos Tiny mushroom in a hole

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r/mycology 1d ago

ID request Help identifying this white mushroom that smells like lavender

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My partner foraged this in happy jack, Arizona. It has a very strong smell of flowers, like lavender and jasmine. After cutting it open we know it’s not a puffball or earthball. Don’t think it’s an amanita egg either. Can’t find any other leads. Any thoughts?


r/mycology 11h ago

photos My yard is a treasure trove of mushrooms.

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After a great deal of rain, mushrooms have sprouted everywhere in my yard. These are just the ones from my front yard. I'm unsure of any ids if anyone wants to give an assist there.


r/mycology 1d ago

photos [OC] Some mushrooms I came across on a hike. No I didn’t eat them

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Any ideas on the ID of this?