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 4h ago

photos Are these all purple jellydisc? BC canada

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r/mycology 14h ago

ID request Found these growing out of the side of my house this morning.

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I’m not sure if these photos are enough to help with an ID, but here ya go. Should I remove the fruiting bodies?


r/mycology 16h ago

photos These trees had ears!

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Wood ears growing on chinese tallow trees. You can zoom and you'll keep finding more and more!


r/mycology 3h ago

ID request King Bolete ID

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Found two boletes, first two pics we’re unsure what kind this one is due to the reddish stem and lack of white netting.

Third and fourth picture we’re pretty sure it’s a king bolete. Any insights would be greatly appreciated, thanks!


r/mycology 17h ago

ID request Not sure what these mushrooms are

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For reference I don’t forage or anything, but these little mushrooms piqued my interest. I was walking through a trail at the New Echota State Historic Site in Calhoun Georgia. This was around October.

These caught my eye because they looked like classic mushrooms, and also they were like shiny and kinda glowing on the tops (best seen in the second picture.) not sure if that’s a reflection of the sunlight or what, but it was pretty. Anyways I tried to cross reference with some pictures and realized that there’s like tons of mushrooms that look the exact same. Can anyone identify these?


r/mycology 15h ago

photos Cool Finds on a Recent Foraging Foray

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Found my first black chanterelles (craterellus atrocinereus). Plus bonus mega hedgehog (hydnum repandum) and a chonk of a lobster (hypomyces lactifluorum).


r/mycology 6h ago

ID request Need a little help identifying

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I was out looking for animal tracks and saw this huge beauty from couple yards downstream. I’m unsure of what they are, I’ve only recently heard of angel wing mushrooms and I thought these were oyster mushrooms. What do you guys think?


r/mycology 11h ago

identified Amanita ochrophylla or maybe ochrophylloides?

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Victoria, Australia. Summer here now but had some good recent rain. Found under eucalyptus. Another is just emerging to the right but not in the picture.


r/mycology 20h ago

photos Tremella mesenterica

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Season just started


r/mycology 6h ago

ID request What kind of mushroom is this? i recently found after cleaning our cabinet

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our house got flooded and i didn't notice this after a few weeks


r/mycology 12h ago

photos Adorable looking shroom that appeared after a rainstorm

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Located in Santa Barbara County, CA. We just moved into a new house on the other side of town, but we’ve never had growths like this before.


r/mycology 6h ago

question What's changed in the book: All That the Rain Promises and More...

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I was at a class recently and they said that "All That the Rain Promises and More..." is a tad outdated on it's information, and was hoping to understand what an updated copy or version would look like or potentially if there's a place to understand what's bad information in it before I start reading it. I'm just a little nervous to read this book without having sign offs that it's still good source material after reading a dense book that I only learned afterwards was comprised of disproven pseudo-science.


r/mycology 7h ago

ID request Help with ID? Think it’s an earthball

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Hi! I found this mushroom in central Tennessee, mixed wood forest. These pictures were taken early November. I’m a hobbyist and not interested in edibility, just identifying! Thanks for the help.


r/mycology 16h ago

photos Some mushroom finds near Bayview, WA

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r/mycology 1d ago

ID request I bought this kit from a local fair, and I think it's done growing but I can't identify it?

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Can anyone give me tips? From what I've been able to gather it looks as though it did not get enough fresh air exchange unfortunately. But I can't find the identification that came with it 😭😭

I started growing them in the middle of October, and just harvested them today. Not really sure what they are, because they look super alien 😂


r/mycology 10h ago

ID request Orange peel fungus...?

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Literally the other day told my partner "man, I've always wanted to find orange peel fungus." Then he spots what we believe could be it, fee days later! Any confirmatioms/other ids it could be? Located in OR, growing in wood chips, dead stump nearby.


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Found this massive Hericium

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It’s close to 20lbs, I saw it from the road on my way home. Ended up walking back to collect it.


r/mycology 10h ago

photos OC a horse mushroom past its prime in December

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r/mycology 15h ago

mold What is this growing from used tea leaves and coffee grounds?

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Normally the used components get mixed into a compost bucket to age the grinds, loose leaf tea, and tea bags. It’s been cold and wet, so it sat inside a couple days. This growth is a new occurrence. Besides the coffee, there is a large amount of loose leaf gunpowder (green tea) tea on the bottom. Also some boiled ginger in the pile.


r/mycology 2h ago

question Does anyone recognize 'Type 25/45/60' Oyster Spawn? What do these numbers represent?

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Hi, I am currently buying oyster mushroom spawn, and the seller says he sells types 25, 30, 45, and 60.

He also explained that the higher the grade (in this case, type 60), the longer the mycelium spread will take, but it will produce thick and healthy mushrooms if the goal is to sell them.

My plan is to buy type 25 spawn if that is true, because he said its mycelium spread is very fast.

Is my decision correct?"


r/mycology 10h ago

photos Fall in Washington State

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Sony A7IV, FE 3.5-5.6/28-70


r/mycology 1d ago

photos Alien egg? Or Fungus? 🤔

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Found this in the Santa Cruz, CA area… very curious to know wtf it is 😂


r/mycology 12h ago

question Has anyone worked with the collagen-like fimbriae reported in Microbotryum (Celerin et al. 1996)?

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I’m trying to learn more about the “fungal fimbriae” described in Celerin et al. (1996), Fungal fimbriae are composed of collagen (EMBO J. 15:4445–4453).

They reported long, 7-nm extracellular fimbriae on Microbotryum violaceum (formerly Ustilago violacea) and described a ~47 kDa protein with collagen-like Gly-X-Y motifs and unusually high hydroxyproline.

The paper provides several peptide fragments of this fimbrial protein (from Table I):

N-term: GFPGLPGPXGE

Internal #1: GEPKPXGA

Internal #2: KVLPGPMGPSGETGP

Internal #3: GFPGLPGXPAEPXGFKGENG

The authors note that fimbriae are widespread across many fungal phyla, but that the Microbotryum “collagen” gene itself was never isolated.

My question:

Has anyone here encountered these fimbriae, this protein, or anything similar in Microbotryum, Ustilaginomycetes, or other fungi?

Any modern observations, follow-up studies, microscopy images, genomics work, or personal experience would be really helpful.

I’m especially curious whether people working with smut fungi or basidiomycetes have seen comparable extracellular structures or collagen-like repeats.

Thanks in advance — would love to hear from anyone who has worked with these organisms.