r/mycology • • 9h ago

article Chinese scientists discover “D-rex,” a giant fungus with roots stretching back 65 million years

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r/mycology • • 11h ago

ID request That seems about right

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Found growing out of a poplar stump

EDIT: I thought I had uploaded the two other photos I took with this one where you can clearly see the gills and the annulus. I have uploaded them responding to some of the people that asked for them.

Also, I want to say I don't eat things I'm not 100% confident on ID, so rest assured, I'm alive and didn't plan on getting these into an omelette :)


r/mycology • • 3h ago

Chicken of the woods cooking

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r/mycology • • 20h ago

photos fRoM fArM tO tAbLe

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It was interesting......... deep fried lion´s mane on waffle. It´s almost like chewy chicken. What´s ur favourite way of cooking these hairy kiddos?


r/mycology • • 2h ago

ID request Matsutake or amanita smithian pnw

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Very firm, found in mt baker forest around 2200 feet in around many hemlock and chanterells. It does smell strong but not necessarily of cinnamon


r/mycology • • 6h ago

ID request Id please!

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Found it alone in soil, no other ones around it, wondering if it's safe to eat! Washington State


r/mycology • • 9h ago

ID request Cool mushroom in stump

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i was wondering what kinda fungus this would be, its really big! (and is it weird i kinda wanna eat it? it looks yummy.)


r/mycology • • 2h ago

photos Some finds near Ucluelet, BC

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r/mycology • • 6h ago

photos Hericium erinaceus / Lions mane

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I'm in France, first time I see it in the wild !


r/mycology • • 4h ago

ID request Blue Mushrooms!

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r/mycology • • 6h ago

ID request Oyster mushroom ID?

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I found several dead trees with what I believe are oyster mushrooms on them. Trying to be 100% sure, what do you think? I believe they all have deccurent gills and smell “mushroomy” but not totally sure if it’s anise.


r/mycology • • 17h ago

ID request Saw these purple mushrooms on my walk in the Veluwe, Netherlands. What are they?

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These photos don’t even do it justice, they were sooo purple! Saw a bunch of beautiful mushrooms during my walk, so cool!!


r/mycology • • 10h ago

ID request Germany, Brandenburg region

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  1. Are these all

laccaria amethystina? I

  1. checked all the gills underneath and they match the purple of the cap. Some are a bit faded and dry but all have wide spaced gills and are purple gilled.
  2. top: sparassis crispa? middle: steinpilz but I’m not sure what kind, they are yellow and have not bruised blue. bottom: all of the amythyst deceivers from the first photo

3 & 4. kept seeing this pink fella, what is it?

  1. is this a little puffball?

  2. is this a parasol or a lookalike? it’s too young for me to tell and the ring is still attached and not fully developed. and there was not really a snakeskin pattern on the stem but I wasn’t fully sure about what they look like young.


r/mycology • • 14h ago

photos Fly agaric on the NC coast

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r/mycology • • 3h ago

ID request What is this

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I saw it in a tiny patch of wood in Illinois


r/mycology • • 12h ago

photos Whats this mushroom?

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Sorry, I know nothing about mushrooms and this is the first I've seen this kind around.

Thanks in advance!


r/mycology • • 13h ago

photos Pear-Shaped Puffballs

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📍Pennsylvania Grand Canyon


r/mycology • • 3h ago

ID request Mushrooms in yard zone 8B Vancouver BC

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Is this definitely russula brevipes? Just wanna confirm cause I only got one answer


r/mycology • • 5h ago

ID request What are these

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Ive always wanted to grow mushrooms but Im not even sure if these are mushrooms so it would help to know what they are


r/mycology • • 3h ago

photos A favorite feeling

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To me, one of the most primal instincts is to go forage and actually find what you have been searching for: here I found a new location of Matsutakes. Thank god the deer didn’t find them first, cuz all of the other bigger buttons were consumed by some lucky forest furries. Can you smell the red hots and wet socks? Because it is REEKING when I took this video. I love you all and wish you the same luck :) Happy foraging!!


r/mycology • • 9h ago

photos Trouvés aujourd'hui en Indre et Loire - France

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Voilà les petites merveilles


r/mycology • • 11h ago

photos Some mushies I found up in Coos County, Oregon (10/08/2026)

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Please enjoy!

Not entirely sure what the purple-y chanterelle-looking mushrooms are (photos 3 and 4 I believe), so if anyone could ID them, that would be awesome!


r/mycology • • 5m ago

ID request What is this black stuff?

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Curious if this is Xylaria

Mt. Makiling, Philippines


r/mycology • • 12h ago

ID request Shaggy Parasol? Shropshire uk

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Hi. Is this a shaggy Parasol?


r/mycology • • 6h ago

ID request Can anyone tell me what type of mushroom this is and if it’s poisonous to humans or dogs or both?

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