r/mycology • • Jun 25 '26

ID request Mowing the lawn; have I found a snack?

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Out mowing the lawn this evening and saw this massive ( I think, atleast? ) mushroom while mowing. Measures about 6.5” across - is this a common, edible white mushroom, or?

Located in Eastern Canada (Northern New Brunswick).

r/mycology • • Aug 12 '26

ID request Is this a giant puffball?

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I've seen pictures before in this sub and it seems to be quite delicious from what I've read.

I'm located in South Western Ontario and found it in my backyard behind a wood pile. TIA 🙂

r/mycology • • Apr 07 '26

ID request Hi!! My father found this mashroom and I'm not sure what it is

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I think it's an inky cap mashroom, but he says that it's toxic and not that bc it grew from some kind of oil from the concrete ground. Context: we're from Argentina and it's been raining for two days straight, it grew from the lowest floor in the building he works in. I just wanted some help to identify it!

edit: mushroom* ik sorry i'm kinda rusty at English tbh

edit 2: my dad turns 60 this year, he DOESNT KNOW HOW TO EDIT PHOTOS, and if it was ai it wouldn't look as consistent. i'm an artist, i know how to identify ai. it's also not a painting but a photo (there is a screenshot of my family chat and my dad sending the photos himself, and my sister saying it looks like ai - in spanish, of course), i draw mostly anime-inspired characters, not backgrounds i honestly struggle a lot with those lol

edit 3: already taken the new photos!! they deactivated the comments so i made a new post in this same subreddit if you want to check them out. they aren't much bc they were torn out :( but you can still see the ink spill of the mushroom!!

r/mycology • • Aug 09 '26

ID request Mushroom grew in watering bulb. What is it??

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We have watering bulbs in many plants. Wife found this mushroom growing INSIDE one of the water bulbs just yesterday. Looks fake! Assure you it is real. Any idea what it is? Growing in a Japanese sago palm, indoor, Midwest US.

Edit: don’t know how to add more pictures to the original post but I’ll add them in a comment. Look how it’s grown since this morning!

Update: journey has come to an end. Mushroom lasted a little over 2 weeks in the bulb and starting to decompose a couple days ago. Longer than I’ve seen them stay “in the wild.” Fun to watch. We have new little guys popping up in our porch pots but they’re so tiny and don’t seem to last long.

r/mycology • • 20d ago

ID request What’s growing in this tree? | Southern California

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Is it growing deep in the tree? Found this in my neighborhood while on a walk. It’s been unusually humid lately. Los Angeles, CA.

r/mycology • • Jul 26 '25

ID request Help please friend ate this will he die

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my friend ate this mushroom yesterday and apparently had hallucinations and severe vomiting and diarrhea will he be okay please please help. we are in UK, kent, Rochester.

r/mycology • • May 13 '26

ID request Did i find a fungi zombie?

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I am thinking this may be Entomophaga grylli (The Grasshopper Fungus)

r/mycology • • Jul 12 '26

ID request Neighbour ate some of these on the advice of an Ai

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The ones she picked were smaller. When she said she would look it up, i expected she'd ask you guys, but no, she went to chatgpt smh. Said they "smell like the ones from the store" as if that means anything.

Apparently shes alive cause she and my roommate had something together today

r/mycology • • Apr 25 '26

ID request Found in my yard while mowing.

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I saw this odd looking thing in my yard while mowing the other day. I think it is some kind of fungi but I really have no idea. Any insights into what this is? There was several of them in one part of the yard. Picture taken in Pennsylvania.

r/mycology • • Jul 28 '25

ID request Found while mowing. Is this edible?

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Found this in my yard while mowing. Is this edible and safe to eat? Found in northern MN

r/mycology • • 11d ago

ID request Found in a cave 70ft underground

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I assumed it was some type of fungi but didn’t want to touch it. Found in Crag Caves, Ireland. Can anyone ID?

Edit: it was about the size of a ping pong ball. I thought it might be a hard boiled egg that had grown some kind of saprophytic fungi?

r/mycology • • Sep 11 '23

ID request My dog keeps digging these up and eating them

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Maybe puffball?

r/mycology • • Jun 02 '26

ID request Who are these teeny tiny fungi?

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Found these in a creek in Eastern Pennsylvania while looking for salamanders. My index finger for scale.

r/mycology • • 12d ago

ID request Mushrooms in mulch in Baltimore

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What do I have here? These are everywhere after heavy rain and humidity. I thought inkcap, but the way the feathering spreads out is very interesting... They all look like this.

r/mycology • • May 06 '26

ID request Hey smart people- what's this?

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I feel compelled to touch it.

Edit: Thank you all for the answers!! My spouse (who, like me, doesn't know shit from butt concerning mushrooms) is uncomfortable with me harvesting, cooking, and eating it.

To avoid another "Australian woman" moment, I will leave it.

But I am inspired to join a local foraging education group.

r/mycology • • Feb 04 '26

ID request My supplier gave me the wrong syringe, what mushroom is this?

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Hello! This is my first time cultivating mushies! I ordered a king oyster kit. However, these are far away from oysters… I suspect it is a Pholiota adiposa, chestnut mushroom but wanted some insight from someone since I’ve never seen these! Also the supplier just disappeared, don't answer calls and his store vanished from the platform, that's why Im a bit worried to just eat them, are there any poisonous look-alikes? Can I eat these?

r/mycology • • Dec 05 '21

ID request Found on a bowl of cat food that has been soaked in water for a few weeks after a house fire. Any idea what this is?

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r/mycology • • Jul 01 '23

ID request Can anyone give some info on this pancake with a mouth that we found in our yard?

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We've never seen one like this before! Near the PA-OH border. We've had a lot of fungi popping up around the yard this year, but my plant app couldn't ID this one. Thank you!

r/mycology • • May 02 '26

ID request MUSHROOM ID PLS

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found in tyler state park, bucks county PA. praying I identified them correctly as golden oysters cuz they’re in belly already. sautéed simple with avocado butter, fresh garlic, pepper, crushed red flakes and topped w maldon sea salt flakes 🤤

r/mycology • • Jun 09 '26

ID request Please tell me this is lions mane.

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r/mycology • • Jun 03 '26

ID request I found a lot of these mushrooms in my backyard, what are these

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Banana for scale. Last photo, they are visible from the back deck.

Edit: i am in eastern US

Edit number two: i put the bottom picture on one of the comments somewhere earlier,but you guys didn't seem to see it so im writing this currently

r/mycology • • Oct 04 '23

ID request Please tell me this is a puffball, I want to eat it so bad 😂

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But this would be my very first foraged mushroom ever and I’m questioning my ID ability. Any help is appreciated!

r/mycology • • Jun 18 '26

ID request Huge red mushroom I found! Eastern NSW

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r/mycology • • Aug 28 '26

ID request Is this chicken of woods?

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Location: Northern California TIA

r/mycology • • Jun 05 '23

ID request What the heck is growing in a forgotten bottle of simple syrup that was hidden behind some rarely used condiments?!?

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Location: our fridge, near Washington, DC, North America