r/mycology

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What is this and how do I get rid of it? Tree was cut, (might be using stump as food) fake turf put over it, white mycelium grew and it’s just getting bigger.

It's been so hot and dry here I was beginning to worry there wouldn't be any chanterelles at all.. but found the first little patches of them in our woods a couple days ago! Had to cook them my very favorite simple way first. (These are a mix of Golden, Smooth, and a couple tiny Cinnabars.) Sauteed in a little butter, chopped fresh parsley, slathered on sourdough bread with some Maldon salt on top. Just awesome.

Location: Massachusetts, USA

Hello, I have gone through my various resources and guides, as well as tried looking through online guides, and it’s seeming that my yard has been overtaken by honey mushroom clusters, I think. Can anyone either confirm, deny, or let me know what other lookalikes I should consider?

First four pictures are same cluster. Tree they are by is dead and has been for some time. We just cut the dead top off.

Fifth picture is growing right next to it, and I also found several nearby next to another very dead stump.

Pictures 6-7 are near another dead tree in the woods about 10 feet away.

They look noticeably different to me but share characteristics.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

It finally rained and I found this big boy the next day

Cannabis plant for measurement

Never saw a puffball this big. No idea what the others are but I'm interested if anyone knows.

Found this today while on my hike on a section of the AT in Maryland. What is it?

The key to great science-fiction and general story telling is having all the absolute worldly facts straight. It was in the process of building some lore and background for potential music before we stumbled upon a new interest. We've been photographing a number of various fungi about our region... only to stumble upon a peculiarity.

We are near positive this is some sort of bolete or calobolete, yet we are unsure as to what kind just yet. We have suspicions, but this is in a more lived region of Mid Florida, found from a relatively small yard/grove space. Oaks about among with a wide number of ferns, other shrubs, trees, the soil being a mix of sand, dirt, refuse shells from seed pods, acorns, leaf litter, grass and weeds.

The primary images we have are of an aged sample we opted to pluck given its peculiar shape against everything else... only to find the next budding growths of fruiting bodies to also be rather warped. Images shared, and hoping to hear your thoughts.

Odds are very high this is just a common Bolete that has seen a strange balance in nutrition or fungicide. ...if we had the funding and space, we would adore to get more accurate samples ourselves. This field needs more feet on the ground as it is.

Pictures in order:
1: East Facing side during growth/pick.

2 & 3: More likely eaten by insects than grew that way? Possibly tore itself in strange ways in growth and other influences?

4: Top down, largest cleanest side grew towards west.

5: Among very same perimeter as the first, one day later after a rain storm.

6: Same fungus, different angle.

7, 8 & 9: Younger fresh growths. Also same region, could not confirm if we had snapped these when younger the day prior. ...Note to ourselves, likely bring some tag references for future photos. :)

Found in chestnut/wallnut plantation 18.08.26 on a chestnut log. Has a culture mushroomy smell.
No gills and is spongy. Took one batch and left the rest to let it spore.

I've never seen bird's nest in the wild and have been dying to. I was weeding my front garden and came across this, which was on a single piece of mulch, probably about the length of my pinky.

Chicken of the Woods? The coloring seemed off. Especially since the bottom was white.

My buddy has been foraging local stuff since he was kid, but we will be speaking with our local mycolgosit to see if it’s safe to consume, or what else we can do with it

(I know, leave no trace, but we have every intention of making use of this one way or another, as it was starting to get close to being clipped by a car).

Edit: you can look in the comments to see this, but I have big hands and I am holding it out in front of me, so the photo may seem warped. But, I promise it’s a big boy

These little beetle buddies are so cute and were in the same spot last season.

Bonus specimen that I harvested off a higher part of the same tree (and was not housing any cuties until after being drawn on).

Marasmius rotula, 40 frame stack

📷camera captured in september 2025 in the austrian alps