How to get your Fungi to Research Grade: It’s all about the pictures

The most common reason Fungi don’t make it to research grade observations is the lack of a photo of the underside and/or stipe - a photo of just the cap doesn't get us very far.

While it is not possible to harvest mushrooms in this area, you can pick it to get a better ID. Pick and flip over at least one of the mushrooms for a photo might help with the quality of the observations. This is especially true for bracket fungi, the flat ones on logs. The underside reveals if it has pores of not, making it either. Without a look at the bottom, a firm identification cannot be made.

Posted on February 17, 2021 06:15 PM by squirrelbait