Mycota Lab

I published a short article on MycoMap updates in the June 2026 issue of the Mycological Society of America's Inoculum newsletter. Hope to see many of you in Portland in a couple weeks.

Inoculum – Mycological Sociey of America – Founded 1932 The purpose of the Society is to promote and advance the science of mycology and to foster and encourage research and education in mycology in all its aspects. Members of the MSA meet annually to exchange information and build understanding of fungi

New address for shipments:

Mycota Lab
PO Box 759
Hamburg, MI 48139

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Latest addition to my mushroom bag. It has been held together by safety pins for about 10 years now.

We are launching our first three eDNA initiatives:

Home Biome Survey
Spiderweb Survey
Scat-Scan Survey

Members at MycoMap.org can get free early-access kits for these through the remainder of the year - promo code MEMBERKITS. Only cost is shipping. Learn more:

https://mycomap.org/spider-web-survey
https://mycomap.org/scat-scan-survey
https://mycomap.org/home-biome-survey

Process is easy - swab dust/webs/scat. Break off tip of swab into a tube. Upload your images/metadata. Store tube in the spare freezer rack until return shipment.

Stickers and MycoMap buttons will be sent with garden flags for fungal habitat.

www.MycoMap.org/habitat

Then and Now via DNA match.
Isosyntype of Wynnea americana Thaxt., Bot. Gaz. 39: 246 (1905). Collected in Tennessee in 1896.
and
Ariel Bonkoski, West Virginia, 2024.

One of the many tools on our Research Node is the Foray Tracker. After your outing and you have uploaded your observations to iNaturalist, you can review the stats from your walk - length of time and distance, observation & species summaries, average speed, and calories burned. You can also pull in your historic data to see this from any past walk. Just meant to be a fun little app to check from time to time.

https://mycomap.org/fitness-tracker

Will be working to get the word out over the coming months about our first conservation initiative - the residential Certified Fungal Habitat program. Check it out and let me know any comments you may have to improve the program. Help me to start raising awareness by sharing.

https://mycomap.org/habitat