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Bavarian Forest, Germany -- collection only where legal

Wild fungi biodiversity documentation (FunDiS-style protocol) — Bavarian Forest, Germany.

Photograph a wild mushroom find in the Bavarian Forest using the FunDiS-style photo set wherever collecting is legal. Read all of it

Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $140 proposed.

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Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
  • ProofFull diagnostic photo set: cap, underside, stipe, base, substrate, habitat + Field Data Slip completed with date, location, habitat + Spore print taken where feasible + Uploaded to iNaturalist or Mushroom Observer for community review + Zero edibility statements anywhere in the record
  • Open until2027-01-27
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All of it: the words, the place, the proof

Photograph a wild mushroom find in the Bavarian Forest using the FunDiS-style photo set wherever collecting is legal. A survey there found soil DNA revealed far more fungi than fruit-body counting.

Offer to pay $140. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.

What it looks like
A hiker in the Bavarian Forest photographs a mushroom's cap, underside and stipe on a spruce log, takes a spore print at home, and uploads the observation without ever naming it edible.

A description of this kind of work, not a record that it happened here.

Where
Bavarian Forest, Germany -- collection only where legal. Open the map
Pay
$140 proposed

This job is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price, not money held for the worker. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash: recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof
Full diagnostic photo set: cap, underside, stipe, base, substrate, habitat + Field Data Slip completed with date, location, habitat + Spore print taken where feasible + Uploaded to iNaturalist or Mushroom Observer for community review + Zero edibility statements anywhere in the record

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level
entry: anyone can start here
Open until
2027-01-27
Posted by
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The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

Safety, read before you claim

This packet makes NO edibility determination ever, and identification for eating is expert mycologist work only. Suspected mushroom ingestion or poisoning is a poison control emergency: call the local emergency number or poison centre now (the US number does not apply) and keep a sample.

The full safety list for this job:

  • Route any 'is this safe to eat' question to a local mycological society or another regional expert club, and even then this library takes no position.
  • The Bavarian study compared two survey methods for detecting fungi, and its finding that fruit-body inventories miss many species is why a photograph documents one find and never a site's fungi. It is not a claim about any one mushroom, and no edibility or safety statement follows from it.
  • Save a photographed and physical sample in a paper bag, not plastic, for expert identification.
  • Collect only where legal, and never handle or ingest anything based on this packet's documentation.
  • This packet is independent of and not affiliated with the Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, the University of Bayreuth or the study authors: named as the real, verified home of a published fungal survey, not an endorsement or partnership.
How this work is done

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

  • Camera or phone for close-up photography
  • A knife or small tool for careful excavation of the base/stipe, only where collection is legal
  • White and dark paper for a spore print, taken where feasible without damaging the specimen
  • A FunDiS Field Data Slip or equivalent field notebook
  • A wax-paper bag or breathable container for any voucher specimen — never plastic, which accelerates decomposition
  • GPS or phone location services for the observation site
  • An iNaturalist or Mushroom Observer account for upload

Steps

  1. 1. Confirm collection legality at the site; many parks and preserves prohibit removal. Where prohibited, document in place with photographs only.
  2. 2. Photograph the full diagnostic set: cap from above and in profile, the underside (gills, pores, or teeth), the stipe including any ring or veil remnant, the base (bulb, volva, or rhizomorphs), the substrate it is growing from or on, and the surrounding habitat.
  3. 3. Where feasible without damaging the specimen, take a spore print on paired white/dark paper and record the deposited color.
  4. 4. Record ephemeral field notes that fade after collection: odor, any color change on bruising or cutting, texture, and the exact substrate or host.
  5. 5. Complete a Field Data Slip (or equivalent) with date, precise location, habitat, and collector.
  6. 6. Upload the observation with all photographs to iNaturalist or Mushroom Observer under the FunDiS project, following posted minimum quality standards.
  7. 7. Where FunDiS supports dried-tissue sequencing for the target group and location, prepare and submit a voucher per the current FunDiS collection protocol, noting the iNat/MO observation number used.
  8. 8. Confirm and record that NO edibility conclusion appears anywhere in the observation, notes, or upload — this packet documents biodiversity, never consumption.

What counts as done

  • Diagnostic photo set present: cap, underside (gills/pores/teeth), stipe, base, substrate, and habitat
  • Field Data Slip or equivalent completed with date, precise location, and habitat
  • Spore print taken and recorded where feasible without damaging the specimen
  • Observation uploaded to iNaturalist or Mushroom Observer for community review (the FunDiS project itself covers North America)
  • No edibility conclusion, statement, or recommendation anywhere in the record

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

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