Foraging field slips.
Growing journals.
Real mycology guidance.
One AI. Every mushroom question.
From wild finds to your monotub at 24°C — Dr. MycoTek has you covered.
Record an observation — the scientific way
A guided digital field slip: multi-angle photos, GPS & weather, substrate, habitat, spore print. Builds a permanent, citable record of your find — and a better foundation for any future ID.
Why Dr. MycoTek?
How it stacks up — feature for feature.
| Dr. MycoTek | ChatGPT | ID Apps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trained on real grower discussions | ✓ | × | × |
| Stage-aware grow guidance | ✓ | × | × |
| Field-slip-driven observation | ✓ | × | × |
| Multi-step contamination diagnosis | ✓ | × | × |
| Socratic teaching style | ✓ | ✓ | × |
| Speaks 20+ languages | ✓ | ✓ | × |
| Free to start | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ID Apps = generic photo-identifier mobile apps (Picture Mushroom, Seek, etc.)
Fresh from the field
Recently catalogued by the global mycology community.
Hairy Bracket
Photo: (c) PoMan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · iNaturalist
Sunshine Amanita
Photo: (c) Hill Craddock, some rights reserved (CC BY) · iNaturalist
woolly bird's nest fungus
Photo: (c) Hill Craddock, some rights reserved (CC BY) · iNaturalist
Pulchroboletus rubricitrinus
Photo: (c) Victor Engel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · iNaturalist
Northern Red Belt
Photo: no rights reserved · iNaturalist
orange mycena
Photo: (c) Summit Metro Parks, some rights reserved (CC BY) · iNaturalist
Real data
Built on iNaturalist and Mushroom Observer
Photos from iNaturalist + Mushroom Observer; cultivation knowledge from Shroomery community discussions. All under Creative Commons. We credit every contributor.
Your photos
Stored. Yours. Never sold.
All photos and observations you contribute are stored on our servers until you delete them. Deletion is included with paid plans. We don’t sell your data and we don’t train other companies’ models on it. Read the privacy details →
Our promise
We won’t tell you it’s safe to eat. Anything.
Other apps return a species name with one number next to it. We return the questions a mycologist would ask, a confidence score we mean, and the dangerous look-alikes you didn’t think to check. Read why →
The community is free. The AI is what you pay for.
Browsing the map, the species atlas, logging observations and grows — all free, forever. Pay only when you want unlimited mentor time, private journals, or commercial features.
For reference: one mycology consultant call costs $75. One year of Pro is also $75.
Free
5 min AI Think Time · one-time, never resets
- ✓ Browse map, feed, species + genus atlas
- ✓ Unlimited public observations
- ✓ Unlimited public grow journals
- ✓ Daily quiz + streak + saves
- ✓ 5 min AI taste — that’s the gate
- ✗ No private observations or grows
- ✗ No deep dashboards or export
Pro
100 min Think Time / month (~200 answers)
Renews each month
- ✓ Everything in Free
- ✓ Private observations (your honey holes stay yours)
- ✓ Private grow journals
- ✓ Photo growth-stage AI diagnosis
- ✓ Full dashboards + analytics + export
- ✓ Faster AI responses
Platinum
Unlimited AI Think Time
Commercial & power-user mode
- ✓ Everything in Pro
- ✓ Unlimited Think Time, no meter
- ✓ Longer, deeper AI answers
- ✓ Priority email support
- ✓ Early access to API + IoT sensor sync (coming)
Annual plans backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Become a better mycologist.
Free to start. No credit card. Document your first find or your first grow today.
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