Is Mushroom Magic a replacement for FunGyes?

No, and it isn’t trying to be. FunGyes owns the community-driven public-land monitor for generalist foraging — pins, photo ID, and a multi-species seasonal calendar. Mushroom Magic is an hourly, morel-specialized signal layer — soil + humidity fusion, fire-closure reroutes, live “go now” push, and a burn-age A–D score. They cover different jobs in the same hobby.

When should I stick with FunGyes?

If you forage across generalist species, want a community pin library of past-season spots, want a snap-a-photo mushroom ID across berries and ramps, or treat foraging as a multi-species calendar you work through across the season — FunGyes is the right tool for that.

Does Mushroom Magic cover other species beyond morels?

Morels are first. Other species are planned, but not shipped — if you’re a multi-species forager right now, run Mushroom Magic on top of a community pin tool like FunGyes, not instead of one.

How often does Mushroom Magic update?

Hourly. Soil, humidity, and USFS closure feeds are fused every hour and the “go now” push fires the moment the morel score crosses your threshold — and re-fires when a fire-closure change reroutes you to your next burn area.

Mushroom Magic vs FunGyes — Mushroom Magic

Mushroom Magic vs FunGyes

Two tools. One is a community pin atlas. The other is a morel signal.

Both products are real, and they solve different problems. FunGyes owns the community-driven public-land monitor for generalist foraging — pins, photo ID, and a multi-species seasonal calendar; Mushroom Magic owns the hourly, morel-specialized signal — soil + humidity fusion, fire-closure reroutes, and a morel score that fires the moment the read crosses your threshold. Pick the one that matches the job.

Side by side

What each tool actually covers.

Feature	FunGyescommunity pins	Mushroom Magic live · hourly
Watch areas Where each app focuses the map	generalist pins, public land + leasable acres	USFS / burn-area overlays, A–D burn age
Go-now alerts Live push the moment conditions turn	Not included	Included
Soil + humidity modeling Soil-temp + RH into a morel score	Not included	Included
Push timing Cadence of “go now” notifications	weekly digest + community flag	live threshold-cross push, hourly
Region coverage Where the data actually exists	Lower 48 + select Canada, sparse in morel country	every USFS region w/ burn-age overlay
Pricing What it costs to keep either running	freemium w/ $4.99/mo Plus tier	Day Pass $2 · Monthly $20 · Annual $200
Burn-age A–D scoring Rate burn age for morels	Not included	Included
Fire-closure reroutes Auto-reroute around USFS gates	Not included	Included
Multi-species coverage Mushrooms, berries, ramps…	Included	morels first (others planned)
Photo species ID Snap-a-photo identification	Included	planned (not shipped)

Honest framing

When to choose which.

Pick Mushroom Magic

You're a morel hunter who moves on the hourly read.

If your season hinges on a single push that says “go now or don’t”tonight — soil + humidity fused into a morel score, burn-age A–D weighted for each burn area, auto-rerouted the moment a USFS gate closes — that's the hourly, morel-specialized signal Mushroom Magic was built to deliver.

Pick FunGyes

You forage past morels and want the community pin atlas.

If you fill the basket with generalist species — a community-public-land monitor with shared pins, snap-a-photo ID across mushrooms and berries, and a multi-species seasonal calendar you work through all year — FunGyes is the tool that already covers that job end-to-end.

Pick your season

Reserve a plan.

Three tiers — Day Pass, Monthly, Annual. Subscribe the moment payments turn on and the first “go now” push is yours.

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