Show HN: WOLS – Open standard for mushroom cultivation tracking

Summary

WeMush Open Labeling Standard (WOLS) An open-source specification for encoding cultivation specimen data in machine-readable QR codes. Vendor-agnostic. Privacy-preserving. Research-grade. 🍄 Read the Full Specification | 📖 View Online | 🌐 WeMush Platform | 💬 Join the Discussion Why WOLS? The global mushroom industry is worth $50 billion but operates on spreadsheets and paper notebooks. There's no standardization, no interoperability, and no way to share cultivation insights across organizations. WOLS fixes this. ┌─────────────────┐ │ QR Code Label │ ← Scan with any device └────────┬────────┘ │ ↓ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Complete Specimen History: │ │ • Species & strain │ │ • Growth stage & timeline │ │ • Environmental conditions │ │ • Substrate composition │ │ • Harvest yields │ │ • Lineage & genetics │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ Use Cases 🏭 Commercial Farms : Regulatory compliance and traceability : Regulatory compliance and traceability 🔬 Research Labs : Reproducible experiments and data sharing : Reproducible experiments and data sharing 🏠 Home Cultivators : Track what works and optimize yields : Track what works and optimize yields ♻️ Circular Economy : Prove sustainability claims with verifiable data : Prove sustainability claims with verifiable data 🤝 Equipment Manufacturers: Integrate tracking into products Quick Start Generate a Label (JavaScript/TypeScript) npm install @wemush/wols import { generateLabel } from '@wemush/wols' ; const label = await generateLabel ( { species : "Pleurotus ostreatus" , strain : "Blue Oyster PoHu" , type : "SUBSTRATE" , stage : "COLONIZATION" , created : new Date ( ) . toISOString ( ) , } ) ; // label.qrDataUrl → QR code as PNG data URL // label.json → Full specimen data Scan and Parse (Python) pip install wols from wols import parse_label , scan_qr_code # Scan QR code from image specimen_data = scan_qr_code ( "path/to/qr_code.png" ) # Or parse raw data specimen = parse_label ( qr_code_data )...