Hey, welcome to steem! Glad to have a mycologist around, however amateur. :)

Thanks, @porters for highlighting @bucksforaging15 in your post!

There is a lot to get used to here, you're right. But you'll get the hang of it. You're in the right place.

A couple of assets that can help you along the way are @steembasicincome (SBI) and @ginabot (Gina). SBI is a share based upvote service. The more shares you buy, the better your vote will be. Gina is a discord based steem notification bot. One of the most used tools across the entire steem ecosystem. She makes it much easier to keep up and interact with folks here on steem.