downwardsfromzero wrote:Yes - yes! Yessss!!
You won't regret this
Have you put some wood chips in a bin to soak yet? A couple of months anaerobic fermentation seems to set them up nicely, followed by a thorough washing to get the slime off before inoculating with mycelium. Mind you, your myc sounds so aggressive that this could be superfluous, but if you're planning to grow at least some of the myc in a large tub (tote box?) this pre-treatment may help to prevent problems with some competitor species.
As far as cardboard glue goes, I have noticed that ovoid myc seemed to be trying to eat the plastic tub it was in so the glue is probably just a tasty snack.
Yes, I noticed it going after the plastic in one of the little containers!
Thanks for the info on fermenting chips, I did not start doing the soak until last week, so prolly don't have the time for that, but like you said, this stuff seems intent on doing it's thing. They are absolutely dominating the park where I stumbled across them. We are having an exceptionally cold and wet Spring, and with each rain they pop back to life. I work a block away three times a week, and am the only person harvesting the spot despite them being right in the open. At this point, there's no room for pizzas in my freezer despite supplying all my friends and co-workers with a vigourous supply! Totally makes up for a crap Fall, in which I harvested a lousy quarter-ounce dry in total!
Cyan myc is extremely delicate, none of my attempts to do this have been even remotely close to this. It starts but then dies off. I've been keeping the cardboard in plastic containers with sealed lids with holes poked in them, no polyfill or anything. Nothing about this has been close to sterile, no need.
I'm prepping tubs now with chips soaking. I'm going to mix in handfuls of potting soil and leaf debris, and case with leaves.
Should I just stick them in a dark cool spot and let it do it's thing until Fall, just keeping it wet until then? I'm kind of lost from here, the info on this is kind of scattered around the internet.
Quote:Very nice. Then you could inoculate the forest with Ovoids mycelium. Smile
Absolutely! I wonder if there are any considerations around invasive species with mushrooms? I've never considered that...? Considering how prolific the myc is, maybe it is something to look into. For now, helping them along in urban parks will be my focus along with home cult.
Here in the PNW, we have a great climate for them, but they have only been recently introduced. Someone planted the ones I stumbled across, and either forgot, moved or something else. I truly think that mushrooms work in a symbiotic way with us, you start foraging these things and they take over your life, apartment and relationships!
Sine experientia nihil sufficienter sciri potest -Roger Bacon
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