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 Solipsis
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 Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate
#11806191 - 01/11/10 01:24 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hi!! 
Currently I am working on Cambos (1st time), Golden Teachers (done before) and starting this years outdoor Azures project. 
Don't know yet when but I plan on taking on medicinal mushrooms as well, preferably Himematsutake (Agaricus Blazei Murill.. ). However it seems this is not an easy one to germinate / fruit / cultivate in general.
Seeing as I don't have super extensive experience yet, can you suggest a type of medicinal fungus that is both doable to cultivate as well as excellent in terms of medicinal quality? Thnx <3
PS. I used the search engine...
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: Solipsis]
#11806617 - 01/11/10 06:31 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Maybe as an intermediate step, cultivate some edibles?
Seems like most of the medicinals are pretty hard to grow.
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: Doc_T]
#11806629 - 01/11/10 06:43 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Reishi isn't too hard... I've even seen monotub grows.
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: PitcherCrab]
#11806646 - 01/11/10 06:52 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
PitcherCrab said:
Reishi isn't too hard... I've even seen monotub grows.
Reishi is very easy and aggressive. Also Turkey tail is probally even easier.
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: Grzyby]
#11806673 - 01/11/10 07:03 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh, true about reishi. 
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: Doc_T]
#11806796 - 01/11/10 07:44 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Reishi is apparently one of the easiest mushrooms to grow. It also does what it claims to do, in my experience. Plus it's cool looking.
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: HotMess]
#11807005 - 01/11/10 08:54 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Reishi is really simple, another over-looked medicinal is shiitake (plus they taste really nice), but reishi is one of the best.
To grow A blazei is very similar to normal button mushrooms but you can have a higher temp. For first time growers stick to the primary decomposers so at least you do not have to make compost.
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: solumvita]
#11808285 - 01/11/10 12:47 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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basically any edible mushroom also has inherent "medicinal" qualities to it
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: bobgeorge24]
#11808387 - 01/11/10 01:00 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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basically any edible mushroom also has inherent "medicinal" qualities to it
An oyster a day keeps the doctor away?
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: Doc_T]
#11808465 - 01/11/10 01:09 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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according to the chinese they do
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: bobgeorge24]
#11808517 - 01/11/10 01:17 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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An oyster a day keeps the cholesterol away.
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Re: Easiest medicinal mushrooms to cultivate [Re: PitcherCrab]
#11809920 - 01/11/10 04:53 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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oysters have statins in them, doctors prescribe them to lower your cholesterol. May have some immune stimulating properties too. I think most mushrooms do.
For a medicinal mushroom i recommend reishi. I was taking cordyceps alone for a while, and i noticed a big difference. Now i am taking both cordyceps and reishi and the reishi seems to be making me considerably healthier. I didn't get much medicinal punch out of shiitake, but i read everywhere they're great.
I'm gonna try growing some maitake soon, i've heard this one is excellent as well.
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