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NW_SHROOMZ
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Experimentation
#16196501 - 05/07/12 07:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hey guys, I'm new to mushroom cultivation and I recently thought of a stupid little experiment that may help me understand the cultivation process better. I want to try and inoculate (if that is the term?) the spores of a random species of mushroom that I find around my area (lots of these) into a jar of substrate. But I was wondering.. can I use a typical substrate? (rye grain, woodchips, whatever..) to introduce the spores into? Or should I base the substrate on the environment of the mushroom. Also.. Is this a stupid idea? I have been researching alot about cultivation and I'm ready for an experiment, but not yet a serious batch. I want to do this to prepare me for the cultivation of any wild species I find this fall, so I may spread them throughout the world!
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Dork
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Registered: 02/20/11
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Excellent idea. if you fuck up at least you're not losing spores you paid for . And the more practice you get the more you learn for your first serious batch.
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Amanita virosa
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Registered: 12/04/11
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its not a stupid idea, but why don't you try using something edible or medicinal instead of some random mushroom? That said, just about any fungus will grow on grain, although it may need a casing layer or some bacterial symbiont to actually make a fruiting body (mushroom). I would suggest experimenting with store bought edibles if you want to practice techniques. oyster is the easiest but shitake or even agaricus can be cloned or the spores collected and put on agar. Note: you would not be able to go straight from spores to grain because of contam. you would have to grow the spores on agar, or clone the species on agar, isolate from any contam, then wedge the agar onto grain... it is a process... have fun
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Freyja
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Registered: 09/03/11
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Wild prints usually require agar work to separate healthy mycelium from contaminates that may be found on wild shrooms. You could try going straight to grain, at the least it would be a learning experience with little to lose. As for printing wild finds go for it, even if you can't grow them out yourself you may be able to trade them for clean prints.
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