7Suns said:

There is a method to culture mycorrhizal species on murashigi & Skoogs medium or modified fries medium (plant root culture medium)

I prefer to spend my time reading patents and scholarly articles on the cultivation of exotic gourmet and mycorrhizal species

Yes I’m fully aware of the “impossible task at hand”
However I’m not the type to quit before I start or be easily swayed by the general public opinion.

It’s my belief that if we can culture it on a Petri dish then we can successfully cultivate it, we just haven’t found the necessary fruiting conditions or ideal substrates etc

I would much rather be reserved but optimistic

Too many people hear someone say “it can’t be done” and then they don’t even want to try at that point

But ultimately it would be an experiment and if everything fails 99% it will. I will just go back to the drawing board and start again when I have new ideas

Also it would be cool just to add them to my collection !!

If it makes you feel any better I do run a small gourmet farm and have over a decade of experience not that it means anything but I’m not completely wet behind the ears lol

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I very much appreciate the enthusiasm and drive to accomplish this research! Very interested to hear about your results. That's a good attitude to have. I'm the same way, it's how I got into mushroom identification in the first place; public notions and opinions implied that I should just stay away from all fungi or risk being poisoned, lol.

I think your judgment is sound and good, and not for nothing, the foraging market (which I recently discovered is much larger than I anticipated) would of course be quick to dismiss any attempts to cultivate these types of mushrooms under controlled conditions.

But just keep in mind that patent literature is usually purposely opaque, so there may very well be even better methods being kept under wraps. Just a thought. Good luck!

thirdeyewild said:

I found a ripe dry truffle poking out from under a root a few days ago.
I painted my mountain bike tires with the spores.
I usually find a few a year though, I'll keep this thread in mind.

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thirdeyewild said:

No they are not puffballs but I could not tell you the species.

I find them under roots where the heavy rains have washed the covering soil away. Not growing above ground .

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thirdeyewild said:

I know of some Gomphus clavatus about to sporelate.

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Not exactly what I’m after but I’m game, even if it’s just to add to the collection, print it and shoot me a pm

Pluviophile said:

Just getting in on this thread.
I’ll find something for you this summer/ fall

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I would love that, thank you

Icyurmt said:

Attempting to print these 4 as we speak. I always have trouble getting prints from chants though so no promises with those.

I wish I had seen this a week before you posted it; I have hedgehogs, lobsters, russula, ect, but I had already dried them; don’t know if samples from those would be useful to you or not. I’ll still keep an eye out though. The shrimp should start popping out soon, but I won’t see morels until next spring.

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it’s not impossible but it does add some extra steps to the challenge but I’m game if you’re willing to part with some specimens, as previously stated you will be compensated and if there’s anything you want to trade for let me know

Please label everything to the best of your abilities with its corresponding Latin name for more precise research

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