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 Reishi??? (New pic of possible oyster?) 
#2872923 - 07/09/04 01:01 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Is this??? VVVVV
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2872937 - 07/09/04 01:04 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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great find. those are all Ganoderma lucidum or verry close to it. do you plan to use them?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2872947 - 07/09/04 01:07 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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How do I use them?
This is my first reishi find and they were everywhere I looked.
Any helpfull links will be appreciated.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873004 - 07/09/04 01:18 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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i will try o find a good link if i get some time in the next few min.
they are made into tea wich gives a strange neutral engergy to the body and muscles. it can enhance the appetite and has great immuno-enhancing and anti-tumor properties. it should be cut into small pieces and made into a strong tea. it does not compare in eficiacy for most speciic uses [except the anti-cancer peoperties] to most modern pharmacological methods but it is a powerful gift from the forest. keep tem and usethem regualrly if you wish to see what nature can do for your day to day healthful living practices.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873021 - 07/09/04 01:20 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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here is that link i promised.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873029 - 07/09/04 01:23 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey thanks man,I'm still surfin the net.
Do you just cut them into small pieces and dry them like that,or dry them whole,or use them fresh and how much do you use.
Sorry,I have so many questions.
I'm still looking for info-sites
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873042 - 07/09/04 01:27 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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uness they are waterlogged, they are pretty much dry to begin with and wil dry whole. if they are soaked, you might slice them thin and dry them then store them in a cool, dry place.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873045 - 07/09/04 01:28 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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 Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873063 - 07/09/04 01:32 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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You use them by sending a few to me...
Beautiful Doc, absolutely beautiful...
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This is my first reishi find and they were everywhere I looked.
Must be nice...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873067 - 07/09/04 01:33 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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good source. tehy fruiting habbit information is a bit off however because in north america it will fruit from other trees. i believe the tree i found my reishi [probably Ganoderma tusage, for it's growth on a conifer] on last year was spruce.
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 Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873085 - 07/09/04 01:38 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey doc, nice collection.
Those are definately "Reishi" mushrooms.
-Reishi grow pretty much year-round in florida..
Yours are definately a type of Ganoderma.
-But there are said to be (at least) a couple different species of them, in florida, G. lucidum is one of them, G. tsugae i believe is another, and i haven't quite yet figured out how or if they can be told apart macroscopically.
Both (and all) species of Ganoderma contain medicinal properties.
The other week i finally got the courage to cook up a old dried specimen and made tea out of it.
-The tea tasted like shyt.
-i just cut them up into 1/4 pieces, boiled them for a while, strained and mixed with honey and drank.. im still alive and didnt die from poisoning lol!~
Nice collection, did you find them all growing from the same area or the same stump?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873096 - 07/09/04 01:41 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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I will go back and get more details of where and what they were growing on.But all of them were attached to some part of the tree.
As to what type of tree,crap,I wasn't paying attention to that-I was more interested in getting those flying terradactyl(sp?) skeeters off my back,those bastards can bite.
There were pines and oaks and palms and palmettas.
Most of them were coming out of the ground around the base of old stumps-that is all I can say for now.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873114 - 07/09/04 01:45 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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doc i usually just sit them on the shelf or counter top, and they become completely dry within a few days or a week.
they dry nicely that way, i have never used a dehydrator for them..
now that you found them and identified them once, you'll end up seeing them around much more often..
-i find them all the time, here in s/w fla., very common, and where you find them they usually keep putting out several to many more flushes, but you have to be patient.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873117 - 07/09/04 01:46 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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So they are safe to consume?
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it is mostly a matter of fruiting habbit i believe. if TM comes around today, i'm sure he'll have the answer [he always does  ].
all of teh *reishis* have the same properties.
if they where fruiting at the base of a stump then they where growing from the rootwood.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873140 - 07/09/04 01:51 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks GGreatOne234 and concretefeet ,you guy's are great!
I also found alot more mushrooms,but no camera.I will definately go back.
With a fresh can of OFF!!!!
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873171 - 07/09/04 01:57 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Congratulations, beautiful find. You are a very lucky man 
Let's make a Ling Zhi tea!
1. Cut it into chips of appropriate size and put them into a pot (clay pot or glassware preferable to a metalic container).
2. For a person daily dosage of 3-5g, pour 3 bowls of water and boil for about 50 minutes with weak heat.
3. It is better to reduce water and boiling time when you make the tea with already boiled Ling Zhi.
4. You may mix the 1st, 2nd and 3rd decoction.
5. You might want to prepare 2-3 day portions at a time.
It is better to take the brew steadily for a long time than to drink much decoction within a short period. You'd better drink the pure decoction without adding any refined sweetener. However, when you can not drink the pure brew because it goes against your stomach, you may boil the ling zhi chips with some licorice roots, jujubes and Chinese matrimony vine fruits. Otherwise, you may add honey rather than refined sugar to the brew.
(From "No.1 medicinal mushroom: Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)" by Ji-hye Lee, MushWorld)
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2873191 - 07/09/04 02:03 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Those are very nice. I recently found some Turkeytails, but I forgot like an idiot and ran them over with a lawn mower. I was pissed off like no other. Well nice find. Do you want to trade for some?
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don't fret about teh Trametes versicolor, they grow everywhere. you'l find more soon enough.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ivi]
#2873273 - 07/09/04 02:22 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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I can make the tea with fresh specimens or do they have to be dried?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873568 - 07/09/04 03:26 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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don't fret about teh Trametes versicolor, they grow everywhere. you'l find more soon enough.
I have been looking for these all year. Every specimen I have found is dead. Although I found a few small ones yesterday. I am very interested in the health benefits that the Turkey tail and Reishi offer (especially since a much loved family member has been diagnosed with cancer). The interesting thing is I found the Turkey tail in his yard, I think that is some kind of sign...
So basically all of the Ganoderma species have the same medicinal properties?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2873618 - 07/09/04 03:43 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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i don't know about all of teh ganodermas, but all of the varnished ganodermas close to G. lucidum.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2873682 - 07/09/04 04:03 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Well, you'll have to excuse me, but that is what I meant. All the ones that are similar to Reishi anyway. That is good news. The books I have are limited in their identification (and description) of the Ganoderma species that are similar to Reishi. I was concerned that Doc may have found G. curtisii but I could not find a good description except that it is a southern species with a bright ochre cap (I don't even know what color ochre is) and always has a stem. If I were to clone one or grow out spores that he may send me, I would prefer to be sure of the proper identification...
P.S. - I love your sig, that is so very true...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2873917 - 07/09/04 05:48 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Could these be oysters??
Sorry about the pics people.
They were growing on a dead log.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874000 - 07/09/04 06:20 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
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Could these be oysters??
yes.
reishi and oysters......you lucky bastard.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874012 - 07/09/04 06:25 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Great job Doc! You found them!
I just found more Trametes versicolor today, and some oysters too... Perhaps I will post some pictures here in a few minutes or so...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874039 - 07/09/04 06:35 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Do You go mushroom hunting to a mushroom farm by any chance?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874059 - 07/09/04 06:44 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeahman, those are definately Oyster mushrooms.!~
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874133 - 07/09/04 07:08 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ok, here are my finds for the day:
I also found Laetiporus sulphureus but I have maxed out my upload, so no pictures. I have some work to do now. Time to mix and cook up some Agar...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874268 - 07/09/04 08:05 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ok, here is the Chicken mushroom:
These were a bit mature, but I thought they were worthy of a picture anyway. I found a small golfball sized specimen that was still young that I plan to clone. I saw these from about 50 yards from the road while I was on a bike ride. The orange color caught my eye and I threw down my bike and ran through the woods ignoring the "NO TRESPASSING" sign to check them out and snap a pic...
(A big thanks to charvo for again sharing his upload space so I can include a picture)...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874271 - 07/09/04 08:07 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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YES!!!!!Finally!
Thanks folks!
eric,
Yes,I'm lucky and no,I'm not a bastard-my daddy is just hard to find!
ivi,
No mushroom farms around that I know of.
GGreatOne234,
Thanks man!
ATWAR,
My next find is ->Trametes versicolor.
Nice finds yourself.
My Agar can't get here fast enough!
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874283 - 07/09/04 08:13 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Beautifull!
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874284 - 07/09/04 08:13 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Good luck Doc, I hear they grow everywhere and are probably one of the most common polypores in the woods. They are medicinal, not really choice edibles...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874318 - 07/09/04 08:25 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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I threw down my bike and ran through the woods ignoring the "NO TRESPASSING" sign to check them out and snap a pic....
You little criminal  ---"Breakin the law,Breakin the law"
J/K
What are they edible?Hence the name 'Chicken Mushroom'?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874402 - 07/09/04 08:54 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
I threw down my bike and ran through the woods ignoring the "NO TRESPASSING" sign to check them out and snap a pic....
Wurd.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874418 - 07/09/04 09:00 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nice finds doc34.. I hope to find some reshi
this year.. I found what ID to be Lucindum Oregonease
Left over from last year... Once again nice finds...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874443 - 07/09/04 09:09 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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The chicken mushroom grows on trees, logs, or stumps, deciduous or coniferous, across North America. Most common in autumn, it also appears in spring and summer.
The chicken mushroom tastes very much like chicken, especially with customary chicken seasonings. Properly prepared, it?s wonderful.
To adapt it to traditional chicken recipes, include a source of protein (i.e., grains or beans) to make the dish filling, plus some olive oil or vegetable oil, because unlike chicken, this mushroom contains no fat.
Unless the mushroom is so young and tender it almost drips with juice, it?s better to cook it in moist heat (i.e. in soups, stews, or in grains) than to cook it in oil.
http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Ginohn/lunch/chicken.html
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874465 - 07/09/04 09:18 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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What are they edible?Hence the name 'Chicken Mushroom'?
Yes. When young as I plan to cook up the small ones after I get tissue...
In retrospect I was not only trespassing, I was also stealing too. But the property has no house on it, is in the middle of nowhere and is a swampland. Not land that is typically closed here because of endangered species or protected wetlands (they have totally different signs). This is wasteland. In any case, the mushrooms that were there were huge and far overmature. I only found 2 good small specimens. These mushrooms are best immature...
I am deeply sorry for the illegal activity, and stealing mushrooms from whoever owned that property. It was all done in the name of science, I meant no harm... 
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874466 - 07/09/04 09:18 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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That sounds very good. Nice finds. And, Wow, I wish I lived where you lived.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874477 - 07/09/04 09:23 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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great score with the chicken of the woods. i haven't seen any of thsoe since last fall. btw, be sure doc dosen't mind you threadjacking.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2874491 - 07/09/04 09:31 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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So I take it you would like a culture? I have no cultivation information on this species, but it appears to be a typical wood-decomposer, and thus may follow traditional cultivation methods. I will attempt to give it a shot anyway, I have never seen powdery mycelium before.
Anyone know what type of tree they prefer if there is a specific one? Has anyone spotted them on relatively fresh dead wood? I didn't pay attention to those details, I was in and out of there. The mosquitos were horrible...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874510 - 07/09/04 09:37 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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"be sure doc dosen't mind you threadjacking. "
Me?Mind?No!
"So I take it you would like a culture?"
Why not,if it tastes like chicken,its gotta be good!
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2874630 - 07/09/04 10:15 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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btw, be sure doc dosen't mind you threadjacking.
My first time truly jacking a thread. It would have been in the best interest to make a separate thread as I did post of my finds as well (and of completely different species to boot). I would never hijack the thread of a complete stranger though...
Forgive me doc, and the rest of the forum. I won't let it happen again...
I will make a separate thread to share with all (Edit:) in the future...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2874668 - 07/09/04 10:28 PM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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No need to applogise ATWAR-You did nothing wrong in my thread.
Keep your pics comin-we all enjoy them!
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2875269 - 07/10/04 02:41 AM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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oh good, just so long as everybody's happy .
btw: L. sulphureus does not taste like chicken, it tastes like a great, unique mushroom with a verry mild fishy quality. the name comes from the appearance of teh cooked mushroom, which has the color and texture of just slightly undercooked chicken meat.
it whould fruit directly from logs [inoculated and colonized shiitake style] of any type it would fruit from in nature. it should be rather easy, though my cultures all contamed last year.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2875670 - 07/10/04 10:22 AM (19 years, 9 months ago) |
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I find that most descriptions of the flavor of mushrooms to be completly wrong. I usually cannot describe a flavor (especially that of mushrooms), especially when you cook them with things. They taste like mushrooms to me, each with its own different twist but still mushroomy. I also notice in my books it says "odor: pleasant" for many species... Yeah, like that really tells me anything. That is all a matter of opinion...
Anyway, good to know I don't need to do anything special to try its cultivation...
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2900251 - 07/17/04 03:57 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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I just want everyone to know that I just tried some of that reishi,  ,Thats about the nastiest damn shit I ever put in my mouth  .
It was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2900289 - 07/17/04 04:10 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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How did you prepare them? Tea? Did you add anything for flavor?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: ATWAR]
#2900314 - 07/17/04 04:18 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah I steeped it for a good 10 minutes,added sugar,took a big gulp-then started running around gagging trying to get the taste out of my mouth.
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: doc34]
#2901849 - 07/18/04 07:35 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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I made some reishi tea the other day and I added some leaves from a lemon smelling herb i have growing outside and it made it very good to drink.
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are you sure about "very good"? how much reishi did you use?
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Re: Reishi??? [Re: canid]
#2904628 - 07/19/04 06:24 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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it's hard to say exactly how much i put in because i usually just put in a handful of chunks that i cut up to about 2 litres of water, but the simon lemon leaves i put in made it taste similiar to green tea which i am used to drinking.
otherwise i can attest to the bitter awfulness that the straight concoction tastes like.
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Ok,I tried it again.This time I steeped 5 grams of reishi powder in a glass for 5-10 minutes,added sugar and some powdered tea mix(lipton).It was much better!
The taste of it ,plain,is ok-it's just the bitter aftertaste that took my breath away(literally).
Mescal=lemon/lime Kool-aid. What did you think I meant?
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