bobwastaken said:

Back story

In July of 2019 while out on the hunt for wild P.subaeruginosa I stumbled upon a particularly beautiful specimen of G.purpuratus growing from a rotten log nearby a stream. What caught my eye were the iridescent color tones of this specimen and extensive bluing of the mycelium. I decided I couldn't pass up the opportunity to clone this specimen in the hope these traits may also be observed in cultivated specimens. Carefully, I stashed it away in my camera bag.

Process

Tissue was excised from the inner stipe and placed on MEA. Several transfers  were made until a clean culture was observed.

A2G (WBS) fully colonized in 1 month. Grain spawn was used to inoculate untreated pine mulch at a 1:1 ratio and allowed to colonize at room temp (70f) for approx 2 weeks

A 1/4" casing of peat moss was applied at fruiting.

Fruiting conditions

10-12c (50-55f)
RH:85%
lighting: 12/12
Primordia formation - 60 days
Harvest - +30 days

Pics

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bobwastaken said:

Gymnopilus dilepis/purpuratus

An indoor (fridge) grow. Grains>pine shavings cased with coir/verm

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bobwastaken said:

Thanks, Think I have it covered with the 50/50 mix. I have also found it's less than ideal to use straight fresh pine shavings as bulk. The 50/50 enriched mix comes in at a PH of 7. wood shavings at 5.5 and the paper pellets at 8-8.5. The dog food I use is neutral. I use a high spawn ratio of WBS. (1:4)
I'm interested to see how the next grow compares. The gyms are quite easy to cultivate.

On the contrary I'm not getting any love from P.subaeruginosa or azurescens which have been in fruiting conditions a couple months now. They've been cased with garden soil and one container with moss.

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bobwastaken said:

Cheers Adas, I couldn't tell you if they're purpuratus or dilepis. Both species are known to occur in SA so it's a 50/50 chance. I'd also like to know which it is.

ghiajake,

Take 2kg fresh pine shavings and 3kg paper pellets ( 40/60 by weight) or approx 50/50 by volume soaked in boiling water for 30 minutes. Strain excess water from the shavings and squeeze excess from the paper pellets. The dog food is placed in a blender (dry) until powdered. I find the large kernel dry food blends up easily. Add at 10% of dry substrate weight. Combine ingredients and mix through by hand.

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