Mahdi said:

Churpee Choozle said:

I inoculated logs with Gymn luteus. Wanted to get my feet wet indoors too, so I spawned a jar to sterilized chips.

They keep pinning but nothing really grows... It's the Penis Pity of Gymns... Glad I still have the logs. Could I still spawn these jars to chips outside? Zero experience with Gymns.

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I would cut holes in the bag and place it in a Martha or large tub to maintain humidity.
I think that if you try to simulate a colonized log with your grow bag like people do with Lion's Mane and Turkey tail,
or even a 5 gallon bucket with holes like people do with Oysters, you should get good results with luteus (and subspectibilis).
However, I believe luteofolius, purpuratus, and dilepis can be fruited on a flat surface, like cubes.

Pics to help visualize what I mean





And lastly a picture of G. luteus growing naturally.

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I find this bucket method for gyms really intriguing. Thanks for posting.
Might have to give this a go on a small scale with subspectibilis once I get these clones to agar.

CrimsonRambeler said:

Gorgeous pics. I still don't even really know what I am looking at, if thats a painting or mural, but I absolutely love it, and I would love to see it framed as I do think it looks like such a thoughtful and inventive type of art. Ah, so you now have had tea of Gymnopilus luteofolius. What was it like?

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Thats a spore print of Beatrix Potter; 136 G. luteofolius prints and a handful of Pluteus for the face (both from the same woodchip pile), its not quite finished yet. No paint or ink, or anything like that, just mushroom spores on black paper. B.Potter was a very talented illustrator of fungi and also the author of the children’s book “the tale of Peter rabbit”.

I’ve been working on a series of them, mostly of mycologists https://sportrait.crevado.com/


As for the tea, I had to mix it with some guava and passion fruit juice to get it down, which helped a lot. I think these were even worse tasting then G.luteus (at least those smell good fresh) and a little less potent too, but maybe it’s just been a while and I forgot how bitter they are. I kept tasting them throughout the night, like bitter funky wood chips 🤢. They still had a similar drunken/sedated feeling though; a really heavy sluggish body load like luteus did. I thought I used a good amount (didn’t weigh them, probably 8-10g), only ended up maybe a little above a museum dose, more body load than anything, some CEV and movement but less then I expected. I made a small fire during the come up and ended up quickly ditching that to go lay down inside with my electric blanket, some blue planet, and a joint which was wonderful. Overall light, but enjoyable other than the taste. Tbh, they make better spore prints then tea.

CrimsonRambeler said:

There ya go, bro! Niceness. I've taken to dragging gill fragments along the agar w/o leaving it on the dish, cause I suck at cloning! I've heard of people soaking the entire mushroom in iso alch and then going in for their tissue culture. I wonder if the same principle works just instead of iso one uses H202?
I see people have much less bacteria than me when it comes to cloning, but thats okay, I'm good at other things.
How are you planning on fruiting your luteus?

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