Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract, Kratom Powder For Sale   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Offlinehackysackwiz
Stranger
Male User Gallery

Registered: 04/24/06
Posts: 15
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 17 years, 6 months
Presveration
    #5575541 - 04/30/06 09:52 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Soon I will be going on a six day hike and I was wondering if there is any way of preserving any mushrooms that I might find for six or so days without refrigeration or sealing? How well would they hold up in just a paper bag? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinetrance_21
trance guy
Male

Registered: 04/15/06
Posts: 50
Last seen: 17 years, 6 months
Re: Presveration [Re: hackysackwiz]
    #5575603 - 04/30/06 10:12 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

i maybe a newb but i u can get a crystal jar with a good cap u may find the mush will be OK just get them in a dry place without light or heat


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinehackysackwiz
Stranger
Male User Gallery

Registered: 04/24/06
Posts: 15
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 17 years, 6 months
Re: Presveration [Re: trance_21]
    #5575672 - 04/30/06 10:32 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

If that does work I could definatly bring a jar and then just throw it in my backpack. The tempature might get to about 30'C though. Is that O.K.?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineToxicManM
Bite me, it's fun!
 User Gallery

Registered: 06/28/02
Posts: 6,722
Loc: Aurora, Colorado
Last seen: 8 hours, 39 minutes
Trusted Identifier
Re: Presveration [Re: hackysackwiz]
    #5575917 - 04/30/06 11:51 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Your best bet is drying.

The last thing you want to do is put them in anything airtight (or nearly so) where they might "sweat" moisture. The excess moisture will provide a great habitat for bacteria to rot the mushrooms. If you eat mushrooms that have had this happen you are very likely to get food poisoning. The specific type of food poisoning would depend on the bacteria.

A jar or plastic bag are bad ideas. A paper bag is probably one of the best things you could use. A nylon (or similar material) mesh bag would allow air to circulate freely and help them dry.

In some places they string their mushrooms sort of like beads on a string and dry them that way. That could potentially be a good way also.

Whatever method you use, be sure to check your mushrooms while drying and before you eat them. If they smell off at all you should assume that the bacteria got to them and not eat them. Also check visually for mold. Of course, don't eat them if they develop mold.

Happy mushrooming!


--------------------
Happy mushrooming!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleGumby
Fishnologist
 User Gallery

Registered: 06/13/01
Posts: 26,656
Trusted Identifier
Re: Presveration [Re: hackysackwiz]
    #5576154 - 05/01/06 01:28 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

As ToxicMan said, drying them is your best bet. I dry my mushrooms in a desiccant chamber. My desiccant chamber consists of the following: DampRid (desiccant, found at homedepot in painting section) on the bottom of a jar, wire mesh half an inch above the desiccant. Put the mushrooms on the wiremesh or on a coffee filter on top of the wire mesh.

One way that would work is putting the mushroms in a well airated(holes/slits) paper bag on wire mesh above the desiccant.

Just a note: don't expect to get ID's on a dried mushroom. It's near impossible.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinehackysackwiz
Stranger
Male User Gallery

Registered: 04/24/06
Posts: 15
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 17 years, 6 months
Re: Presveration [Re: Gumby]
    #5578779 - 05/01/06 08:33 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Gumby said:
Just a note: don't expect to get ID's on a dried mushroom. It's near impossible.




Thanks for the help. I think that I will bring a camera along and take some pictures and write down observations so that I can get them ID'd. I will also take a paper bag to stick them in. It may get to about 30'C on this hike, will that be a problem?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineToxicManM
Bite me, it's fun!
 User Gallery

Registered: 06/28/02
Posts: 6,722
Loc: Aurora, Colorado
Last seen: 8 hours, 39 minutes
Trusted Identifier
Re: Presveration [Re: hackysackwiz]
    #5578974 - 05/01/06 09:07 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

That high a temperature should help them dry, hopefully.

When taking notes, be sure to note what they were growing on/from and any features that might not survive drying (fragile partial veils, for example).

Happy mushrooming!


--------------------
Happy mushrooming!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Left Coast Kratom Buy Kratom Extract, Kratom Powder For Sale   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Where can i buy desiccant in Australia? focks 1,659 4 05/19/06 07:55 AM
by Zen Peddler
* Few questions about desiccant and dried mushrooms mad_boxer 717 1 06/17/07 06:35 AM
by undergrounder
* Another desiccant question mad_boxer 1,325 2 06/22/07 02:05 AM
by jiv tree
* a few questions about preserving...... munter1234 681 2 07/01/06 02:59 AM
by deadhorse
* kitty litter as a desiccant? shroomyfriend 964 5 06/21/07 07:50 PM
by CureCat
* What to expect in Forests? squ1d 837 4 06/13/06 07:03 PM
by Psy Baba
* Going searching at night. What should I expect? stainer711 842 7 07/16/08 03:08 PM
by gandalf579
* P. Cubensis, when to expect them? wds 1,206 4 03/07/05 11:41 AM
by cube428

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: ToxicMan, inski, Alan Rockefeller, Duggstar, TimmiT, Anglerfish, Tmethyl, Lucis, Doc9151, Land Trout
525 topic views. 2 members, 21 guests and 10 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.021 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 14 queries.