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Is this reishi?
    #5948358 - 08/09/06 06:56 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Okay, so I dumped a LOT of reishi spore solution all over this stump. After about a month, what looked like reishi mycelium began forming on the the top of the stump. Now, that bit looks like this:


And these look like conks, but, the color seems off:


Any idea what these are? Thanks.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5948416 - 08/09/06 07:15 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Doesnt look like rishi.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: snoot]
    #5948428 - 08/09/06 07:17 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

look at my avatar. Reishi
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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5948476 - 08/09/06 07:31 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

At first glance those look like Trametes, Turkey Tails (and relatives).

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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5948532 - 08/09/06 07:50 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Trametes Versicolor, a choice edible.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: The_Red_Crayon]
    #5948728 - 08/09/06 08:50 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

How can I make a positive ID?


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5948742 - 08/09/06 08:54 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

I was gonna say turkey tails too. Take a side picture. Are they thin like potato chips? Turkey tails often are not much thicker than piece of paper. Reishi will be thicker and usually has that varnish red/brown on the stem.

However, that's a massive growth in that one area, which indicates is a product of your spores. It definitely doesn't look natural.
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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #5948809 - 08/09/06 09:13 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah.  That's the weird thing--I mean, I literally dumped a couple of quarts of dense spore water all over this stump.  I can't understand how it couldn't be reishi, given the way the mycelium developed and looked.  But it definitely doesn't have a normal color to it.  I was wondering if the color might be due to the stump's composition, but, I'm just baffled.  I can go out and get a side shot.  I'll post it later.  Thanks.  :smile:


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5949030 - 08/09/06 10:28 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Turkey Tail...here's one of my pics of it. Nearly identical:



On that note...I didn't realize Turkey Tail was a choice edible. Is it any good?


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: Timberdoodler]
    #5949051 - 08/09/06 10:33 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

It's hard to believe that they could be good to eat.

But here's a recipe which I now quote from Mushrooms Demystified for them:

"Boil for 62 hours, squeeze thoroughly, and serve forth."


That sounds about right to me. They have a texture like wood or hardened leather.

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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: ToxicMan]
    #5949062 - 08/09/06 10:37 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Well, here's a side view (not great).  They're quite thin and "ruffley", to use a technical term.  :smirk: 



So this looks like Turkey Tail to people?  Does this species have that "blob up" sort of off-white mycelium very similar to reishi mycelium? 

And how could I make a solid ID on this? 

Thanks! :laugh:


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5949597 - 08/10/06 01:45 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Start by making a spore print.
It is kind wierd tho, is it possible that the stump was already colonised by the other fungus?


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: LouiseLouise]
    #5949628 - 08/10/06 02:07 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Maybe--this stuff just popped up and I assumed it was reishi because of the way the mycelium looked at first, and that I'd inoculated the stump with all of that spore water.  I mean, you'd think a FEW of those millions of spores would have germinated in what are good environmental conditions.  Dunno.  There's a piece of fallen oak branch that might have some reishi growing on it, too, that I think I sprayed down with the spore water.  :shrug:

I'll keep checking and see how the spores turn out.  Cheers.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: GnuBobo]
    #5949863 - 08/10/06 07:50 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

Those are turkey tails.

I've got them popping up in my area too.



I dry mine out, grind them up and make tea with them...although an aquired taste, it's not bad. They actually use these mushrooms to aid in the treatment of certain types of cancer.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: srgtm1a]
    #5949935 - 08/10/06 09:00 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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Oh man, that is a freaking KILLER PHOTO!!!!    :eek:


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: CureCat]
    #5949955 - 08/10/06 09:21 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

That was from last years hunting....the ones growing around me now are just starting off...that pic gives a better outline of what they look like matured.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: The_Red_Crayon]
    #5950917 - 08/10/06 03:41 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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Trametes Versicolor, a choice edible.




They are NOT a choice edible. They are classed as purely MEDICINAL People make tea out of them or powder and capsulate.


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Re: Is this reishi? [Re: srgtm1a]
    #5954279 - 08/11/06 04:14 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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Those are turkey tails.

I've got them popping up in my area too.



I dry mine out, grind them up and make tea with them...although an aquired taste, it's not bad.  They actually use these mushrooms to aid in the treatment of certain types of cancer.





Sweet!  Thanks!  That's exactly what they look like.  :cool:


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