bodhisatta said:

Roostorf said:

One thing I am still confused about is how mushrooms reproduce. I know spores lead to new mycelia but are they reproducing sexually or asexually? Do spores need to come in contact with spores from nearby mushrooms the way gametes do in plants and animals to recombine new lines of DNA?  Also when is it appropriate to isolate strains and such?  If one spore germinates does it make more than one strain or is strain isolation required when a multi-spore inoculation occurs and all the spores kinda mix together and you want to separate the most rhizomorphic out of the bunch?

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Spores germinate make monokaryotic mycelium

When two monokaryotic hyphae interact successfully(compatible mating type) they will form dikaryotic mycelium

It's nearly impossible to get monokaryotic growth without lab work. A single drop of spore solution has thousands of spores. So youll always be getting dikaryotic growth

You'll actually have thousands of dikaryotic strains in a single grow
A strain is one dikaryotic mating. Theres going to be thousands of these events.

The strains all work together. Theyll fuse via anastomosis largely by the time the first flush happens. You still have all the genetics from multiple strains but this is how they work together.

Rhizomorphic means nothing. Dont look for rhizomorphic growth look for healthy growth.

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