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orchidfanatic
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blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda
#7599661 - 11/05/07 06:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I did a search but not sure on what substrate this is grown on the leading candidate is compost .. anyone have an opinion ?
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Workman
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: orchidfanatic]
#7599893 - 11/05/07 07:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Compost is probably fine. They naturally seem to like piles of rotting grass clippings and leaves.
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orchidfanatic
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: Workman]
#7599913 - 11/05/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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and the guy that got me the prints says pine needles and straw and like you said leaves.. it will have to wait until I tackle oysters thats next on my list ..but i will play with it on agar in the meantime since it was a wild print .. got my blower for my flowhood BTW so it will be easier to play with these edible prints
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Mycoangler
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: orchidfanatic]
#7610605 - 11/08/07 10:57 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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As workman said, grass clippings, leaves, and white pine needles worked best for me, but you gotta keep feeding 'em because they go through that mixture pretty fast.
I tried wood chips for Blewitts, and they didn't seem to like it. They only fruited where I put the grass clippings. Some time in the future I plan on trying grass clippings mixed with the chip now that I have my own chipper.
BTW, orchidfanatic, if you have those annoying, invasive "Tree Of Heaven" where you live, they work great for Oysters!
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orchidfanatic
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: Mycoangler]
#7610699 - 11/08/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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whats the tree of heaven?? I will google it never heard of it . thanks
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orchidfanatic
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: orchidfanatic]
#7610708 - 11/08/07 11:24 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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chineese sumac? hmmm I will have to look for it ..they do grow in the south ..
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: orchidfanatic]
#7612217 - 11/08/07 06:00 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Could it be that they are high nitrogen lovers? Rotting grass has a lot of nitrogen. You could try adding blood meal which is an organic source of nitrogen to your sawdust, see how it goes.
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Mycoangler
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: orchidfanatic]
#7612883 - 11/08/07 09:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yep, a Chinese alien invasion! These are some good pics of it: http://www.aznps.org/html/tree_of_heaven/tree_heav.htm They actually get real big, and tree-like here. I have seen 8" diameter trunks, and Oysters grow on 'em like crazy. However, the wood is very light, brittle, and decomposes quickly.
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Re: blue foot mushroom .. lepista nuda [Re: Mycoangler]
#7613765 - 11/09/07 04:36 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I havnt seen any of those .. but the best know weed plant in this area is the Brazilian pepper .. nasty invasive and spreads like wild fire birds spread the seeds ..
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