Gojira45 said:

veda_sticks said:

This is a nice one

#3 How a mushroom fruitbody grows in size

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Understanding how a mushroom fruit-body grows in size is critical to optimal crop cultivation.

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However, a mushroom fruit-body does not grow by cell division.

A fully formed immature mushroom contains nearly the same number of cells that the large mature mushroom will have at its peak size.

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Agar

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Ergo, larger mushrooms only contain more water? If you harvest and dry large pins/immature mushrooms will you be getting the same amount of psilocybin? Does not allowing a pin to break it's veil somehow signal the mycellum to stop producing? I'm wondering why it's not common to pick fruits before they have broken their veil & flip the amount of flushes more quickly...?

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agar said:

White flecks in compost is "fire fang"

THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA
This group of bacteria species work to break down organic matter under "hot" conditions of 104ºF up to 170ºF.This type of bacteria can perform the greatest decomposition in the shortest amount of time.

THERMOPHILIC COMPOSTING
Is a rapid bio-digestion process, usually undertaken in vessels, where the ideal conditions for the rapid growth and colonization of thermophilic bacteria are created and maintained. This facilitates the rapid destruction and breakdown of organic materials introduced into the system, giving off heat as part of the biological reaction. This natural heat further encourages the rapid growth of more thermophilic bacteria, until all of the original organic material is broken down, stabilized and homogenized into a nutrient rich liquid. Due to the elevated temperatures achieved in this process (70ºc+), all pathogens are killed during the digestion process.

"The compost has to provide the mushroom mycelium with a smorgasbord of food. Not only is ligninhumus complex and cellulose important, but protein, fat, and oils are also important. A good analogy is protein serves as the mushroom’s "steak," carbohydrates its "potatoes," and lipids (fats and oils) its "butter." Like people, mushrooms should eat a balance of all these food types. The main source of "steak and butter" for the mushroom is from Phase II microbes. The dead cells of thermophilic fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes "firefang" are the packages that deliver protein and fat to the mushroom (Figure 9)."

(reference taken from)
http://mushroomspawn.cas.psu.edu/Agaricus%20Mushroom%20Growing.pdf

Good reading links:
http://mushroomspawn.cas.psu.edu/PhaseII.htm

http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/microbes/thermo.htm

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fukuyama said:

Or you can just buy the shit. 

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