Mushrooms are the fleshy fruiting bodies of a fungus, which bear spores for reproduction. Includes mushrooms with a stem and cap as well as any fruiting body, such as truffles or jelly fungus.
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What is this tan-coloured cup-shaped mushroom found in northwestern UK?
I found this tan-coloured cup-shaped mushroom growing in my back garden on the concrete behind the bin. I'm in the northwestern UK and it's been very wet here recently.
What is this mushroom? Is it dangerous?
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Are these mushrooms that popped up in my plant pot problematic?
As I went to water my plants today, I was surprised to see that a few mushrooms have sprouted in the same pot as my pepper plant. I was of the impression that mushrooms needed a dark place to grow, but as the pot is located on the windowsill of a…
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How can I get my mushroom kit to finally fruit?
I've never grown mushrooms before, but I bought a Herbal Since Ling mushroom kit 6 weeks ago. It consist of a plastic miniature greenhouse and a substrate block. The substrate block was covered all over in fluffy white mycelium and the plastic bag…
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Oyster Mushroom Splits: What do they mean?
I recently started a brown oyster mushroom grow kit. It came with a plastic sleeve for keeping moisture in until pinheads form. After a large mushroom emerged, I removed the sleeve. This morning, I noticed that splits have appeared on top of the…
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Very heavy smell while growing oyster mushrooms
I started growing oyster mushrooms. A really small batch really. One bucket with almost 3 gallons of the substrate and spawn.
I bought my spawn online and stored it in the fridge, sealed in its container.
I pasteurized my substrate of sawdust,…
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What is this fungi/ mushroom we found on our walk?
Found this while walking in woods near our home, not sure what it is and cant seem to find it on google. Was about 8-9 inches tall.
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What type of edible mushrooms can I easily inoculate in logs and grow in USDA zone 4a for full sun?
I'm currently building a home fungal/crop garden, and am wondering what types of mushrooms can inoculate fresh cut oak logs with that will grow in full sun next to tall grass on one side, and a wood chip bed on the other side. It will be cooking at…
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How thick of a layer of wood chips will I want to keep the soil warm in a USDA zone 4A environment during the winter?
I'm currently building a 10X100 fungal/garden bed, in a USDA zone 4A environment, and am going to want to keep the soil warm enough to keep fungi spreading. How deep will I want a layer of wood chips to try to keep the area warm enough, but not so…
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Do toxic mushrooms that grow near a plant affect its edible / poisonous traits?
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I have some Basil growing in a pot, for the past 7-8 months, with some Thyme right next to it.
Last week some mushrooms grew on the soil in-between them and under the Basil.
What I know:
These mushrooms are only the fruiting body…
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Do different types of mycelium connect to each other?
I've heard that mycelium connect to each other when they are broken. Do they also connect with other types of mycelium to spread the network faster?
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What nutrients do oyster mushrooms need?
I have some mycelium growing on cardboard but I am wondering what is in the cardboard other than carbon, oxygen and hydrogen that the fungus can use.
How is it meeting it's need for nitrogen and other elements ?
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how do I modify the square foot gardening method for a community garden with mushrooms also?
I'm building out my community garden concept this year, and was wondering how I can use square food gardening to grow mushrooms in the walking paths, and vegetables on the sides with none of the same plant roots touching unless they're on the same…
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Will oyster mushrooms eat my cupboard?
I'm incubating oyster mycelium in a cupboard. When the fruiting bodies come, and they sporulate, will that endanger the cupboard itself ?
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How competitive is the oyster mycelium mushroom?
I keep reading that oyster mycelium, once it has grown some, will out-compete other organisms. To what degree is this true? Will it eventually push out green mold?
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What are these tiny animals on my oyster mushrooms?
Pleurotus ostreatus infested with tiny gnats. I can see them with my loupe but too hard to photograph even though I said cheese! They have prominent attenae, and segmented bodies - but I guess that describes most insects :(
Using uv light as the…
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