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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Can anyone identify this mushroom?
I've had this cactus for over a decade. About a month ago I gave it some more soil. Tonight I noticed this mushroom growing next to it/ almost on it. I plucked it because it doesn't go there. Do I have any cause for concern? I assume it came in with…
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What kinds of wax can be used for innoculating logs with shiitake mushrooms?
I'd like to try and grow some shiitake mushrooms. I've acquired some fresh logs (birch, not oak, but I hope it will work) and the dowels should arrive soon... and then I hit an unexpected snag with the wax. What kind of wax can I use to seal the…
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Sugars for Mushroom cultures
I have been trying to grow mushrooms from liquid cultures this year with some success. I have read about people using different sources of sugar such as honey, malt extract, or molasses in boiled water, and I was wondering if one form of sugar is…
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Mushrooms in the back yard
I live in Charlotte,NC. New home owner and been mowing our fescue grass for last 3-4 months. We had some rain and I noticed few mushrooms in our yard couple of weeks. I just mowed over it and last I noticed after a rain that we had mushrooms all…
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what kind of fungus is this
I did some research but I want confirmation because I'm really not sure. I live in northwest Oregon and I found it growing nearby our barn, on the ground underneath the eave of the roof.
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Melampsora toxicity
We today collected some wild garlic leaves (Allium ursinum) in the garden, and we found small points on the leaves. They are white or yellow, it's difficult to tell because the points are just half a millimeter big. The wiipedia article on wild…
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What kind of mushrooms are these growing in the sun in Houston
Any guesses as to what kind of mushrooms these are. They were growing at the base of an old Oak tree stump in the bright sunlight. I've provided a number of different views. I'm located on Lake Houston in the greater Houston area.
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Brown mold on my reishi grow?
I'm growing a monotub of reishi. The tub is well colonised but it looks like there's a couple square inches where the reishi myc isn't growing and I noticed a small patch of brown eaten into the mycelium.
I just cut it out with a sterilised spoon…
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Shiitake Cultivation on Wood Pellets: Toxicity Concern
I am planning on indoor growing Shiitake mushrooms on wood pellets normally used for heating.
Is there a concern for toxic contamination through the pellets? After all the wood has been cut or shredded by blades, which might have leaked heavy metals…
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Growing Oyster mushroom: Is my spawn growing healthily?
I am trying to grow oyster mushrooms. They had a very strong smell which dissipated slowly over the week now ( I actually asked another question here Question ) I am not sure of how the process is going as I don't know anything about oyster…
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Can I use peat as a substrate for oyster mushroom growing?
I want to grow mushrooms at home. For small scale. I have done some research found that oysters are the easiest to start so I bought some grain spawn. For the substrate I am out of US and I dont knoe how to find wood chips and stuff and I didnt want…
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Could one grow mushrooms on processed food waste?
I'm wondering if the processed food waste (PFW) output of an electric composter, like this one, could be used to grow (oyster) mushrooms on?
The PFW is supposedly sterile, so the idea is to lightly hydrate the PFW, inoculate with mycelium, and…
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Are these really shiitake?
Found these growing off the exposed-above-ground roots of a tree in my backyard. They are plentiful and I don't want them to weather uneaten -- unless they are poisonous.
A Google image-search claims, they are shiitake, but I'm doubtful. Could…
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What kind of brain mushroom is this?
I found this (brain?) mushroom near the wall of a building under the roof. The soil seemed very dry. (Northern Germany presumably)
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Do Chicken of the woods rubbings on trees work for propagation?
I've heard that it's very hard to propagate COW, and was wondering if rubbing the tree with past prime parts of COW would help propagate them. Think similar to bear tree slashing.
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