Anyone grow mushrooms?

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I recently became interested in growing mushrooms. So, I read a bunch of different books (including my old college Bio text) and then began setting up for a crack at it.

So far, I just have mycellium, haven’t fruited anything. I’m building up my holdings as I await spring.

Currently I have:

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[li]Blue Oyster. Heavily colonized quart jar that I am going to transfer to six new quart jars of Wild Bird Seed. I will eventually fruit in some laundry baskets (straw).[/li][li]Phoenix Oyster. Two heavily colonized quart jars that I am going to transfer to a dozen bird seed jars. Eventually will be fruiting this one in straw logs.[/li][li]Shaggy Mane (Coprinus spp). This one is lagging. My hope is to inoculate an outdoor composted manure pile.[/li][li]Shitake. Colonizing some half pint vermiculite and rice flour cakes. I have a shotgun fruiting chamber set up for these.[/li][/ul]

Anyone else? Nonactive species only (per board rules):cool:

My gf is asking that I make an attempt at Morels. Everything I’ve read is discouraging me, but I guess I’ll give it a shot.

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I have bought a couple mushroom blocks and grown my own shitake mushrooms and they turned out great.

These guys have everything you need, from do-it-yourself kits for the hobbyist to spores and cultures for what it sounds like you wish to do.

Fungi Perfecti, they have been around for over 30 years.

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Yep, Fungi Perfecti is a site I’ve looked at a good bit. It is Paul Stamets" site. I’ve read some of his writings. He is one of the “big guys” in mycology.

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On face value, I should be an expert on such matters, but it is not so…

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^HAH!!