My name is Steve and I am the owner of The Hoosier Mushroom Co. We have a small farm where we grow 6 varieties, as well as a retail and online store. It can be...
Here's a nice article on cultivation that was recently featured in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/garden/15mushrooms.html?pagewanted=1 ...
The flower garden in the background is where they were harvested. Note the beautifull glass mushrooms in the upper left. No idea where the Corona came...
I would like to know if anyone ever used this biological method in the mushrooms growing. Nematodes ( Steinernema feltiae ) Organic Biocontrol for Fungus Gnats...
I suppose this could be cultivation related. We just picked 148 Black Morels out of a shaded flower bed. More are coming. We applied fresh mulch last...
Hello, I have been getting some black fungus that I am concerned about on oak logs inoculated with shiitake. I have a few pictures showing these, including...
Hey Ed, Here's an easy non sterile method. Try your mycelium on wood shavings that you get from a pet store like for bedding material. It comes as pine or ...
Hi Damon, My first cultivation was "table top". A framework of 1/2 inch PVC plumbing pipe covered with "shrink wrap" plastic (Using a heat gun) worked fine...
Hi Mushroom lovers I'm new to cultivation and want to get started. I have a problem with the sterile room though as my wife and I live in a one bedroom...
Has any body ever eaten Ischnoderma resinosum ? I have read in most Field guides that they are inedible. Last year I found a large colony of them. They were...
Howdy All, I am new to this group, and glad to be here. I am a serious hobbyist of all things myco. Most of my time has been spent in the Northeast, and a...
I have a lot of other mushrooms that grow on my shittake logs. Typically more as they age. Lots of polypores like Trametes versicolor-The Turkeytail, the...
Hello, This log was inoculated with Shiitake, and made it first flush some day ago, but I found the log was invaded by other visitor, can someone tell what is ...
Hello I have just finished a prototype of an architectural structure that was grown from the fungi Genorderma lucidum (Reishi), and wanted to let folks in the...
I have been growing mushrooms on and off for a few years I have always wanted to grow the good old button mushrooms... For the challege I guess. I am looking...
I have been looking for information on Cultivation of Mycelium in a BioReator and I am not having very good luck. I am not sure if I am using the right terms,...
I got a couple AspenAir ION Generators, only to find out they had been discontinued after I bought them. The idea is that the IONs are supposed to attach to...
I have grown a few different edibles before and I got interested in growing Grifola Frondosa for their astounding Health benefits. I looked up the Trees used...
the first thing I notice about the BioReactor info, is that it is very limited. Even qualified articles etc..... the information doesnt seem to go very deep....
thanks everyone for your replies, aminitam I think your right about this being cobweb mold. looked it up after you sent me your reply and it seems to be spot...
I want to thank you, to answer at this topic with this important and useful information , I am impressed I did not know much about molds ,they scare me but...
Could this be the Clitocybe nuda / Lepista nuda: The Blewit , or is it just contamination ?! Â MM Could this be the Clitocybe nuda / Lepista nuda: The Blewit...
... How about tempeh <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempeh>, made using *Rhizopus oligosporus* (another mold)? This is currently being made by fairly low-tech...
Ive never grown mushrooms before and I'm trying to cultivate some portabells. I bought some mushrooms from the supermarket that had not opened yet and the veil...
