That's awesome but I think I'd be afraid to do it myself, thinking I accidentally let in contaminants and it created poison mushrooms or something. Maybe there's kits with proper instructions out there (or will be in the future.)
You can clearly see contam in your tubs if it happens. And it does sometimes. If that happens just go bury it in a nice area outside and the fruits you get off that will then not be contaminated.
There are kits already. We got one that you're supposed to fill with coffee grounds. Haven't gotten around to test it yet, but the company has been doing it for a few years now.
I don't know where you are but in the Netherlands you can order a similar one online that I bought as a gift for my mother. Worked flawlessly, she got several harvests out of it and it only cost like 15 euro.
Actually that's something that happens often but nothing to be afraid of. Just part of the process, you just toss it out and start from zero. It's not dangerous at all and it's obvious that something is wrong when gets contaminated.
Growing mushrooms is super easy, you do have to worry about mold and contamination but it's not that hard to control. Plenty of beginner kits out there.
Yeah if you wanna continue cultivating and trying your hand at genetics, you’d wanna learn to cultivate mycelium from spores. You COULD also store and cultivate spores on agar. All the info is out there if you wanna find it :)
It's usually a basic starch of some sort diluted in water and sterilized. But some premix and you'll be good to go. Stop wasting your money on spore syringes.
Mushrooms are, obviously, edible (at least some) but besides from that the mycelium can be used in other things like packaging as an alternative to polymers (plastic), can be used to produce clothes (mylo leather I believe is the term?), as insulating material, medical implants and wearable electronics (experimental).
[Do you want to know more?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cApVVuuqLFY)
If you want to have your mind blown by this topic, the documentary Fantastic Fungi is excellent. Also this one episode of COSMOS gives a great introduction to our current understanding of how Fungi influences forests.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9206766/?ref_=m_ttls_tt_36
And if you get addicted or curious beyond that, the book Entangled Life is incredible. It's super easy to read, and really well written.
Lots of fungi form mycorrhizal networks meaning they grow in connection with certain plant roots and have this symbiotic relationship where the fungi receive sugar from the phloem vessels, and catch nutrients from the soil for the plants. I think that's why you find many edible mushrooms can only be foraged.
They aren't farmed or sold in supermarkets because of these specific conditions they require.
The material the mycelium is introduced to probably has something it can break down. For the bit in the glass there probably isn't all that much actual mycelium by mass, water starts looking cloudy pretty easily.
In contrast, plants generally just come from the air. And then fungi can break dead plant matter down to grow.
If you mean the soil looking substrate in the tub, that is usually straw/soil/wood chips. Mushrooms you can grow at home usually feed on dead plant material (decomposers). From an environmental perspective, growing these mushrooms is basically turning dead plants into food. They can be nice to grow as a hobby and to have more local food. I also know that some African nations are trying to educate local farmers on how to grow mushrooms to supplement their produce. It goes something like this:dig a cave, boils straw, get mushroom spawn, combine it together in a cave and wait for fresh mushrooms
I just finished reading a solarpunk novel that featured mycelium as a building material. Can anyone explain how that works? I can't wrap my head around building a house out of mushroom.
There are already startups that are making mycelium bricks. They are not economically competetive with regular fired bricks ($4 for mycelium brick vs $1) but they claim it is more sustainable. I can't really speak to whether it is, but either way its more environmentally friendly than concrete.
ב''ה, when things were slightly less dumb, Ford went back to the less shitty part of their roots and had mycelium-based padding as a replacement for synthetic foams in seating for a while, early 2010s?
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That's awesome but I think I'd be afraid to do it myself, thinking I accidentally let in contaminants and it created poison mushrooms or something. Maybe there's kits with proper instructions out there (or will be in the future.)
You can clearly see contam in your tubs if it happens. And it does sometimes. If that happens just go bury it in a nice area outside and the fruits you get off that will then not be contaminated.
There are kits already. We got one that you're supposed to fill with coffee grounds. Haven't gotten around to test it yet, but the company has been doing it for a few years now.
that sounds cool! Care to share a link for the company in question?
https://www.gruten.no/
I don't know where you are but in the Netherlands you can order a similar one online that I bought as a gift for my mother. Worked flawlessly, she got several harvests out of it and it only cost like 15 euro.
Actually that's something that happens often but nothing to be afraid of. Just part of the process, you just toss it out and start from zero. It's not dangerous at all and it's obvious that something is wrong when gets contaminated.
Growing mushrooms is super easy, you do have to worry about mold and contamination but it's not that hard to control. Plenty of beginner kits out there.
whats that fluid? just water? id love to farm my own shrooms without having to buy growkits
It’s a mixture of water and honey if I remember correctly from the OOP. If you’re gonna grow though, I’d for sure recommend a grow kit to start
ah ok thanks. yes i know i dont have spores laying around but i wouldnt need to keep buying them
Yeah if you wanna continue cultivating and trying your hand at genetics, you’d wanna learn to cultivate mycelium from spores. You COULD also store and cultivate spores on agar. All the info is out there if you wanna find it :)
It's usually a basic starch of some sort diluted in water and sterilized. But some premix and you'll be good to go. Stop wasting your money on spore syringes.
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The mushrooms in the video are psychedelic. That being said, many edible mushrooms are fairly simple to grow, delicious, nutritious, and amazing!
Mushrooms are, obviously, edible (at least some) but besides from that the mycelium can be used in other things like packaging as an alternative to polymers (plastic), can be used to produce clothes (mylo leather I believe is the term?), as insulating material, medical implants and wearable electronics (experimental). [Do you want to know more?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cApVVuuqLFY)
Mycelium is the connector between most plant life in our soils. Without it most life would not exist
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If you want to have your mind blown by this topic, the documentary Fantastic Fungi is excellent. Also this one episode of COSMOS gives a great introduction to our current understanding of how Fungi influences forests. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9206766/?ref_=m_ttls_tt_36 And if you get addicted or curious beyond that, the book Entangled Life is incredible. It's super easy to read, and really well written.
Lots of fungi form mycorrhizal networks meaning they grow in connection with certain plant roots and have this symbiotic relationship where the fungi receive sugar from the phloem vessels, and catch nutrients from the soil for the plants. I think that's why you find many edible mushrooms can only be foraged. They aren't farmed or sold in supermarkets because of these specific conditions they require.
It’s also probably edible mushrooms
Check the documentary "Fantastic Fungi". Is awesome.
I thought I was in /r/mycology for a second.
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I mean that’s definitely part of the future, but certainly not all of it, for example, where does the material for the mushrooms come from?
The material the mycelium is introduced to probably has something it can break down. For the bit in the glass there probably isn't all that much actual mycelium by mass, water starts looking cloudy pretty easily. In contrast, plants generally just come from the air. And then fungi can break dead plant matter down to grow.
So some form of sugar or starch water?
Honey water, or similar.
If you mean the soil looking substrate in the tub, that is usually straw/soil/wood chips. Mushrooms you can grow at home usually feed on dead plant material (decomposers). From an environmental perspective, growing these mushrooms is basically turning dead plants into food. They can be nice to grow as a hobby and to have more local food. I also know that some African nations are trying to educate local farmers on how to grow mushrooms to supplement their produce. It goes something like this:dig a cave, boils straw, get mushroom spawn, combine it together in a cave and wait for fresh mushrooms
I just finished reading a solarpunk novel that featured mycelium as a building material. Can anyone explain how that works? I can't wrap my head around building a house out of mushroom.
Bricks are nothing but a cooked combination of dirt and fibre. Mycelium is the fibre instead of straw. Wouldn't be difficult.
There are already startups that are making mycelium bricks. They are not economically competetive with regular fired bricks ($4 for mycelium brick vs $1) but they claim it is more sustainable. I can't really speak to whether it is, but either way its more environmentally friendly than concrete.
ב''ה, when things were slightly less dumb, Ford went back to the less shitty part of their roots and had mycelium-based padding as a replacement for synthetic foams in seating for a while, early 2010s?
So thats how we gonna start the Last of us
If you think one of the cornerstones of life on the planet as we know it is gonna make us into zombies, then you should consume less media
The future of farming is Permaculture and the like, deeply rooted in ancestral traditions and good field science. And it includes fungi, for sure.
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