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I'm guessing you mean legal plants. Cause poppies and weed are the first to spring to mind.

I name mine after passed members as a way of remembering them and honouring their memories. A way of eternalising them and I hope to hell someone does the same for me when I pass. I only name seed seed grown plants I grew myself though as this way I can be sure it is genetically distinct. And I can provide provenience with the named clones also.

Noooooo this is awful news. My heart breaks. My thoughts are with you all in this sad time. I wish you peace in your passing Andyamine. Sad day.

A photo from the passed winter.

Diviniorum is not sterile ;)

Several thousand khat seeds Top to bottom wandjina aka penny clone, DC clone and chemsha clone. All from nitrogens seed. Penny clone is grafted to patch rootstock. Love u all ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It's Alan Rockefeller. Mycological legend!

If you have the ability to make this event. You'd be crazy not to go. I am so disappointed I can't attend this time round. The first outdoor EGA I'm going to miss and what looks like the best one yet. So many good memories. Like being a kid in a candy store. If your name was alice, then this is your wonderland. I just can't afford airfare and accomodation with a mortgage. Real life gets in the way sometimes. Please go or even just support this event. I will be donating to the raffle as usual. So if u can't make it, be sure to buy some raffle tix and be in for a chance at some incredible prizes.

Trade em here if u got em. Same rules as per usual free trading threads, ie joe glogs offers VVVVVVVV C52 enryngii culture VVVVVVVVVV Next person "gets enryngii culture and offers: VVVVVVVV BJ69 spore print VVVVVVVV ETC ETC All prints FOr mycroscopy purposes only ofcourse, unless from edibles. No chit chat, only post if u have sumthing to offer and want wat is being offered. Chit chat via PM with the people of choice. Not nazi bout it, just general guidline. Peace N

Just curious, I can't wait!

Does anyone know of any native Aussie trees that work well for plug spawning oysters, shiitake and enoki? I do not have much access to oaks. There are the odd one locally, but I'm not sure people would appreciate me chopping branches off. On a side note, I found a grove of cork trees today, only 10. Very old and just randomly in amongst native forest. I'm guessing it's from when the timber industry was big.

I just "went camping". Seeing as you can only fill in the form if you stay at that residence on that night. I did not want t break any laws and fill it in if I was not "at home". So I wasn't. Simple. And I wasn't on anybody else's form as I was not at their house either. Simply camping by the river in the bush. There was no section for this allowance.

Paint pens or proper industrial markers that contain xylene are my favorite. Write on the pots.

I'll do some trials. I know our Aussie mushroom grows on it. But am not sure for the other species of oyster. It would be great if agonis worked. It is very dense, has good bark micro environment and is extremely prevalent. I imagine it would support long term fruiting. So far I think I will use mainly bluegum for Shiitake. And trial other eucalyptus. Get the odd oak from prunings. I will use feral poplar and elm for oysters. And go from there.

Just went to an old habitation site where I remembered some big old deciduous trees. Found a mini elm Forrest taking over the native bush. Hundreds of suckers, I rekon I can get 50-100 logs out of there with out making a dent on them. Leave the younger ones for next time. How is to make sawdust? Chip young branches in my chipper? A chainsaw me thinks would be ineffective.

Sheok is very soft and has low density. I don't think it would support growth for long time. I think my best options locally are blue gums and E.diversicolor. Both very prolific near me. Blue gums being most attractive due to plantations and feral populations. I have friends who I have organized to trim their oak trees for them and might trim a few branches from the cork oaks I found. Also feral poplars and willows are common, so will help remove these from the environment. Will start cutting when I have my incubator set up to incubate the spawn and LC's. Just need a few cultures now. Any1 wanna send me a syringe? I rekon I can get away without a glovebox for now if someone has a LC or sterile water culture in syringe form. I am just assuming shiitake works in liquid culture. From memory oysters do, I think I've had pink and kings in LC before. Man how time flies. That would have been ten years ago now since I've done any sterile culturing. Was nice having that much spare time back then.

Sawdust is a good idea for compatibility. Now to source some plug spawn. I think I can get locally, but if not maybe someone here will have some spare. I don't mind starting with a culture. But I am time poor ATM. So would prefer to buy plug spawn ready to go if it's not too exxy.

Do you think oysters and enoki will work on eucs? I have found wild poplar, which I could use at a pinch.

Yeah, a bark closer to oak I'd imagine preferable. Which bluegums certainly are not. Maybe marginata aka jarrah. It has nicely fissured bark. Or maybe blackbutt , E. todtiana. I guess some local experimenting maybe needed. But I never see any fungi growing on jarrah. Only very occasionally.

Eucalyptus globulus colonizes quickly, but expends itself quickly also. No problem, with bluegums so abundant. I am thinking they might be the most feasable. And I'll just put the word out to local aborists I am seeking oak. And use that when and if I can source it. I'd like to do oysters, shiitake and enoki for now. All advice welcome.

Eucalyptus nitens for shitake seems to work from Internet searches. Many others work too, but not overly viable. I wonder if E.diversicolour would also substitute.

I am thinking Agonis flexuosa will be ok for oysters as our native oysters grow on it. Anybody know of any other alternatives or can comment on Agonis as a suitable oyster host?

If there's anything more important than EGA, I want it caught and shot. NOW!