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It is not such a long shot, but maybe you could just chop up pieces of mushroom and use those for inoculating stumps etc.

From my limited impression of King Stropharia I have deduced that it tends to be a bit finical. Slow or stalled growth appears to be attributable to it being on the wrong substrate. Find the right substrate and it grows well.

Yeah, I can see in those photos that the xanthodermus have a square appearance. I went off and checked what differences exist between it and campestris after I made the above post. The cap on the campestris go a reddish brown immediately when you scrape the top to remove a bit of dirt etc. I know the campestris because it is from a patch that we have picked from for many years.

How do you test if they are xanthodermus? Do you rub them to see if they turn yellow? I found a patch of nice big campestris on the farm a couple of days ago. The campestris were good eating, and I took a culture as well. Edit: punctuation.

Hi Zen, If you don't mind me asking, what do you find to be the best agar for growing King Stropharia on? Thanks.

No worries. They sell it in the Central Market hear in Adelaide when the weather warms up a bit. So it would have been easy to get in a few weeks time.

The law on trespass varies from state to state. I imagine it is theft in all cases if you are removing mushrooms from someone's property without permission.

Hi Zen Peddler, Are you still seeking djamor? That is the pink oyster isn't it? If I can get it I'd be keen to swap for Agrocybe aegerita if you have it.

Hi, I'm new here, this is my first post. I actually started 5 agar cultures of Lion's Mane on the 21st at almost the same time or slightly before you posted looking for Lion's Mane. I am hoping to swap for some Agrocybe aegerita.