Halcyon Daze Posted April 25, 2018 Is such a thing possible? Can I bring in new species via the mycelium of a colonised cow pat? Any other tricks to doing this? Cheers! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-RC- Posted April 25, 2018 I have done this on a small scale myself once. Brought a spawned pat home that I had found a cube fruiting from. I covered it in mulch and watered it. It fruited another couple of mushrooms and I neglected it and that was that. Very interested to hear of anyone with a plan in this department, for poo poo mushies of course. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strontium Dawg Posted April 25, 2018 Some liquid culture or a good squirt of spores in solution added to the water trough where the bovines drink perhaps. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crop Posted April 25, 2018 Used to do this every wet season back when I lived on the mainland. I have a friend that owns a buffalo farm,. He lets us collect a ute full of poo, which we spread under fruit trees. Trees with branches that hang right down are best for mushys as they hold more stable humidity. Another mate does this on a small scale in pots on his veranda. Blue meanies for breaky anybody? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMooseZeus Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 1:07 PM, Glaukus said: Some liquid culture or a good squirt of spores in solution added to the water trough where the bovines drink perhaps. Is this possible? It sounds like it could work... Are spores hardy enough to survive a cows digestive system? They can survive space but thats a different matter (antimatter) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-RC- Posted April 29, 2018 I would have thought this was largely the way they proliferate, via the bovine digestive tract. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMooseZeus Posted April 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Responsible Choice said: I would have thought this was largely the way they proliferate, via the bovine digestive tract. I thought it would spread through wind/ picked up on shoes or hooves in this case. ... Just looked it up, are you're right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophilous_fungi 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-RC- Posted April 29, 2018 Yeah the cubes dump a truckload of spores on the grass, and they actually create their own wind, did you know? Cows eat the grass with the spores on it, poo-poo, and voila, gold! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMooseZeus Posted April 29, 2018 Do you think an over population of cattle is seriously helping the number of cubes on this earth? Maybe it's meant to be 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) I think many species are only here is Australia (and other places) thanks to cattle. What different kinds of feed can be fed directly to cattle anyway? I guess if you can get them feeding out of a bucket of fresh lucerne you could 'seed' it with whatever species you like. I remember some absolute ripper paddocks on the sunny coast, biggest field mushrooms I've ever seen. Reckon I could dry out a few of the best and save them for the next time I visit a nice paddock such as my own. I'm only talking about legal edible field mushrooms of course, nothing illegal. Besides I'm not sure if I'd want all the local hooligans roaming my paddock and stumbling across all my cacti or orchids etc. Very interesting info though Edited April 29, 2018 by Halcyon Daze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DualWieldRake Posted April 30, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 5:09 AM, TheMooseZeus said: Do you think an over population of cattle is seriously helping the number of cubes on this earth? Maybe it's meant to be Send all your excess cows to me i will eat them free off charge (the crazy stories news ppl write haha) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaccaAu Posted July 2, 2018 It was late season around april, i bought a patch home, and loaded heaps of cow manure from bunnings in the soil, nothing yet, see what happens in spring/summer, might need another to try again :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karode13 Posted August 16, 2018 Low tek version of this would be to add a load of spores into some water and broadcast spray this over a paddock used for grazing. Spores enter the beast via ingestion of grass. Nature should take over the rest if favourable conditions are present. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites