rottenjonny

I don't have a lot of experience but I'll always chuck in my 2 cents. In the backyard there is a fallen down mulberry tree that the fungus LOVES! Whenever I get a good deal of rain it's bursting with Auricularia.

pimento.... wow.

I think this will be the tek for me. Believe it or not the 80c buckets at a certain hardware store even have markings on them that look to be a good substrate/spawn height guide. EDIT: Not looking forward to having to artificially heat a room though. Anyone got a heating method that suits bucketing?

Sowthistles, Sonchus oleraceus

Classic doco. I wonder how many corroboree members featured in the film....

Did you just describe the mushroom as arousing?

Basically just weeds. Any advice on a good site that will give good identification information. Being that google images is way misleading.

I worry about all the holes in SGFC Lately I can get a first flush clean then pretty much the whole thing turns green on me. Heartbreaking. Any ideas what could be causing this?

When I saw these I was amazed. It was obviously grains that had been colonised however I have no idea how that would stay alive on a shelf in bunnings without appropriate conditions. A+ however for the "Mushroom seeds" marketing approach.

I am posting several different kinds of what I am assuming is wild lettuce although I could be wrong. There are 2 distinct varieties here one that grows flat and fits the description of Lactuca Virosa as far as google shows and the other grows taller with little yellow weeds. Where I grew up the farmers called these fireweed and hated them as it was not good for the cows. The taller specimen lactated instantly and profusely however the flatter specimen only a clear liquid. What do you guys reckon?

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Haha sorry guys I suppose it wasn't much to go off, I have attached habitat pictures. If you can see they have grown on the underside of the low branches of the tree, it has been on and off raining for a week or so and over the last few days leading up to them appearing it rained heaps.

Hello everyone, These have sprung up along the branches of a mulberry tree in my backyard. I think they might be Auricularia this photo shows powdery white spores that have come off when touched, the whole thing is like a velvety texture.

Thanks Ace, Turns out the answer to my problem was a liquid culture. 125ml Vegemite jar of water + a teaspoon of honey. There is now about half a jar of oysters in there. I think by suspending the spores in water they had ample opportunity to rehydrate. I hope this will help anyone in the same position.

That Stamets video was great.

Now that's a no nonsense tek. Something even I might be able to pull off <-- follows directions poorly.

Hi guys, Just on the topic of substrate, any idea how coco would perform?

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the site having found it while researching mycology. What a great community! I have been trying to get some growth lately and have been hitting the wall. I think the spores I am working from are too old... Does anyone know how I can know this for sure? or any methods to revive them.

I'd like to get in on some of this action too. Fucked if I know how to PM though. Can you PM me?