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Hi musha maybe you could try an arborist? I have had a couple of attempts now with a 9mm drill bit & the dowels slide in pretty easily. Good luck...

This, but also store them more than raindrop splashing distance from any bare earth. I have learned this the hard way following recent downpours.

Thanks for the tips WB. Interesting observation about the compacted ground - maybe the compacted sawdust path around the beds would have a similar effect... Will definitely try the cardboard/myc idea too when I get my act together.

Thanks Red, I just saw it in a park and it was a spur of the moment thing. Knowing that a mushroom definitely hasn't been pissed on by a dog definitely makes it taste better, I reckon.

Hi all. I'm a sometime lurker, first forum post here. Found a shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) yesterday and wondered if I could get a patch going in the back yard. Today I chucked the inky mess in a bucket of water with some strips of cardboard. After an hour soaking I buried the soggy, stained (and hopefully spore-impregnated) cardboard in a fallow vegie bed, then watered the bed with the remaining slurry. Anyone had any experience with cultivating these that they're prepared to share? Thanks in advance..

Cool. They look happy, any idea what tree species they're growing on?

...temporarily at least! The edit post function doesn't seem to work...

Don't have a good answer, sorry. After 2 awesome flushes I was over white oysters and cleared it out of the greenhouse to make room for a king oyster garbage bag which was ready to pop. It makes great mulch though and occasionally throws up a few little fruits after rain.

Yep, I do use it for Kings too, but have found yields are much better with some kind of supplement like lucerne. I don't supplement for the whites though, no.

Thanks! The initial spawn uses wheat berries. Bags are kept horizontal in a lidded plastic tub (cheap way to keep bugs out and moisture in...) until most of the air holes have white showing thru, then put upright in one of those cheap $30 mini greenhouses. I like to think the black plastic excludes light and helps keep the bag contents absorb warmth (often good in tas) though these claims are not evidence based.

Meant to attach a pic of results - these were grown on pasteurized cane mulch in a garbage bag.

I've been successfully using sugar cane mulch to grow whites in bags for about 18 months now. In summer the odd bag gets mold or those little gnats, but otherwise no issue.