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  3. Posted

    It's been a while, but I'm running courses again.

    I've been doing this for 11 years, and have watertrade, the corroboree and the shroomery to thank for getting me started.

    The 2 day course will take you through growing from spores, cloning, making agar plates, liquid cultures, spawn making, dowels, fruiting substrates and harvesting.

    A few members here have done courses with me, and they loved it. Check out more info here

    https://forestfungi.com.au/pages/upcoming-courses

     

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    I run forest fungi. Making petris takes time and effort, and maintaining a culture bank can be tricky. I give students 50% off, and usually give multiple petris. I also only sell cultures that I have tested. Overseas some of these cultures are $400+. I regularly trade cultures. I have a bank of 20 plus cultures, but only grow a few species for myself and chefs. If someone wants a rarely used culture, I have to make a batch of petris, inoculate them, incubate them, and then choose the best ones to post. All my cultures I send are fresh, not frozen. I used to do it for free, as do others here (watertrade got me started), but I can't afford to be a charity, so I charge enough to make it worth my while. I also don't place restrictions on what you do with my cultures...others have bought my cultures, then started selling them with restrictions on what you can do with them, and renaming them as fictitious species...

     

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    Hey Will, if this is the culture you received from me many years ago, I've always questioned whether it really is Pleurotus nebrodensis. If memory serves me correctly, I received the culture from Paul (speedy); I'm not sure how he came to the conclusion it P. nebrodensis.

     

    Interestingly, looking into it again now, I see Aloha Medicinals sells a culture of it (and uses one of my photos without permission - seems to be a few sites doing that with my photos), originating from China.

     

    This article discusses some of the relevant taxonomy if you're interested.

     

    Anyway, good to see you're enjoying the fruits of your labour!

     

    Hi Tripsis, well it could be! I had a few ferulae and nebrodensis petris, made a few jars of spawn, then fruiting bags, then by the time they fruited, which took about 1 year, I couldn't see any label...cloned some, and going gangbusters ever since. 

    I had 2 slightly different fruiting forms-1 made giant, long lasting fruits, the other much smaller, but still very similar morphology.

    They both love calcium and cold...they could even be the same species. I hunted around for info., very little available.

    Very different to eryngii in taste, texture and morphology.

    Thanks again for the cultures way back when. Let me know if you ever want any.

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    I've been having lots of luck growing these critically endangered mushies.

    They're delicious, meaty, and last for ages compared to most oysters.

    I've got a bunch of cultures to trade...also have 2 pinks, gold, grey, white, sajo-cajur and king oysters, an amazing pioppino strain, nameko...

    Keen on other cultures and/or interesting seeds.

     

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  10. Posted

    Haha, I love those hospital beds, scored a couple from Huonville tip shop-$10 each. A week later in Margate tip, they tried selling them for $115 each!

    Great for lifting and shifting heavy loads.

    Dowels don't have spores, well, not until they produce mushrooms. Tell your flat mate to stop breathing if they want to avoid spores.

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    http://forestfungi.com.au/hunting-for-bush-tucker-wild-myrtle-oranges/

    http://forestfungi.com.au/hunting-for-bush-tucker-wild-myrtle-oranges/

    Hunting for Bush Tucker – Wild Myrtle Oranges
    Posted on January 12, 2015

    Summer means myrtle orange hunting time in Tassie…

    Forest-Fungi-Wild-Mushroom-Collage.jpgIn Tassie, summer is the time for hunting down the mesmerizing Cyttaria gunnii, commonly known as the myrtle orange or beech orange.

    What an amazing day. Will and I took a road trip to the myrtle forests (Nothofagus cunninghamii) in Tassie – hunting down the myrtle oranges until we found the mother load on the very top of the mountain! The sweet nectar inside was a very cool welcomed treat for our efforts.

    These tasty little morsels have to be one of my favourite wild mushrooms for various reasons. One – I love hunting for mushies in myrtle forests, secondly I love reading the signs in the bush to find them. The Cyttaria mycelium forms woody galls on their host trees, from where the perennial crops of fruit are produced. Therefore you are looking for myrtles with galls.Orange-Myrtle-275x135.jpg

    Thirdly, they cook up to be rather tasty and unique little morsels. They look great in your dish, keep their beautiful deep orange colour and maintain their crunchy texture. They take on flavours to compliment your dish.

    Collecting fungi is only permitted on private land in Tasmania. Similar species of Cyttaria also grow in New Zealand and South America, on related Nothofagus trees. All species of Cyttaria are edible, and have been used by local peoples for thousands of years. The mushrooms can actually be collected and fermented into an alcoholic beverage, as they contain up to 15% sugars, as well as cold tolerant Saccharomyces yeasts.

    Orange-Myrtle-1-300x199.jpg

    In pandani, pencil pine and myrtle forest

    golden moon, glowing honey comb treats found

    offering sweet summer nectar delight

    Orange-Myrtle-1-300x199.jpg

    Orange-Myrtle-275x135.jpg

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    The fattie still hasn't fruited for me, but my strain fruits year round here in Tassie.

    Where did your Reishi come from Lindsay?

    If you're keen to trade, I've got cordyceps militaris, and the amazing yanagi-matsutake.

    How did the Calocybes go?

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  19. Posted

    Yes agreed need to try something,

    the premature pinning must be using energy better put towards mycelial growth at this stage

    will try couple layers of clingwrap hopefully enough

    have read 10 micrometer garbage bags are permeable enough to allow gas exchange

    Am using h2o2 in agar, will this be a source of excess oxygen?

    the mycelium must need some o2 though

    The agar mix was 12gm malt and 5gm sawdust 1gm yeast and powered milk per Litre

    now I could be wrong but I thought this was on the lighter side of recommended nutrient,

    just trying to eliminate possible causes

    Spores don't like h2o2...

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  20. Posted

    I've got stacks left, some are germinating. The seeds put out a shoot that forms a tuber, about a year later, and the tuber is supposedly better than the nut. The tree then grows from the tuber.

    Many thanks to Baron von Mueller, who I think planted most of the ones I've collected from.

    Pm me for details if you want some.

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