wanted Milky mushroom -Calocybe indica

[lindsay]

anyone have Milky mushroom -Calocybe indica cultures to sell.

[Zen Peddler]

No but it is around in Australia.

[lindsay]

please Santa, if your listening.

[worowa]

Hohoho, have you been a good boy? I have a few spare plates. PM your addy.

[lindsay]

your better than Santa.

[lindsay]

mailed address let me know you got, Psychonaut.

[lindsay]

thank you, thank you.

arrived last Tuesday week and got it, onto some new agar Wednesday.

took a few days to get moving and going aerial at the start. I guess it

need to suss out the new agar mix. well its of like a rocket now. in the last

2 days, its gone from 5c peace to a 20c peace.

used a MYA, but used half the malt I usually use and added soy peptone,

seems it be traveling well so far.

happy as a pig in a forest of truffles. cheers mate

[Zen Peddler]

I wonder if this mushroom could grow well in the Aussie summer if humidity could be increased and maintained??

[lindsay]

thanks again Psychonaut, got some pinning like mad.

calocybe indica milky mushroom 24 days after spawning substrate
biggest pins so far

massive pinning going on here

[Foo]

Nice going!

let me know if you end up with any spare prints!

[worowa]

Nice one.

Care to share your recipe? Did you case?

I've got some charging on eucy sawdust soaked in waste washing water, mixed with goose and chicken poo. Just hope it stays warm enough down here to fruit.

[lindsay]

i will be making some prints, Supermaught. i will

make a few spares. i will let you know when i have.

yes Psychonaut. the ones you see in the pics are in heat

and lime pasteurized wheat straw, the same you would

for oysters.

250ml (1 cup) hydrated lime to 45ltr of water

and heat pasteurize 60c-70c for 60 min.

recommended inoculation rates are usualy 5-6% but

i have gone 10% to make up for the lack

of nitrogen in the straw. well thats my the theory.

i have heard of others adding lucerne hay to there

straw. i have 10 other different combos x2 of substrates

on the go with 3 different casings. so hopefully i will

learn something from these.

casing for the bags in the pics, is

coco fibre 2 ltrs

vermiculite 2 ltrs

cal carbonate 200ml

cal sulfate (gypsum) 200ml

pasteurized at 60-70c for 60min

another casing mix that is working just as well is the mix

above, mixed with equal parts old horse poo.

the others im trying are not ready yet.

i have noticed that the bags that were inoculated in a ring

around the outside have started 5 days earlier than

the ones inoculated oyster style.

incubating was done in complete darkness and has not effected

the fruiting. why others recommend 12hrs light i don't know yet.

i have just cased some identical bags 2 incubated in the dark

and 2 in 12hrs of light per day. each type of mushroom is a

different animal, so lets see what happens.

　

　

Edited February 6, 2014 by lindsay

[Foo]

Rec your print Lindsay

Thanks heaps.

I started a trade rep thread for you and left some feedback.

[lindsay]

getting to the end of my Calocybe indica grow. really impressed me this mushroom.

here is my last crop just before picking

the most productive bag

the biggest mushroom

I had one crop take 38+c temps in the colonizing, pinning and fruiting, and did not blink a eye.

under 30c it does slow down a bit in fruiting. I've given it a new name for myself, the summer mushroom.

it is one tough mutha of a mushroom in summer.

going to give it a try next year in some outdoor beds covered in plastic and shade cloth.

[Zen Peddler]

superb grow and great photos Lindsay. Now the taste? Your verdiict?

[lindsay]

sliced, dipped in egg, then rolled in flour mixed with Tuscan seasoning, then fried in olive oil, really YUM.

had some in a spag sauce tonight, was good too.