Growing mushrooms?

roseenthusiast

12 years ago

Does anyone here know anything about growing mushrooms or does grow them? I'm wanting to try the medicinal ones

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theherbalist2012
12 years ago
That's a dangerous venture. You're jumping from botany to herbalism. Too much territory for you to be covering in a safe manner.

theherbalist
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fatamorgana2121
12 years ago
There are many places that sell kits and mushroom spawn. Some of the larger retailers even sell fungi beyond the culinary ones. I included one retailer, certainly there are others.

This is a far safer venture than wildcrafting fungi to which I'm guessing theherbalist was making reference to.

FataMorgana

Here is a link that might be useful: Fungi Perfecti
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I think there's more to it. I'm not clear over whether this is indoors or outdoors, though it seems like it would be indoors. If it's outdoors, you probably already have mushrooms or other fungus living in the ground there, especially if it's a very moist spot. Virtually every location in nature is colonized by something. If you want something specific, you might need to find a way to clear what's already there. Also, different species survive different ways... some form symbiotic relationships with the roots of plants, some consume mostly dead wood, some consume mostly dead leaves/stems, some live more broadly in the soil and consume things like dead roots, some parasitize other fungus, some parasitize plants, etc. If it's indoors, and you really don't care what you grow, there is a bananna yellow mushroom called Leucocoprinus birnbaumii that grows in all sorts of flower pots in houseplants; it's particularly well-adapted to living indoors and manages to get there unintentionally well enough that practically anyone who discovers a mushroom in a houseplant has that species. It does grow in soil. You might be able to ask around and see if someone you know has accidentally discovered it in their own houseplants and you could grow by setting the mushroom itself in there, or by getting any amount of soil from a pot where it is growing and transferring it to your own. It's interesting because of the bright yellow color.
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theherbalist2012
12 years ago
Fata:

Yes, you're correct. Also, mushrooms are used in Chinese herbology. Different kinds with different results.

theherbalist in Arizona
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simsalabim
12 years ago
There are methods to collect spores which are described in Stammets book, and I think it would be possible to d that with shop bought mushrooms. However you still would have to know how the mushroom looks like and if there look alikes whan you are growing them in the open. Many mushrooms are grown on wood which should be recently cut and I would love to grow some mushrooms I think it is not so easy to get freshly cut wood and the spawns in the same time (but in Australia we don't get spawns easily).
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theherbalist2012
12 years ago
Sim:

You're in Australia! In the States, we're getting some superb Australian wines. Love them.

theherbalist
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kk1515
12 years ago
medicinal mushrooms do have different uses, many are terrific immune enhancers, but all help drain excess water from the body and calm the 'shen'... a concept that roughly equates to 'spirit-mind'

tuckahoe is one that is native to both north america and china where it is called poria or fu ling. it exemplifies the actions listed above and is commonly used in both chinese and western herbalism.

if you want to know more about medicinal shrooms paul stamets is the guy : )
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