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Post by crazy1 on Nov 20, 2006 19:30:45 GMT -6
To Fungi Perfecti.......................................... Well here are a few pics I took while I was there. Here is a picture of the grow rooms where the shrooms are grown And here are a few pics of the mushrooms that are growing at Fungi Perfecti in their grow rooms Here are the Lions Mane they are growing And my FAVORITE....................THE SHIITAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[/b][/i] AND HERE IS MR PUAL STAMETS!!!!!!!!!! THE MASTER I FOLLOW
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Post by trudy on Nov 21, 2006 4:15:23 GMT -6
Neat pics there C. So your trip was a sucess I take it. trudy
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 4:45:04 GMT -6
yup it sure was T. I had a great time and learned a whole lot while I was there.
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Post by mickee311 on Nov 21, 2006 5:02:04 GMT -6
The shiitake look remarkably like the beginning pronounciation of their name! Glad you had a good time. I bet it was mighty cold up there, huh? Did you get to bring samples home>?
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 5:24:28 GMT -6
The Shiitake is one of the greatest tasteing mushrooms you will ever try. they have been cultivated in the far east for thousands of years. They also have a great array of medicinal uses. They are 40% protien and are used medicinaly for many things. Arthritis is one of these things, they contain so many compounds that the list is too long to type. if you like mushrooms, try the Shiitakee, I'll bet it will be one of your favorites. And I didn't bring home any shrooms but did bring home 2 tissue cultures to cultivate. They are also doing studies in their uses to fight HIV and a few other horrible viruses. i'll try to find the chart with all the info on them.
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 5:44:05 GMT -6
Here's a pic of the Oyster mushroom, I also have 2 spore cultures from the farm of these as well. Here is a different strain of the oyster that was used in a mycoredemtion project. The mushroom mycillium was innoculated into a pile of dirt that was contaminated with gasolne and diesel fuel. In 4 weeks there was almost NO contaminants in the soil and the shrooms were edible. They didn't contain any of the contaminants poluting the ground. The first pic is the tree oyster Pleurotus ostreatus, and the second is P. cystidiosus.
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Post by mickee311 on Nov 21, 2006 6:09:59 GMT -6
At the risk of sounding retarded, how do you get more shrooms from a tissue cukture? Do they have spores on them?? What do you put them on to grow them? I've heard you can cultivate them on rice cakes, is that true? Sorry so many questions, I'm just interested, it sounds neat.
Oh, and do shiitake taste anything like portabello? I really don't like those, they taste funny to me...oo meaty, maybe? Or maybe I'm just biased by the button.
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 6:20:27 GMT -6
At the risk of sounding retarded, how do you get more shrooms from a tissue cukture? Do they have spores on them?? What do you put them on to grow them? I've heard you can cultivate them on rice cakes, is that true? Sorry so many questions, I'm just interested, it sounds neat. Oh, and do shiitake taste anything like portabello? I really don't like those, they taste funny to me...oo meaty, maybe? Or maybe I'm just biased by the button. A tissue culture is taken from the mushroom and then is placed into Agar to get the mycilium running. Then transfered to grain, then to sawdust, then to suplimented sawdust/wood chips to grow on. I've never herd of them growing on rice cakes, rice straw for some species, but not Shiitakes, they are a wood decomposer. The only way to get spores is from a mature mushroom that has reached the spore stage. No they don't taste like a portabello, their flavor is much more distinct and bolder. As to button mushrooms, they are the most flavorless mushroom there is to me.
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Post by jeanette on Nov 21, 2006 6:25:01 GMT -6
cool!! those ones look like pop corn.... shitaki shooms are delicious!!!
i bet you were in mushroom heaven, crazy... when can we expect to be eatting crazy grown mushrooms???
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 6:28:04 GMT -6
I was in shroom heaven, thats for sure. As to when.....Hopefully by spring I'll have a good flush going. Gotta get a grow room building built first.
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Post by betty on Nov 21, 2006 7:28:22 GMT -6
Do you market/ship/sell your mushrooms? they look soooooooooooo tasty, mushrooms are a great food for the vegetarians out there > I also love the portabellas that can be grilled and stacked like hamburgers too, delicious, and you have one super great operations there.
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 7:31:18 GMT -6
betty, the pics are of Fungi Perfectis opperation, not mine. but yes I will be selling the shrooms I grow. As for now I only am able to grow enough for our enjoyment. But by spring we should be up and running.
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 8:03:41 GMT -6
Here are a few pics of shrooms that we found on the farm. This one is a parasol shroom known as "The Garden Giant" Lepiota procera The stems are about 16" tall. Here is another pic for size.
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 21, 2006 18:29:55 GMT -6
Hey pholks, come spring I'll have some grain spawn of the oyster mushroom to send ya if ya wanna try growing a little bit. I'll also include some instructions. Yes coffee grounds can be used to cultivate these shrooms. It won't take alot, about 5-6 lbs. You can also use straw that has been boiled for 1 hr. If you want I'll also send you a grow kit all ready to go for the shipping cost, same as the grain spawn. You can inocutate your compost pile with the pearl oyster after the "kit" burns out and still get more possibly. When I get things going I'll let you all know. It will be one of these 2 types of oyster mushroom. This is the tree oyster, Pleurotus ostreatus This is the pearl oyster, also Pleurotus ostreatus
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Post by jeanette on Nov 22, 2006 6:45:12 GMT -6
i bet jerry will want to try it... we've talking about it several times..
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 22, 2006 6:48:17 GMT -6
I'll let ya know when alls ready.
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Post by betty on Nov 22, 2006 7:18:05 GMT -6
And I have read of Pennsylvania mines, using tunnels of mines to grow mushrooms, like that idea too. old coal mines played out, could be a perfect ideal mushroom growing garden center.
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Post by crazy1 on Nov 22, 2006 7:22:05 GMT -6
Old abandoned mines do make great places to grow button mushrooms or portobellos. But all the shrooms I grow require some light and a higher temperature to fruit.
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Post by Songbird on Nov 24, 2006 19:38:05 GMT -6
cool lookin' !!
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