more Ps. cyanenscens - right?

[August West]

so i've been harvesting a miniscule amount of these every, oh, several days for about a month.
i probably don't even have 3.5 grams off this patch.

i harvested Ps. cyanenscens off it last year which is why, i'm nearly positive that's what's here.

i know there is variance in all species .
to a mushroom, these have all been considerably smaller (no bigger than what is in the pics) with only the faintest hint of wavy caps. also, the substrate is a bed of alder chip mulch that hasn't been replenished in several years so it may be that the nutes just aren't there anymore.

took a spore print but it was pretty weak.
by the time i got them home from work, they were already too dry.
the only definitive thing to say about the print is that it was dark.

sorry the pics are in my poorly lit home as opposed to where i found them.

thanks for checkin in...

[waylitjim]

Originally Posted by August West

so i've been harvesting a miniscule amount of these every, oh, several days for about a month. i probably don't even have 3.5 grams off this patch.
i harvested Ps. cyanenscens off it last year which is why, i'm nearly positive that's what's here

They look like cyans to me. Is this a natural or cultivated patch?

[August West]

Originally Posted by waylitjim

They look like cyans to me. Is this a natural or cultivated patch?

hey jim,
hope all is well.

it's natural.

on a side note, i transplanted an established patch from 'natural' mycelium last Feb. I got nothing out of it this year. i put it under a large cedar tree because i knew the tree wouldn't get disturbed - as in, i wasn't gonna be taking the tree down or disturbing the ground around it (we moved onto some land last winter and there is a lot of work to do).

there are obviously several possibilities as to what happened but, i wonder if the cedar had something to do with it. i believe they (Thuja plicata) have anti-fungal properties. maybe it'll produce again next year

oh well, nice to be in the fungal land of milk and honey...where there's always another patch to check

[ethnobotanica]

Hi August,

I would say that the cedar definately inhibited your growth.

I would suggest rescuing some strands of mycelium and placing them in some jars/tubs/ ziploc bags filled with hardwood chips.

I did this under the advice of MJShroomer a couple years ago.
I simply put a handful of pasturized/soaked beech chips (reptile bedding) in ziploc bags, then dropped a strand or 2 in each bag, rolled them up and put them in box somewhere indoors. They were the size of a half oz of green.
I had also dipped these strands for about 1 minute in a dilute peroxide solution to clean it. However, sterility is not uber important when transferring. I checked them once/twice a week, opening for fresh air each time. They were colonized in a month.

I then spawned them outdoors following Waylit's tek.

You may want to find a spot away from that cedar.

This was the result this year.

http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...wavy-caps.html (Wavy Caps!!!!:))

Hope that helps.

Good luck

[August West]

Originally Posted by ethnobotanica

Hi August,

I would say that the cedar definately inhibited your growth.

I would suggest rescuing some strands of mycelium and placing them in some jars/tubs/ ziploc bags filled with hardwood chips.

I did this under the advice of MJShroomer a couple years ago.
I simply put a handful of pasturized/soaked beech chips (reptile bedding) in ziploc bags, then dropped a strand or 2 in each bag, rolled them up and put them in box somewhere indoors. They were the size of a half oz of green.
I had also dipped these strands for about 1 minute in a dilute peroxide solution to clean it. However, sterility is not uber important when transferring. I checked them once/twice a week, opening for fresh air each time. They were colonized in a month.

I then spawned them outdoors following Waylit's tek.

You may want to find a spot away from that cedar.

This was the result this year.

http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...wavy-caps.html (Wavy Caps!!!!:))

Hope that helps.

Good luck

thanks for the tips and the link ethno...

the chips are a mix of alder and cottonwood so i wasn't convinced that just putting them under a cedar would be a problem. at any rate, i have multiple patches around and will plan on using something like you suggest as i have never done, quite those steps before. thanks again

[MycoMistress]

August West, good luck with your mushroom patch!

I like your avatar.

Me and my mom were driving down the freeway at night several years ago. There was a Black Angus restaurant that bordered the freeway. They had a huge illuminated sign. The 'G' was burned out.

[ethnobotanica]

Originally Posted by August West

thanks for the tips and the link ethno...

the chips are a mix of alder and cottonwood so i wasn't convinced that just putting them under a cedar would be a problem. at any rate, i have multiple patches around and will plan on using something like you suggest as i have never done, quite those steps before. thanks again

Glad to be of help

I am actually using pint sized pp5 container's this year. I simply use the tip of a lighter flame to melt a small hole in the lids then just put a bit of polyfill stuffing in it, or use a glue gun to fix a piece of tyvek on. This should reduce the need for opening to let in fresh air.

Peace