mycoculture update
Jan. 27th, 2012 10:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
halifaxearthtechSo winter is a slow season, especially for gardeners. But I wanted to show you some updated photos one month on in the process of mushrooming.
The enokitake did in fact sprout mycellium from its stem butt. Stamets tells us that enoki mycellium is supposed to smell awful, and I have not made some horrible mistake. I've given it some more damp cardboard and when that is colonized will move it to sawdust and burlap.
I've moved the oyster culture to a burlap sack filled with unsterilized moist sawdust, in a garbage bag (to preserve moisture), in my basement. The icecream tub-full of mycelliated straw was fibrous and tough to pull apart, and smelled delightfully of almonds. I have high hopes for this one!
No signs of life yet from the burlap-log (a damp burlap sack I filled with a thin layer of mycelliated sawdust and rolled up into a log) but there's plenty of time yet.
The enokitake did in fact sprout mycellium from its stem butt. Stamets tells us that enoki mycellium is supposed to smell awful, and I have not made some horrible mistake. I've given it some more damp cardboard and when that is colonized will move it to sawdust and burlap.
I've moved the oyster culture to a burlap sack filled with unsterilized moist sawdust, in a garbage bag (to preserve moisture), in my basement. The icecream tub-full of mycelliated straw was fibrous and tough to pull apart, and smelled delightfully of almonds. I have high hopes for this one!
No signs of life yet from the burlap-log (a damp burlap sack I filled with a thin layer of mycelliated sawdust and rolled up into a log) but there's plenty of time yet.
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Date: 2012-01-28 11:56 am (UTC)