Mushrooms

Cultivation logs, substrate, humidity, failures, and harvests.

MushroomsJuly 22, 20266 min read

Growing grey oyster mushrooms from a supermarket mushroom

Notes from my small experiment using the inner stem of a supermarket grey oyster mushroom to regrow mycelium on fresh coffee grounds.

#grey oyster mushroom#coffee grounds#mushroom growing#mycelium

Several jars of wheat grains and simple tools on a table before propagating mushroom spawn.

MushroomsJuly 22, 20269 min read

Propagating F2 mushroom spawn on wheat grains

Notes from the time I used a healthy grain spawn jar to make new F2 mushroom spawn on wheat grains, from soaking and sterilizing to waiting for white mycelium.

#mushrooms#grain spawn#wheat grains#mycelium

A cluster of grey oyster mushrooms with pale gills growing close together.

MushroomsJuly 20, 20266 min read

Growing mushrooms at home (Part 2): from grain spawn to the first Mushrooms

Notes from moving mushroom spawn onto straw substrate, incubating it in buckets, bottles, and freezer bags, then waiting for the first oyster mushroom clusters.

#mushrooms#mushroom growing#straw substrate#oyster mushrooms

Three Pilzmännchen mushroom spawn containers stacked before propagation.

MushroomsJuly 16, 20269 min read

From one spawn jar to many grain jars: my first try propagating mushrooms on corn

Notes from my first attempt to buy mushroom spawn in Germany, then propagate it on corn kernels for future growing batches.

#mushrooms#spawn#corn#mycelium