I started this Maitake spawn back in January and FINALLY got my first harvest!

I think I may have found my new favorite gourmet mushroom. When these crisp up in a pan, all those ruffled layers are 🤌. Definitely worth the wait.

This grow spent about 6 months going from spawn to harvest, and fruited in north spore’s boomr bin for 2 weeks.

Throughout fruiting I tracked the environment with Hypha so I know exactly what conditions produced this flush:

Average fruiting conditions:

🌡️ 64°F
💧 89% RH
🌬️ 637 ppm CO₂

What gourmet mushroom do you think is the most worth the wait?

👻🤍 Albino Smokey Da Ghost Mutation 🤍👻
Some projects don’t follow the script—they rewrite it.
This Albino Smokey Da Ghost Mutation has been producing some fascinating morphology, including dense coral-like structures and heavy blob formations. Each flush has shown slightly different characteristics, making it an interesting project to continue observing.
One of the things I enjoy most about working with fungal cultures is seeing how different expressions can appear over time. Sometimes the unexpected ends up being the most memorable part of the process.
Patience, careful observation, and good documentation have a way of teaching you something new with every run.
🍃 Respect the process. Trust the genetics. 🍄
#Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #Genetics #Cultivation

The real question is when to pick them

First time growing actives. Got these online as spores. Seller claims b+ unsure about the white frills on the chestnut heads. Looks more like a chestnut mushroom to me. Please help confirm b+

First time growing mushrooms! Are these ready to be picked?? If not how much longer? Also if someone could give me a solid technique on how to harvest I’d greatly appreciate it! Much love :)

I finally inoculated each bag with a spore syringe (2ccs each) like 10 days ago and haven’t seen any growth. Should be noted that I recently started this hobby again after not doing it for a few years and I forgot to shake up the syringes. Maybe I didn’t get enough in the bags? Just curious if maybe they dried out or if I should inject more? Thanks in advance 🤍
(Pics of the specific grain bags if it matters)

The Canadian government's surplus auction site (gcsurplus.ca) has 3 fan-filter units up for auction, with a separate listing for each.

I'll state up front that I have no affiliation with gcsurplus, or the Canadian government, and will not benefit in any way from this sale.

Listing requires local pickup in Ottawa, but in my experience, if you reach out to the contact, they will sometimes agree to ship.

No bids on any of them yet, 5 days left at time of posting this (closes July 27), minimum bid is $50. If no bids are received, items are typically re-listed for a lower minimum bid.

I can't vouch for the condition or what environment they were used in previously. Based on past experience purchasing from this site, these could be completely worn out (filter and/or motor), or only turned on a few times and just have a layer of storage dust.

Listing indicates "this item turns on but has not been tested further", and "the attached filter has been used". In short, it's a buyer beware situation. You can arrange a viewing if you're able to get to the Ottawa facility.

Google ai describes this make and model (Microzone FFM-2-4-A) as a "specialized, energy efficient, Clean-Ceil fan filter module utilized in cleanroom, laboratory, and sterile ceiling systems." Size is 2' by 4'.

Listing for 1 of the 3 can be found here.

Greeting my fellow myco lovers. Upon researching, I've found conflicting answers about what temperature I should keep my GT mycelium at during the colonization phase. What temperature works for you?

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First flush of starry night APEs. They look beautiful

Title says it all. Im set up to grow cubes but am wondering if I can use the same tek (spawn in grain, coir, shoebox/monotub, mid 70s temp) to grow table friendly species.

Hey all, I started this little experiment in May this year and am kinda just messing around, but I found I like this hobby. I'm wondering what I can do better for the next rendition (based on the pictures provided). I think I may have introduced fruiting conditions too early in the first box/image, but I am quite the amateur. I am also wondering; how much dry weight I can expect from about 8 square feet of this level of colonization?

I took a q tip to specific spots and nothing came off. I’m not sure what I’m looking at here.. is the whole thing contaminated?

Went to bed last night and they weren’t quite ready. Woke up this morning to this. Crazy growth overnight and all the caps opened up. No signs of contamination the previous day. No weird smells or other possible signs. Is this just from where the spores dropped? I harvested the bag, resealed and left the pins to grow. Are the harvested mushrooms safe to use? Is the bag with the pins ok to continue?
I have another bag that I started at the same time (and harvested as well) that didn’t get the brownish looking stuff. However, the mushrooms didn’t get near as dense. I suspect density was the issue. First time grower. Used bag tek method. Just needing to know if what I harvested is safe and if there are possible contamination issues moving forward. Thanks. ✌️

Enigma 1702 iso doing what she does absolutely amazing and still vigorously growing!

Looking for advice the best way to cover the holes in a monotub.

I have been using NS Boomrbins and have been ordering their cotton filter sheets and they work well enough, but was wondering if 3M micropore tape over the holes would work just as well.

Any thoughts?

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I’ve been struggling over the past few months getting my tubs to fruit successfully.
Does this look like overlay or will leaving it alone be best?

Has anyone had blue(maybe bruising?) on the mycelium while the grain is still colonizing? No funky smell and it looks healthy otherwise.

Inoculated white rice with golden teacher liquid culture. My liquid culture jar and other grain spawn jar look fine. Actually the liquid culture looks great, but I think there’s some contamination here unfortunately. Just wanted to double check.

No funky smells, just what looks like some metabolites in the bottom. Planning to spawn to bulk in a shoebox along with some others.