I just joined this group today. I'm looking for a group of people
that enjoy cultivating mushrooms and dabble in creating cultures of
wild mushrooms. I have some experience growing elm oyster using
Rush Wayne's peroxide method. I took a break from cultivating for
the last 2 years. I currently have an old bag of elm oyster spawn
that is starting to fruit. I'm trying to create a pure culture of
mycelium from this spawn, but the mushroom seems hopelessly
intermingled with at least 2 kinds of mold. I'm using agar plates
with peroxide to try to isolate things.
I look forward to reading posts from others that are creating
cultures from mushrooms found in the wild or from the produce
section.
For those of you that maintain a collection of gourmet mushroom cultures, would anyone be interested in a trade? Although I do not currently have any mycelium I can trade, I do have things like hardy citrus seedlings, pinenut seedlings, and other edibles I collect. Anyone want a wax jambu seedling?
-Mark in Seattle