Fuzz

I recently bought a little boxed mini mushroom farm. It cost me fifteen dollars, and if it works and I get to watch oyster mushrooms grow, it'll be well worth it. I'm on day four or five, and I can see mycelium slowly growing beneath the surface of the substrate. I'll be posting pictures when it gets interesting.

Part of preparing the little mushroom farm was scraping a layer of mycelium off of part of the surface of the soil. I'm not sure if this mycelium was still active and capable of spreading, but I figure this is an excellent opportunity to find out.

I'm using cardboard strips (soaked in hot water and sealed in a pie tin) as a starter, and, sure enough, after a few days of warmth and darkness, there are patches of white fuzz sprouting up on the cardboard. It's hard to tell if this is oyster mushroom mycelium or just a common mold (not unlikely, considering the age of our house), but I'd like to try to transfer it to a more substantial substrate and see what happens.


I got a copy of Pontiak's "Echo Ono" for Christmas, and I really like it. Eventually I'll post a review.