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Category Archives: Harvest

Turkey Tail: a Powerful Medicinal, and Some Look-Alikes

Posted on July 24, 2017 by MycognosticSeptember 11, 2017
Turkey Tail Mushrooms are good for the immune system.

A lot of research has been done, and much written, about the benefits of Trametes versicolor, AKA Turkey Tail. There are many of reports of traditional use, as well as modern scientific studies reporting it contains anticancer, and immune boosting, … Continue reading →

Posted in Forays, Harvest, Medicinal

Inoculating Stumps with Sawdust Spawn

Posted on June 14, 2017 by MycognosticSeptember 11, 2017
In a few days the spawn has jumped of the spawn and started to consume the wood.

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Posted in Harvest, Outdoor Growing

Welcome to Mycognosis

Posted on January 2, 2017 by MycognosticNovember 18, 2019
Ingredients for an Immune Boosting Tea Clockwise from the top: Clockwise from the top: Ginseng, Maitake, Reishi, Chaga, Artists' Conk, Shiitake

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Posted in Art, Forays, Harvest, Indoor Growing, Medicinal, News, Outdoor Growing, Recipe

The Great Elm Oyster (Hypsizygus ulmarius) Mix-up

Posted on December 13, 2016 by MycognosticSeptember 11, 2017
Which is the Elm Oyster (Hypsizygus ulmarius) - A search of the internet for “Hypsizygus ulmarius” turns up about a 50/50 split between pictures of the two distinct species. The divide is pretty clearly between growers and field mycologists.

In early October my partner mentioned they had seen a solitary mushroom emerging from a wound in an elm tree on our local trail. This especially interested me because of the Muskoka Mushroom Mystery. I took my camera up there … Continue reading →

Posted in Forays, Harvest, Indoor Growing, Outdoor Growing | Tagged elm oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius

Cloning King Oysters from Chinatown

Posted on August 9, 2016 by MycognosticSeptember 11, 2017
King Oyster Harvest Time: Mushrooms bought in Chinatown and cloned to agar then grown out on sawdust and wood chips and straw.

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Posted in Harvest, Indoor Growing, Recipe

Elm Oysters on Meatloaf

Posted on December 10, 2015 by MycognosticSeptember 11, 2017
Serve with all the fixin's.

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Posted in Harvest, Indoor Growing, Recipe

Shiitake and Blue Oysters

Posted on September 20, 2015 by MycognosticSeptember 11, 2017

These shiitake mushrooms fruited on a log that was inoculated at least seven years ago and given to us as a gift. The Blue Oysters are from an outdoor bed that was started in a laundry basket on a substrate of … Continue reading →

Posted in Harvest, Outdoor Growing

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