This is the time of year you might find Ustilago maydisa, a biotrophic parasite fungus which takes over corn. Thanks to my friend and neighbor Justine for spotting some for me this year, which I will try to use on … Continue reading
Category Archives: Outdoor Growing
Hardy stuff! Here is a picture of Blue Oyster mycelium growing off discarded grain spawn in dirty dish water. The same strain just fruited from a pile of old bulk straw/sawdust/woodchip spawn from last year which survived a winter with … Continue reading
Here’s an idea: create a bulk substrate pasteurizer with a discarded Richard Simmons Steam Heat Cooker (manual here) and a couple of used bins from the Sally Ann. This ended up working way better than my old wet pasteurization method: … Continue reading
Stay tuned to see how the Oysters take to the substrate and whether I can get them to fruit. … Continue reading
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