Kingdom Fungi
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Haha that’s awesome… One of my favorite things to do… around where I live…
Wow! So cool that you have so many good species around where you live! I hope to find some kings as beautiful as those this year!
Tell us more about those truffles! Did you rake them? Or use a pig or dog? Very cool!
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Thx @Brock that‘s been a pretty good year. There are years you see almost none and then there are years you get the whole range. Season here usually starts in June with Chanterelle, Porcini in August and September. Parasol can be found from early spring to late autumn. Truffles in November and December. Black Truffles can be found in Southern Austria almost everywhere but you need a trained dog to find them. Better qualities and White Truffles are from Istria in Croatia, that’s about a three hours drive. White Truffles are super expensive, if you want to go for them you usually need a guide with a dog there.
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Wow! That looks like a delightful pan of food!
There’s plenty of truffles that grow here in Oregon too. I have never found any but I think the majority are in southern Oregon. There used to be a reality TV show that was based in Oregon, I think it was called Truffle Hunters?
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Do chanterelles grown around your area?
My younger brother has found a couple of chanterelle varieties in his neck of the woods a big further east into Maryland. He apparently has a spot in a state park he frequents when the time is right. I have yet to find or try any.
I was kinda bummed about the lion's mane I found because it was too old, but I went back out the next day to the same tree and looked closer and found more small ones. So hopefully I can catch them when they are ripe at a different time. Still much to learn.
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Very cool! Let us know if you do catch that lions mane at a better time
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@Filthy:
Damn, you've got quite the brown thumb Brock. That's more luck than I ever had growing any cubes. But I think the kind I had wear not really suited for the climate I'm in. I was shopping for potency and not viability back when I did that the one summer. I never got more than maybe two flushes, like enough to give to my friends.
Thanks man. This was my first go at it and I think I lucked out. Especially since I went from multi spore syringe (MSS) straight to grain instead of using agar. It’s all about keeping it sterile until you have colonized substrate. But I’m still a major noob and I’m excited to try cultivating gormet mushrooms!
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I saw an interesting vapor lock device that is dry autoclavable (oven) that goes on the top of a mason jar. But I guess you do the agar thing and inject the spores into a liquid, then put it on birdseed, then into your fruiting chamber. Google PF TEK to see the procedure I used. Like I said, I think I should have just gotten some easier to grow spores and I probably would been fine.
I have the death cap mushroom that grow around my house. One bite of them and you'll be needed a kidney transplant in a month… But by the time you realize you're sick it's already too late.
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One of my favorite docs! I read the book too. It’s even better
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