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Have you tinctured Chanterelles?
Has anyone on here personally tinctured chanterelle mushrooms? If so, will you share trusted sources of information on what the tincture provides? I'd like to pour over some information on this but I know that there are enough AI sites now that I'd rather hear from one of you that has first hand experience and information…
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Mushrooms & Vitamin D
I'd never heard of this before. Have you?
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Amazing Birch Polypore
While I am busy processing garden produce, I usually listen to videos to keep my mind busy and hopefully learn in the process. Here is a topic that showed up today. Birch is amazing. Fungi, bark, tea, syrup. It's full of goodness. Enjoy! More on birch. I think we will do a study on birch in our house until we know this…
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Christopher Hobbs Mushrooms as Medicine Free Video Event Jan. 3, 2023
I'm signing up for this one! It's on my birthday, too. Mushrooms as Medicine | The Shift Network
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Mushroom ID
Yesterday My family and I were walking in the pasture, and mom saw these mushrooms on lots of the old poplar stumps and wondered if they might be turkey tail mushrooms.
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New Additions to My Mushroom Guides
I added a couple more books to my field guide collection. Foraging is a great way to add new and interesting foods to your diet. But be safe, especially with mushrooms! Mushrooming Without Fear by Alexander Schwab was 14.95. A Guide to Missouri's Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms is free to MO residents through the Missouri…
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Appalachian Truffles
Back in Washington state, we sometimes found squirrel digs with tiny little round pits in the bottom. I think it was some sort of truffle.
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Mushroom ID
Yesterday my family and I were walking in the pasture, and mom saw some mushrooms on some old poplar stumps and wondered if they were turkey tail mushrooms. We were not sure.
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Turkey Tail Mushrooms
I know we have turkey tail mushrooms in out area and I am sure I have some on the land but until I harvest a mushroom (usually with someone who has hunted mushrooms for years) I do not feel comfortable harvesting them. My nephew has a friend who hunts them all the time so I hope to go out with them soon. I thought both of…
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Mycorrhiza
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This is a magic mushroom and taxonomy is debated, but I think it's Mycena arcangeliana!!!
This past year right before the Thanksgiving holiday, my well was running bone dry. As much as I love everything in life, the past year had taken a tremendous toll in terms of depleting some core energies. My batteries wouldn't recharge, even with my cannabis smoothie shake. This always usually does the trick. At this…
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Mushrooms in the garden
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Foraging for mushrooms
I do want to grow my own mushrooms but I would also like to forage for mushrooms too. Do we have mushroom foragers here or good links to help with a new adventure?
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Has anyone had success in growing Morels?
I have hunted morels in central Indiana for 50+ years with moderate success, mostly depending on weather (wet cold spring, too dry, etc). A few years back, I dropped $50 on morel spawn to try to start my own little patch, with the knowledge that it would take a year before I might see any. Never did see any. Has anyone had…
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Flavored Mushrooms
Can anyone tell me if using other woods like hickory, sugar maple, or cherry does it change the flavor of the mushrooms like the wood smoke changes the flavor of meat?
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New book - Healing Mushrooms by Richard Bray
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Richard Bray, who offered a free Kindle copy of his new book, "Healing Mushrooms" in return for an honest review. Looks like it's only on Kindle right now. Of course, you can read any Kindle book on a computer with the free app. It seems like a pretty good book to me. It's…
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September and October are perfect for planting Wine Caps!
September and October are perfect for planting Wine Cap mushrooms! We talk a lot about the benefits of Wine Cap mushrooms in the garden environment. There are so many great things about growing this mushroom, and one of those things is that you can fall plant this mushroom for happy returns come growing season 2021! You…
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Today's find, prettiest chicken of the woods I've ever seen!
In the mountains, where I normally live, "chickens" or "Sulphur Shelf" Laetiporus are usually more pale and thicker. Down here, in the sandhills, they are more rare, more deeply colored, more aromatic and and far more perishable. I've rarely spotted one before the bugs get it and it gets waterlogged. This one just came up…
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Growing Blewit Mushrooms
Just got this from Mushroom Mountain": Blewits (Clitocybe nuda = Lepista nuda) are lilac to purple mushrooms that can be found fruiting during the fall and winter months. They like a heavy frost or freeze to initiate fruiting, for this reason blewits will not fruit in tropical climates. They taste mild and silky, and are…
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Best Mushroom for Beginners?
Please give me suggestions of the best type of mushrooms to start with! I've been keen to start growing for ages but don't know where to start. I'm a pretty good gardener, but mushrooms are like little aliens to me. I live in an Alpine type climate in South Africa if that helps. Have access to everything but the rarest…
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Reishi Mushroom uses
I have purchsed reishi mushroom powder in the past but now I've been able to forage my own. I've started tincture and dried the rest of it. I'm just looking for ideas in addition to tincturing. One article online said they put a slice or two in cooked soups and stews. I found the purchased powder way too bitter for adding…
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puffball mushrooms
Found a nice patch of puffball mushrooms in our yard today. We harvested them and will make spaghetti tomorrow! Yummy. My 4 year old loves mushrooms and is very excited.
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Indoor Bagged Mushroom Grow Op.
Can I say first that I loved the TNG mushroom certificate program. It was full of great information and didn't miss anything needed to take this style of mushroom grow to full production. My personal situation didn't lend me any favors for this style of mushroom production for several reasons. #1- Hard wood here is quite…
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Cordyceps
I just started taking cordyceps about a month ago...it's not something I would have chosen for myself as the idea of a fungus grown in a caterpillar is a bit gross. However, I guess the cordyceps tinctures are made with the fungus grown on rice, which is a bit more palatable. I have had to take a short break from taking it…
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Using Mycorrhizae in Your Garden - with instructional video
Good info: Using Mycorrhizae in Your Garden with instructional video Greetings everyone! Spring is in full swing in the South and on the way for everyone else across the United States, so seeding and gardens are going to be planted up soon, which means starting them the right way. Here at our home and Mushroom Mountain, we…
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ISO North Eastern Utah Mushroom Cultivation Community?
Hello Everyone! I am a Utah local in the north eastern part looking to connect to anyone local who is having success with their commercial mushroom operation, local forys, and other community activities. I am eager to learn and have others to explore with! Connect with me here or send me a link. Thank you! I can't wait to…
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Mighty Mushrooms
This looked interesting so thought some of you may find it helpful.
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How to Grow Wine Cap Mushrooms
Good info on growing Wine Caps: How to Grow the Wine Cap Mushroom Stropharia rugoso-annulata King stropharia, or the wine cap mushroom takes its name from the rich wine like coloring of the cap in its younger button state. As it gets larger, it can lighten in cap color becoming a golden yellowish brown with age. The gills…
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from a mushroom hunter
Well, I wish I was a mycologist - I have read most every book I can find on identifying, growing, hunting and using mushrooms... but there are no schools that I can find, within at least a few thousand miles of where I live that teach mycology. I may go back to school to study botany, but if I concentrate on mycology…
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Growing Shiitake on Logs
Great info on growing Shitakes: Growing Shiitake on Logs Getting to know the mushroom One of the most popular mushrooms that we sell here at mushroom mountain is the Shiitake mushroom. This is an amazing mushroom, and extremely easy to grow! We are going to share with you how to grow them on logs, how to boost their…