Agar or Liquid Culture?
Agar or Liquid Culture?
If you start digging deeper into mushroom cultivation, eventually you run into two things pretty quickly: agar and liquid culture.
Both are ways of working with mushroom mycelium, and both have their place. They just solve different problems.
So which one should you use?
The answer depends a lot on what you are trying to do, how much you have learned so far, and how much control you want over the culture you are working with.
Cultivating Boletes!
What happens when you find a mushroom nobody really knows how to grow?
You try.
In this new Swamp Fox Fungi deep dive, I’m exploring the cultivation of unusual boletes, from the tropical black bolete Phlebopus portentosus to Florida’s mysterious Buchwaldoboletus/Chalciporus hemichrysus. Along the way, we’ll look at the research that has already pushed these fungi further into cultivation than you might expect, and what it can teach us about experimenting with the unknown.
The recipes aren't always written.
Sometimes you have to start asking the questions yourself.
🍄 Read the full post: Cultivating the Unknown
Growing Mushrooms is Mimicing Nature!
Growing mushrooms doesn't have to be complicated. By understanding how moisture, fresh air, humidity, temperature, light, and genetics work together, you can recreate nature and grow healthy mushrooms almost anywhere! From logs and garden beds to tubs and fruiting tents. Learn the biology behind fruiting and become a better cultivator by understanding the why, not just the how.