making mycelium material – some loose protocols

Supplies: grain spawn (many are fast growing; Pleurotus (oyster muchroom) is probably the fastest species, and is hardy, in terms of resistance to competition,  but it will depend on the density you desire). You can purchase from mycosense, fungi.com, etc. I recommend mycosense because they are a small attentive company, and they are really into this process and work. 100 …

Eureka! Mycelium

I think we found our myco pal!!!! Normal enough — when wearing plaid. Sampan Super Chai‘s new friend, Jon Salmon of Mycosense Mushrooms, a PDX-based start up and supplier of kits and spawn inoculants “with the goal of enabling individuals to grow their own choice edible mushrooms right in their own homes starting with our Miraculous Growing Kits. For the …

Inoculation

I’m learning how to grow mycelium materials. First, a big shout out to Phil Ross for teaching workshops about this process, and for being a pioneer willing to share. Here are some janky documentation images of my process (with support and help from Jon Salmon of Mycosense and Sara Huston of TLAAG). I’ll get a more orderly post …