A cute little Suillus bovinus (probably) grew with my COVID-time seed planted tree
Venus_Ziegenfalle @feddit.org - 5mon
I wonder if there's some "mycorrhiza tek" where you put a bonsai in a monotub 😄
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Alexander - 5mon
They actually sell seedlings inoculated with mycorrhiza I think. My wife speculates, that too vigorous mushroom as they get in monotubs will totally turn from symbiotic to predatory, as is customary in this world.
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Venus_Ziegenfalle @feddit.org - 5mon
Yeah you can use the benefits of mycorrhiza for keeping the tree healthy but what I meant is using it as a way to grow mushrooms at home that you couldn't otherwise. Sacrificing a bonsai each time probably wouldn't be quite worth the effort though 😅 Maybe there's a way to keep a detached root alive long enough for the mycelium to prey on it and fruit some shrooms. Sounds like a fun project at least.
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Alexander - 5mon
Actually I've seen scientific papers that did just that - hydroponically kept a root alive until full colonization. I wouldn't attempt that, I have plenty of actual living forest to mess with this extremely complicated system in a jar, knowing it is possible feels enough, pushing it further is not worth the effort. At least now.
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Brave Little Hitachi Wand - 5mon
Cool idea to have planted something then, to mark the time. It's looking great!
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Drado, The Hobbit - 5mon
So tiny, so cute ❤️
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the_artic_one @programming.dev - 5mon
I've never seen such a small Suillus, I'm used to them being pretty sizeable.
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Alexander - 5mon
Yeah, was surprised as well, but it looks correct and they grow locally a lot. I've seen fruiting body growing smaller than normal in my constrained growing experiments (but also larger than normal sometimes).
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A spruce and a mushroom
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/30676397
I wonder if there's some "mycorrhiza tek" where you put a bonsai in a monotub 😄
They actually sell seedlings inoculated with mycorrhiza I think. My wife speculates, that too vigorous mushroom as they get in monotubs will totally turn from symbiotic to predatory, as is customary in this world.
Yeah you can use the benefits of mycorrhiza for keeping the tree healthy but what I meant is using it as a way to grow mushrooms at home that you couldn't otherwise. Sacrificing a bonsai each time probably wouldn't be quite worth the effort though 😅 Maybe there's a way to keep a detached root alive long enough for the mycelium to prey on it and fruit some shrooms. Sounds like a fun project at least.
Actually I've seen scientific papers that did just that - hydroponically kept a root alive until full colonization. I wouldn't attempt that, I have plenty of actual living forest to mess with this extremely complicated system in a jar, knowing it is possible feels enough, pushing it further is not worth the effort. At least now.
Cool idea to have planted something then, to mark the time. It's looking great!
So tiny, so cute ❤️
I've never seen such a small Suillus, I'm used to them being pretty sizeable.
Yeah, was surprised as well, but it looks correct and they grow locally a lot. I've seen fruiting body growing smaller than normal in my constrained growing experiments (but also larger than normal sometimes).