We are currently using XLS-As that are essentially self supporting trays, I’ll make a post on here next week to show the converted slant shelf carts we made for cordy cultivation. Trays can help but if the bags on the shelves are left undisturbed through the dark colonization and light fruit formations they are unnecessary. We did just get some bins in from SacO2 which are interesting for cordy cultivation without the bag, I’ll post those up too come monday

Not currently, we are working towards more of a physical lab complex for the growing MycoWizards communities. The first one will be at the new Cap N Stem location in Lewiston Maine within a years time, acting as a launching pad and a welcome spot for any traveling MycoWizards members to work on projects, teach classes, etc!

Welcome! Whatchu got growing?!

Those beat pulp pellets are tough to break up eh? I remember using them years ago hoping the substrate would have a color effect on the fruitbodies!

Yea, its exactly as Brendan confirmed, a pretty common cultivation occurrence. Some phenotypes do it more than others and some genus are more inclined to perform this sort of selective growth as fruitbodies develop. I suspect it has a lot to do with which pathways produce faster growth for proper spore producing basidia for dispersion being the common goal. The old saying "cant save em all" likely sums it up.

What's your sub mix? Cook method? Strain used?

Sick!!! So Beech can be a real Biatch, but it just takes time. Incubation on MM takes between 4-6 weeks similar to p. adiposa in its maturation time. Fruiting is best initiated similar to AA-CNS, by top fruiting at 60-65F. While Beech really digs high humidity, it is susceptible to rosecomb like morphology so keeping a extremely finely atomized mist is preferred for proper fruitbody formations.

This is really radical stuff Phillipe, thanks so much for sharing the article with us. This sort of thing speaks to what we would love to see the mycowizards community and many more like it build in the form of community labs and collective farms, something much different than the insanity of the button industry's undoing in recent years. 

Very cool! Beautiful even formations! Have you tried just straight rice with crushed soybean's before? Saw a video from a farm in the far east and that was their tried and true ingredient blend.

Hey Amigo, Id say so long as the Merv rating and the filtration level is high enough go with whats most affordable. We are contemplating bringing in some chinese units for folks that are top mounted 8 foot cabinets and they are around $3-4K compared to the price of domestic units...but this will be a little ways off...