[sudo-discuss] [sudo-announce] sudoShroom

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Speaking of which - do we have any access to sudoroof? :-D

Patrik

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Jonah Silas Sheridan <
freedom at jonahsilas.net> wrote:

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> Hi all (from a lurker & fan) --
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> I am not sure I would recommend fruiting your oyster mushrooms indoors,
> at least not without significant ventilation & filtration in place.
> Oysters are notorious sporulaters to the point that wild foraged ones
> are often left outside to drop spores before being brought inside for
> drying or cooking. Commercial facilities use personal protection as well
> as central HVAC to manage spores. A heavy sporeload can cause acute
> symptoms (mostly involving the lungs) but more commonly long term
> exposure can lead to spore sensitivity/allergies. Basically spores are
> just nasty (and also magic).
>
> That being said -- propagating mycelium, making plugs, preparing &
> colonizing growing media and the like is totally safe & fine for indoors
> and I totally encourage it Fruiting is best in a green house/garage/back
> yard. Also some other types of mushrooms are less aggressive in their
> spore production. Stamets' Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms is
> *the* reference:
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> http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Gourmet-Medicinal-Mushrooms-Stamets/dp/1580081754
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> As a lurker on this list I don't want to be a downer, but also wanted to
> share what I have learned from my experiments in fungi. I have
> cultivated two kinds of oysters in my garage and can attest to the vast
> quantity of spores they produce if left too long (which can be hard to
> gauge for a novice). I can also attest to the deliciousness of said
> mushrooms breaded and fried. :-)
>
> I am also happy to share whatever else I have learned in that process if
> y'all sudoShroomers wanna hit me up. I think this is a great project!
>
> Best,
>
> Jonah Silas Sheridan
> hol at gaskill.com:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Not all is clear yet but we definitely could use any spores or mycelia
> that can be found for edible species, along with good substrates,
> particularly spent grain, straw, and hard wood or preferably hardwood
> chips. Any ideas on container could be brainstormed to fruition - right
> now I'm thinking of using milk crates with up to 4 different
> inoculations in 4 different HDPE milk cartons, which would make for a
> stackable design. Also important is humidity control. The first idea is
> to use a timer and mister of whatever sort we can hack together - there
> is a pump and set of nozzles at sudoroom for testing - but it would be
> nice to be able to close the loop and provide misting using some logic
> to keep humidity within a preset range.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Hol
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