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    • BrockB
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      I’ve been a mycophile for quite a while now. I haven’t seen any mushroom threads on here so I thought I’d start one.

      I mushroom hunt with my family whenever possible and I’ve recently been getting into mushroom cultivation. I have plans to grow lions mane, pink oysters, Reishi, and Cordyceps. I just harvested my first flush of P. Cubensis.

      Let’s see all the things fungi! Do you forage? Cultivate? Micro dose? Use mushrooms medicinally? Drink them instead of coffee? Mushroom books? Recipes? Puzzles? Etc….???

      Here are a few fungal flicks:



















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      • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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        Damn, you've got quite the brown thumb Brock. That's more luck than I ever had growing any cubes. But I think the kind I had wear not really suited for the climate I'm in. I was shopping for potency and not viability back when I did that the one summer. I never got more than maybe two flushes, like enough to give to my friends.

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        • henry_davidH
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          Didn't know you were such a … fungus fiend, @Brock  😃

          Lovely photos and your kids look like they're having a riot. Such natural beauty dude! Is that closer to the coast?

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          • ARNCA
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            Those mushrooms look amazing.  I'm not brave/knowledgeable enough to hunt for mushrooms but I love eating them.  I keep coming back to Gennaro Contaldo's take on funghi misti saltati: sweat chopped garlic and red chilli in oil, increase the heat and add mushrooms, after a minute add a little vegetable stock and reduce slightly, then add parsley and salt.  Works as a side, a starter with good bread or with tagliatelle.

            “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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            • W
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              Mushrooms give me shit-ake, but you look like a… Fun guy.  😶

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              • OaktaviaO
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                Holy friggin frig those morels are huge!

                I love mushrooms for their beauty, mystique and of course for eating. I have foraged a little chicken of the woods here in Maryland. Just stumble upon them in the mountain during walks. Made some amazing breaded nuggets a couple of years back.

                I love taking photos of mushrooms, particularly on two specific hiking trails near Appalachia.

                Here are some photos of my findings. Some I think were eatible, like maybe the boletes and coral but I was too wary to try. Chicken also pictured and as stated was delicious. Also pictured is witch's butter, wood ear and some lion's mane. The witch's butter I heard can be spread on toast but I did not try that and I did not forage the wood ear because I had tried it before from our local Korean market and dislike the texture. As for the lion's mane, that was found on a dead tree right next to the house Amanda and I are buying from her grandmother in West Virginia. It looked a bit old though so after much deliberation I discarded what I picked. Gma says she has found morels on the property and I am stoked on that. I have only tried those from the hippies who used to bring them into the restaurant where I used to work during my undergrad.

                P.s. please excuse the black chunks in the photos. They are screenshots I forgot to crop.

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                • GilesG
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                  This thread goes straight to the top of the "Prettiest Thread on the Forum" chart in it's first week  😉 😉 😉 😉

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • NikN
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                    Agreed, cool thread. Did some cultivation during lockdown 1.0

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                    • dinobarnesberlinD
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                      The Fungus is among us–---buncha shroomers  😎

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                      • Bfd70B
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                        Wow. Great pictures. Most surprising thread of the year award.

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                        • OaktaviaO
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                          Yeah @Brock this was a great idea.

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                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                          • W
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                            @dinobarnesberlin:

                            The Fungus is among us–---buncha shroomers  😎

                            “Ok, shroomer”  😃

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                            • popvultureP
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                              Ok I will 1000000% be following this thread closely!

                              Holy shit those morels are as big as your kids!

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                              • BrockB
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                                Wow! This is so awesome!! I’m so elated that there is so much activity on this thread already… I’m super busy rn working on the yard. (We have been blessed with some sun this weekend) but I want to read all of these and respond later! Looking forward to the progression of this thread!! [emoji1430][emoji3590][emoji265]

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                                • ChapC
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                                  Haha that’s awesome… One of my favorite things to do… around where I live…

                                  …and about 3 hours south

                                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                  • BrockB
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                                    @Filthy:

                                    Damn, you've got quite the brown thumb Brock. That's more luck than I ever had growing any cubes. But I think the kind I had wear not really suited for the climate I'm in. I was shopping for potency and not viability back when I did that the one summer. I never got more than maybe two flushes, like enough to give to my friends.

                                    Thanks man. This was my first go at it and I think I lucked out. Especially since I went from multi spore syringe (MSS) straight to grain instead of using agar. It’s all about keeping it sterile until you have colonized substrate. But I’m still a major noob and I’m excited to try cultivating gormet mushrooms!

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                                    • BrockB
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                                      @henry_david:

                                      Didn't know you were such a … fungus fiend, @Brock  😃

                                      Lovely photos and your kids look like they're having a riot. Such natural beauty dude! Is that closer to the coast?

                                      Thanks Luke! A lot of these pictures are from the coastal range here but some are on the foothills of Mt Hood. My kids absolutely love mushroom hunting! It’s so fun to get into a large patch and pick live food off the ground!! It’s pretty incredible really

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                                      • BrockB
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                                        @ARNC:

                                        Those mushrooms look amazing.  I'm not brave/knowledgeable enough to hunt for mushrooms but I love eating them.  I keep coming back to Gennaro Contaldo's take on funghi misti saltati: sweat chopped garlic and red chilli in oil, increase the heat and add mushrooms, after a minute add a little vegetable stock and reduce slightly, then add parsley and salt.  Works as a side, a starter with good bread or with tagliatelle.

                                        You gotta start somewhere… pick up a local mushroom book and head out Into the woods. Use your book to ID various mushrooms and then start targeting the edible mushrooms that grow in your area. For me the major mushrooms are chanterelle, Morel, king Bolete, lions mane, bears head tooth, chicken of the woods, and some other medical ones.

                                        Sounds like a delicious recipe! Thanks

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                                        • BrockB
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                                          Wow! [mention]Oaktavia [/mention] super cool finds! I love chicken of the woods! I’ve only found it one time but I hope to get into more of it this spring. The morels we found last year were from a recent burned area and were bigger than any I have ever seen! I’m sure you can imagine the excitement my kids experienced!

                                          That’s awesome you found lions mane, I’ve yet to find one big enough to eat yet but hopefully this year that will change.
                                          Spring is coming, hope you find a good morel patch!
                                          Do chanterelles grown around your area?

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                                          • BrockB
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                                            @Nkwkfld:

                                            Agreed, cool thread. Did some cultivation during lockdown 1.0

                                            Nice! Epic little mini grow!! Cubes are such a gorgeous mushroom.

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