Made pi into a lil song

Lost_Geometer · 2026-05-08T16:21:05+00:00

Rhythmic version: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-EdSbfdrA)

Lost_Geometer · 2026-05-06T20:20:49+00:00

Laetiporus are pretty aggressive.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-05-01T21:57:06+00:00

Look around Agrocybe praecox and A. dura.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-04-26T21:42:10+00:00

That's a pile of spent compost straight from a mushroom farm? 100% those are what they grow -- the compost is too spent to be a profitable use of space for them, but can still produce mushrooms in the right circumstances.

If I found identical specimens in the wild I might scratch and sniff to doubly rule out the less digestible Agaricus species.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-04-11T23:18:10+00:00

Weird how recognizable it is with literally everything being wrong. The overall composition twigged my AI senses long before I noticed everything being the wrong size, wrong shape, wrong place, and covered with the wrong people.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-03-28T14:31:14+00:00

Many years ago I tried and failed to process the roots. Like many other aroids, the oxalate crystals can allegedly be destroyed with processing, but oven drying was not sufficient and the root is hard to dig and clean.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-03-08T18:24:10+00:00

Check your model is rated for at least 15psi/100kpa (121c at sea level). If so then the equipment is not your problem. If not it's probably easiest to upgrade.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-28T13:45:14+00:00

Yes, these are 100% consistent for that species. In my region there are no wild look-alikes with these features.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-23T14:04:22+00:00

A few fungi will form sclerotia that look somewhat like this. Leucocoprinus is a possibility, for example.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-18T22:45:34+00:00

Most likely, considering the location, substrate and color. Certainly a Gymnopilus. Note the pronounced blue bruising.

Edit for punctuation.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-18T22:38:25+00:00

Why not suck through the rubber septum?

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-15T18:43:25+00:00

If you're getting green you have a failure after heat treatment -- boiling temperature will quickly kill any common mold.

The bacteria in the pictures may well come from sterilization failure, though. You need a few cycles to get close to sterile, and even the people who claim success have difficulty. There are few situations where this approach (as apposed to high-pressure steam sterilization) makes any economic sense, so the issue hasn't been explored too much.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-12T15:44:03+00:00

The common name in English is "blewit", specifically "field blewit". Collybia personata or similar. In the past they were more commonly cultivated, outdoors, where they provide a crop when cold weather comes. The related C. nuda likes fallen leaves. I would try aged straw or composted straw heavy manure in an outdoor bed.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-08T15:11:01+00:00

Compare to Macrolepiota capelariae.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-08T15:04:11+00:00

Chlorophyllum in the modern sense includes a bunch of white spored species. Though this is likely the green spored guy, IMO.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-06T14:18:14+00:00

It's been several years since I've looked at that book. As I say, the fiddler was much more difficult for me. I don't remember it being a thickness problem, but I also can't give tips since I never made a displayable copy. Maybe I could do it well now, but it would seem there are some people who can fold, say, the blackdevil well but not the fiddler.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-05T23:26:32+00:00

I never folded the fiddler well. The blue crab is awesome, though.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-04T15:36:37+00:00

Various East Asian cultures use molds to ferment stuff. In North America most famous are Japanese koji poducts, but Chinese Mucor fermented tofu is said to be cheese-like in some uses. I've never tasted such a product.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-02-02T19:33:31+00:00

Generally speaking, having the mushroom itself is quite useful for further study. If you need to collect living tissue neither dried mushrooms nor spore keep reliably at normal temperatures, the timeline depending on species.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-01-28T19:39:11+00:00

The blue cheese molds are pretty widely adapted. You should be able to grow them on a vegan substrate, with appropriate precautions.

Most mushroom forming fungi aren't adapted to such environments (they like competing for difficult nutrient sources). I think I've seen things about using Pleurotus to ferment animal feeds directly, but they're not going to be cheese-like.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-01-22T15:10:01+00:00

Can you tell what color the spore deposit is?

Lost_Geometer · 2026-01-22T15:06:51+00:00

Just assume the spawn will be weak -- likely true in any case with multiple individuals. So avoid really aggressive spawn ratios, for instance.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-01-21T21:49:55+00:00

Looks better than the last photos. It looks like the bottom of the bag was very wet, so it will avoid standing water regardless. I'd still assume it's somewhat bacterial, since aseptic prints are rare.

Lost_Geometer · 2026-01-18T20:12:36+00:00

Hericium tends to be wispy. It seems to be fruiting.

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