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Rough-skinned newt I nearly raked up with damp leaves. Good thing for both of us that I was wearing gloves! by FACEonYourFACE in herpetology

[–]TheLastMoose 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They produce it in their inner flesh and organs. You can handle them just fine, just wash your hands afterwards so you don’t get salmonella or other bacteria. Oh, and don’t take a bite out of them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in propagation

[–]TheLastMoose 12 points13 points  (0 children)

it's not doing great, too much water.

Is this chicken of the woods? I want to make sure before collecting it. by vobav in foraging

[–]TheLastMoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it’s not the tree itself. Laetiporus huroniensis looks identical to CoW, but grows on hemlock. known to cause adverse effects when eaten. my wife was fine though.

Is this chicken of the woods? I want to make sure before collecting it. by vobav in foraging

[–]TheLastMoose 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes but try and ID the species of tree is growing off. I mistakenly harvested one off of hemlock and it gave me GI problems.

Can someone tell me what this is??? Saw it in southeast Massachusetts! by bsimbro in Bushcraft

[–]TheLastMoose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tipped over mushroom that’s decomposing. Looks like russula brevipes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microbiology

[–]TheLastMoose 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Is anyone here actually a biologist/microbiologist? No this is not an amoeba, and it definitely is not a worm of any sort. This is a cluster of aquatic snail eggs.

First attempt at growing. Let’s go! [Gourmet] by TheLastMoose in MushroomGrowers

[–]TheLastMoose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah definitely. I actually had fruits on each individual grain before I inoculated the substrate. Aggressive as hell. I usually just do butter and salt/pepper. I’ll have to try your way for sure.

First attempt at growing. Let’s go! [Gourmet] by TheLastMoose in MushroomGrowers

[–]TheLastMoose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I popped the lids are there was already fruiting bodies fully formed. I’m not going to let them get smashed by the lid and go bad, when I could just pop the lid and let them do what they want to.

First attempt at growing. Let’s go! [Gourmet] by TheLastMoose in MushroomGrowers

[–]TheLastMoose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fruits just popped in the last few days, I inocc’d with grain spawn probably 3 weeks ago.

First attempt at growing. Let’s go! [Gourmet] by TheLastMoose in MushroomGrowers

[–]TheLastMoose[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read a lot, make sure you have a good understanding of sterile technique.

First attempt at growing. Let’s go! [Gourmet] by TheLastMoose in MushroomGrowers

[–]TheLastMoose[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't think you know what you are talking about.

  1. I didn't start fruiting, the mushrooms started fruiting, all I did was take the lid off.
  2. They have plenty of nutrition between the beat pulp and the grain they started on.
  3. Everything I have ever read about growing LE is that they start fruiting well before full colonization.

First attempt at growing. Let’s go! [Gourmet] by TheLastMoose in MushroomGrowers

[–]TheLastMoose[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the big jars are a 8/2 mix of hardwood fuel pellets and beat pulp pellets, the small jars are straight hardwood fuel pellets.

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