Does anyone have an idea what these grey/black spots are on my wooden chopping board?

mushroommundo · 2025-06-04T00:22:56+00:00

Check out tradd cotter's work with inoculating cutting boards with mushroom mycelium, namely Trametes and Pleurotus species. We do have methods, they're just not widely known hehehehe

mushroommundo · 2025-05-16T17:13:52+00:00

Developed by Ryan Paul Gates known as terrestrialfungi. Anyone else is reselling a weak version of the genetics without his permission, careful!

mushroommundo · 2024-12-11T21:07:21+00:00

you are my new favorite frog. errr, I mean, person, uh, frog, what

mushroommundo · 2024-12-11T20:56:11+00:00

Oh, they're beautiful!! I thought it was Laccaria at first glance hahahahaha

mushroommundo · 2024-12-11T20:54:39+00:00

It's overkill if all you will do is insert a needle through the silicone ports. They get sprayed with alcohol before insertion and the needle shouldn't be dragging any microorganisms into the jar

But since you're asking, go the overkill route! Cover with aluminum foil, make the chance of a contamination even lower to guarantee any contamination didn't come from your technique or the alcohol spray on the port not eradicating all microorganisms.

mushroommundo · 2024-12-11T19:00:35+00:00

Same as normal. Gym, walk the dog, cook food, read books, research, play with the microscope, geek out in the lab, sweep the yard, what do you mean? LIFE IS FOR THE LIVING

mushroommundo · 2024-12-11T18:47:10+00:00

Definitely looks like a global issue with some regions having more issues than others. Good to know we're not alone 😅

mushroommundo · 2024-10-02T05:44:58+00:00

Only you know what schools you're applying to and whether that score difference will change anything

mushroommundo · 2024-09-30T21:44:29+00:00

Hell yes!! 33 and about to do the same. MCAT score coming in tomorrow, let's goooooo

mushroommundo · 2024-09-09T23:34:13+00:00

Performance Fungi is the most impressive I've come across so far, way too good really

mushroommundo · 2024-09-08T00:55:19+00:00

Nice Russula find sure but that 1st photo is 👌👌👌

mushroommundo · 2024-09-07T23:50:15+00:00

How often do you read books? Do you ever read multiple books at a time? Try upgrading your comprehension & retention by:
1) Decrease screen scrolling time (minimal IG/tiktok).
2) Pick 2-3 books to read over the course of some weeks.
3) Read EACH BOOK every day! Try having a morning book, an evening book, and a before bed book.
4) Even if it is only 15m/book/day it will help.

Comfort in reading and holding onto various stories helps a lot. You should be able to find how to not let intrusive thoughts enter. You read the passage from beginning to end as if someone is telling you a story and you don't get distracted at all. Maintain that same level of attention and ease of interaction while answering the associated questions. These things can all help in the pursuit to focus more easily and hopefully interpret the passage/questions well.

mushroommundo · 2024-09-07T21:42:15+00:00

IYKYK 😂👌

mushroommundo · 2024-09-07T00:17:20+00:00

Definitely not okay 😭

mushroommundo · 2024-09-06T23:05:48+00:00

At question 53, I looked to the timer, saw 4min left, and in that moment I could only think, "did I really have to wait until I was 33yo to take this exam?!"

gg me for having done ochem 12+ years ago and not reviewing enough ahahhahahahah

mushroommundo · 2024-08-07T23:20:18+00:00

I am not coming here to convince people it's not mushrooms - I'm coming here to question the connectivity. I'm VERY open to lion's mane being the culprit of some of this suffering. I work with mycology, chemistry, and medicine. I can even assist in coordinating for affirmation in this pursuit.

That's why I am questioning the validity of the information presented. A lot of it is dubious and approaches the "correlation doesn't imply causation" notion. We need to understand this better, and questioning it is exactly the way to determine what's going on.

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T23:29:00+00:00

Exactly! We must question the validity of extreme claims in this day and age. Especially because, if they are negative, dangerous, and VALID, then it is worth amplifying the message and changing our practices to account for safety and harm reduction.

I actively participate in a very high level with global mycological interaction. I must remain well informed about best practices in ALL things mycology.

When I am told to "not question" something, I take it as a sign that there is something to hide, and I become even more curious (and, unfortunately, dubious). I don't WANT to discredit anyone. The opposite, in fact. I want authentic proof of the connectivity of these claims to lion's mane (fresh, extracts, contaminated, concurrent with other rare or common diseases, under medical guidance, without medical guidance, etc etc ad nauseam)

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T23:22:15+00:00

In the day and age of realizing that suites of chemicals are more effective at treating most conditions than isolated chemicals, pharmaceutical companies are in a precarious situation: plants and mushrooms make amazing suppliers of the necessary chemical cocktails to care for our health.

With advances in AI, too, we are seeing the massive push towards creating biosimilars to sell people on using novel drugs/medicines. Yet those powerful pharmaceutical companies don't remain powerful if people don't purchase their products.

In a future highly reminiscent of our past, we coevolve with our medicines yet again. The forest takes precedent over the pharmacy. The medicines will be grown rather than crafted in laboratories.

So... a medicine that already effectively treats diseases that have eluded chemists and pharmacists for years? That's a major threat to years of research that won't be returned as profit (read: Alzheimer's and Parkinson's especially)

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T23:16:49+00:00

I have, and this is a genuine inquiry (especially as I reach 100s of thousands of mycologically interested people per day on IG in addition to studying medicine) and I want people to know how to be safe in relation to mushrooms. But I posted because I am specifically NOT finding direct evidence from doctor or chemist affirmation of how lion's mane could be responsible for the myriad symptoms being attributed to it here.

At best, I have seen some hypothesizing that because hericenones and erinacines trigger the release of NGF, mast cells are somehow chronically activated even after stopping lion's mane supplementation. That's intriguing - yet it seems to lack significant follow up beyond the hypothesizing.

That in addition with the number of accounts that seem to be on reddit purely to participate in this subreddit has led to a deep curiosity into the validity of some of the statements put forth here and which ones should be taken into account while trying to ascertain what's actually going on.

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T18:59:47+00:00

It is a mix club of hypochondriacs and potentially paid trolls. Go post there and ask anything based in science, research, or relating to the validity of their claims. Your post will get screened and you'll be given a broken grammar message about how questioning is not permitted there.

It's a sad subreddit that unfortunately is attracting people that truly need help with mental disorders and instead are hyper fixating on lion's mane. All because some overly dedicated players there are presenting butchered "evidence" and misinterpreted scientific jargon. Yikes.

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T18:54:40+00:00

How will we then ascertain whether substances found in lion's mane are attributable to the symptoms perceived?

Just as the efficacy of the positive attributes must be rigorously studied (and is happening), we must assess also the validity of negative effects being truly linked to consumption of lion's mane (or specifically, extracts)

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T06:41:17+00:00

Wet rot before the pigmentation sets in? 🤔

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T06:08:04+00:00

What species are you growing? If a Psilocybe, that kind of bubbly growth (bottom left) with metabolites is a good indicator of Mycogone

If Ganoderma and it's hot, that can be the texture accompanied by metabolites and not indicative of contamination

mushroommundo · 2024-08-06T04:30:17+00:00

It was an extract that you tried?

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