Fungiculture & Mushroom Foraging
Take special care with fungi.
•
mushroom
basics
[
cap
;
umbo
;
upper
scales
; gills;
tubes
;
pores
;
ring
;
stalk
;
volva
;lower
scales
;
mycelium
;
warts
;
patches
;
flesh
;
button
stage;
spines
;
margin
]
•
I.T.E.M. [(I)dentify the
fungi
beyond doubt (always use 2 sources if new
fungi
), (T)imeof year check, (E)nvironment check, (M)ethod of
preparation
]
•
common
warning signs
for many
poisonous
fungi
[
white
gills; cup-like
basin
atbase;
rings
around
stem
]
•
mushroom
log
cultivation
[
timing
;
usable
logs
;
log
sources;
structures
/
ricks
;
cutting
;
usable
mushrooms
;
mushroom
sources;
plug
spawn
;
flushes
;
waxing
;
moisture
/soaking]
•
mushroom
cardboard
cultivation
•
indoor cultivation [
trays
;
composting
; pasteurization;
spawning
;
casing
;
pinning
;
cropping
]
•
bug
cultivators
[
leafcutter ants
,
termites
,
ambrosia beetles
, marsh
periwinkles
]