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==== First test in a monotub ==== | ==== First test in a monotub ==== | ||
| + | First I made grain spawn out of bird seeds. Then I sterilized a box with rubbing alcohol, lined the bottom with a clean plastic film and spread sterilized substrate made of 0.75l hardwood pellets, 0.2l wheat bran and 0.75l water onto the film. I distributed some grain spawn on top of it, closed the box and waited. | ||
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| + | The mycelium colonized the surface and grew about 1.5 cm thick as in the pictures. | ||
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| + | Then I opened the bag and spread the inoculated substrate on | ||
==== Experimenting with substrates in petri dishes ==== | ==== Experimenting with substrates in petri dishes ==== | ||
==== Heated inoculation chamber ==== | ==== Heated inoculation chamber ==== | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 4 May 2023
The dutch company Ecovative grows Reishi mycelium into the air, separates it from the substrate and compresses it to make leather. I try to recreate this procedure.
Literature
Growth environment
Growth substrates
My own experiments
First test in a monotub
First I made grain spawn out of bird seeds. Then I sterilized a box with rubbing alcohol, lined the bottom with a clean plastic film and spread sterilized substrate made of 0.75l hardwood pellets, 0.2l wheat bran and 0.75l water onto the film. I distributed some grain spawn on top of it, closed the box and waited.
The mycelium colonized the surface and grew about 1.5 cm thick as in the pictures.
Then I opened the bag and spread the inoculated substrate on