Comment on A spruce and a mushroom

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• alzymologist@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They actually sell seedlings inoculated with mycorrhiza I think. My wife speculates, that too vigorous mushroom as they get in monotubs will totally turn from symbiotic to predatory, as is customary in this world.

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  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah you can use the benefits of mycorrhiza for keeping the tree healthy but what I meant is using it as a way to grow mushrooms at home that you couldn’t otherwise. Sacrificing a bonsai each time probably wouldn’t be quite worth the effort though 😅 Maybe there’s a way to keep a detached root alive long enough for the mycelium to prey on it and fruit some shrooms. Sounds like a fun project at least.

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    • alzymologist@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Actually I’ve seen scientific papers that did just that - hydroponically kept a root alive until full colonization. I wouldn’t attempt that, I have plenty of actual living forest to mess with this extremely complicated system in a jar, knowing it is possible feels enough, pushing it further is not worth the effort. At least now.

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