Researchers explain how mushrooms can live for hundreds of years without getting cancer (phys.org)
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Silky Rosegills (lemmy.sdf.org)
Every summer in my neighborhood, this one tree will fruit a silky rosegill and we have standing permission from the homeowner to harvest it. This year, looks like there are two. I wish I’d passed by the tree earlier this week before the big one started to shrivel.
Scientists knit futuristic eco-building designs using fungal networks (phys.org)
doi: dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1229693
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ID request for this interesting looking fungus (lemmy.world)
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The ever-aggressive pink oyster (Pleurotus djamor) fruiting on a forgotten transfer plate 🩷 (i.ibb.co)
MEA with yeast extract at 1g/500mL, 9 days of growth...
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What the heck -- my popcorn is sprouting???
At the suggestion of another member I tried expanding my spawn on popcorn kernels. This involved boiling for about 20 minutes, drying, then pressure-canning for 90 minutes at 15psi. After cooling my spawn was divided between the jars, which were allowed to grow for a little over two weeks. On Monday I transferred the contents of...