• Alexander@sopuli.xyzOP
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      2 days 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.

      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 days 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.

        • Alexander@sopuli.xyzOP
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          2 days 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.

    • Alexander@sopuli.xyzOP
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, was surprised as well, but it looks correct and they grow locally a lot. I’ve seen fruiting body growing smaller than normal in my constrained growing experiments (but also larger than normal sometimes).