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Mushroom book recycler

This is pretty interesting: a mushroom book recycler.

You will need a 250-300 page paperback book, and a packet of “spawn” from the link above.

After 2 or 3 weeks, oyster mushrooms will magically sprout from the book.

Now all I need is some Jeffrey Archer.

Growing shiitake mushrooms on logs also seems to be popular.

 

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2 Responses to “Mushroom book recycler”

  1. LE Says:
    October 27th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    Wow! This is an amasing discovery – who found the way and how, I wonder……

    What about expensive Shimeji? Can we grow them?

  2. rich Says:
    October 27th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    LE:

    You can grow any type of mushrooms, provided you can find a reliable source for the mushroom “spawn” (mycelium / 菌糸体).

    I couldn’t find any source for shimeji on the internet unfortunately.

    It might be possible to buy very fresh shimeji mushrooms in the supermarket which have some of the mycelium attached at the bottom, and somehow use that by cutting it off and spreading it over a damp book …

    If you’re really seriously into this, see this book:

    http://books.google.com/books?id=jH-JI7pAOjAC

    Rich.