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Post by synergy on Jul 24, 2011 20:53:26 GMT -5
I need help identifying what I think is Oregon black truffle, as of July 23 seems to be fruiting in my riding ring after I tried innoculating more of the wood fibre last year. I would really appreciate any advice on positively identify it and also cultivating it further   |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 24, 2011 21:54:06 GMT -5
I am NOT an expert, but I don't think this is a truffle of any type.
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Post by synergy on Jul 24, 2011 23:26:45 GMT -5
You are right, we identified it as a black jelly fungus
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 25, 2011 6:41:33 GMT -5
No kidding? I've heard of that! Is it edible? It looks a bit like caviar. I'm not sure I would eat it from the photos...
So, how did you ID it?
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Post by steev on Jul 25, 2011 10:52:23 GMT -5
Looks rather like some sort of slime-mold.
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Post by synergy on Jul 25, 2011 11:30:45 GMT -5
Yes we had another suggestion that it could be a slime mold.
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Post by steev on Jul 25, 2011 12:50:54 GMT -5
If it dries and goes to powder, those are spores of slime-mold. They proliferate wildly in environments rich in damp decomposing plant matter. I've never seen that black one before, but it's pretty cool. A couple Springs ago, I had a very fractal-swirling bright yellow one that sprang out of a pile of strawy rabbit bedding. Generally, I just see a type that's an orangey-brown puddle of poo sort of thing. Very interesting organisms, slime molds, kind of colonial amoebae.
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Post by synergy on Jul 25, 2011 14:34:18 GMT -5
You know what was amazing, I swapped a tiny bit you can see in the picture and two hours later it had self replicated back to being a whole colony with no trace of the area I had damaged.
So many things we do not fully know in this world how they work and what they are capable of .
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Post by steev on Jul 25, 2011 17:59:16 GMT -5
The Blob!
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Post by spacecase0 on Jul 25, 2011 20:49:34 GMT -5
fungus owns the world more than humans do
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Post by wildseed57 on Jul 26, 2011 15:31:51 GMT -5
I would agree that it is most likely a slime mold as its on dead decaying wood chips rather than black ear fungus. Truffles need live host trees and their whole live cycle is under ground. If you would like to grow a edible mushroom I would grow ones that don't require a host tree. There is a company called Fungi Perfecti in Olympia WA. that has mushroom kits for sell they also teach how to grow them. You would be surprised at what you can grow without much work.
George W.
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Post by steev on Jul 26, 2011 17:12:01 GMT -5
Fungus not only owns the world more than humans do, it does a better job of running it.
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Post by wildseed57 on Jul 27, 2011 15:00:01 GMT -5
I think we have a few stinkhorns in office, one of my favorite mushroom is the King Stropharia (S. rugoso annulata ) which can look like something from another planet when it gets really big. Some of the Oyster mushrooms can be very colorful and just as tasty. One strain of it can be grown on coffee grounds.
George W.
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