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A spruce and a mushroom
(lemmy.nz)
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/30676397
A cute little Suillus bovinus (probably) grew with my COVID-time seed planted tree
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 ๐ 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.
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.