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[warriorsoul]

Fire From Fungi

Ray Mears uses shavings of Tinder Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) to catch a spark
from a flint/iron pyrite combination then adds King Alfred's Cake (Daldinia concentrica)
to act as a charcoal brickette substitute and finally dried bracken to get the flames going.
 

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[Mrs.Hippie3]

:bow:

[warriorsoul]

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Blue Oyster Mushroom Time Lapse Video

 

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[Sidestreet]

Cool thread idea! That oyster time-lapse is sweet.

[zodd]

ray mears is an absolute legend. i have a tremendous amount of respect for the depth of his practical knowledge

[warriorsoul]

Identifying the "Blue meanie", Panaeolus cyanescens

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[warriorsoul]

High-speed video of a fungus releasing spores at 180,000 g--the biggest acceleration ever recorded in nature.
Courtesy of Nick Money, Miami University, Ohio.

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[warriorsoul]

Music synchronized with living fungus mycelium. Green fluorescent protein lights up the DNA as the nuclei flow in pulses through the mycelium. Membranes are fluorescently stained red.

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[zodd]

hope you dont mind me posting this ws. ive heard of this mushroom before, but damn! this is the stuff of nightmares

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[warriorsoul]

Thank you zodd, nice video!

Smashing a Giant Puffball mushroom

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[warriorsoul]

Michael Melendrez talks about the role of Mycorrhiza: endo/ecto.

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[director of sound]

6 ways mushrooms can save the world!! Paul Staments on TED talks.

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[warriorsoul]

Carnivore fungi mycelium feeds upon nematodes in order to get hydrogen.

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[warriorsoul]

3 day timelapse of an Amanita Muscaria.

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[warriorsoul]

How they cultivated edible mushrooms during the Victorian era.
 

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[ukgrower21]

the killer fungi video was very interesting,the others were also just seemed to enjoy that video very much!
good find

[zodd]

is that a agaricus mushroom been grown in that Victorian mushroom video. it looks way bigger than evan portobellos do. would love to give them a try some day.

and the mole hill casing is not such a bad idea either. always good to make the best of a pest.

ps: love the thread ws

[Bobcat]

GREAT thread.

[warriorsoul]

:thumbup:
720 ml jar with 150 g rye grain and 160 g water with some coffee (1 espresso per 1 liter of water),
sterilized for one hour at 15 psi, inoculated with 10 ml of liquid mycelium of Psilocybe atlantis,
stored at 21°-24°C, not dark, day 43 after inoculation.

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[warriorsoul]

Psilocybe Semilanceata: A Closer Inspection
A short film visually exploring the varying forms of one species of mushroom- Psilocybe Semilanceata aka the 'Liberty Cap' known for its hallucinogenic properties. Filmed in November.

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