Growing Mushrooms: PF Tek

 by nak
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Step 9: Science: Mycelium

Mushrooms are part of the basidiomycota phylum which reproduce using spores (basidiospores) created on the gills (basidia) of the mushroom.

Hyphae is the stringy organic material making up the mycelium. When hyphae from 2 different mycelium bodies meet they share genetic material and create a dikaryotic, secondary mycelium structure from which the fruit bodies (basidiocarps) form.

That is why we inject spores in multiple places to create more than 1 mycelium body!

The following pictures show progress of the growth.
 
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