Christopher G Williams

Indeed, I'm certified by the State of Michigan to sell wild mushrooms. I made a living for several years as a full time forager, mainly chaga mushrooms(Inonotus obliquus). I've been letting the woods rest for the past 5 or 6 years, but I'm starting to get back into chaga selling presently.

I've also foraged for personal use for many, many years: morels, chanterells, hedgehogs, honey mushrooms, boletes, lobsters... just to name a few. I was lucky to have several good teachers over the years. Learning from books is fine, but going into the woods with someone experienced is a much better way to go in my opinion.

A beautiful 'Michigan Porcini' I found several weeks ago a mere 30ft from the shore of Lake Superior. I was under the impression that this mushroom was called Boletus chippewanesis, but I was told they are now being named simply Boletus edulis.

Christine Keller wrote:Jumping in on this older post because I recently discovered Khruangbin, and I've been loving their blend of psychedelic vibes and global influences. Curious if anyone else has stumbled upon them, or any similar artists you’d recommend? Let's get this musical sharing going again! 🎶

Not the biggest Khruangbin fan here, but I think Makaya McCraven is on a similar vibe, but with better compositions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc0WfIy6FQQ
Also Yussef Dayes: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEcJNcLTAkw&t[/youtube]
And if you don't mind synthesizers, Elijah Fox: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHxZJo1zkLE&t[/youtube]

Dietrich Epp Schmidt wrote:
Can you tell me more about how you moved the tree? How long ago was it? How did the soils compare? How much of the root mass were you able to maintain?

That type of transplant is definitely feasible, but you really need to make sure you're not cutting off the fine root tip portion of the roots, and keeping them moist through the whole transplant process. And ideally the tree is being planted into an area that doesn't have an active community of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms.

Sure. It was a poorly conceived, spur of the moment kind of thing. I dug a few tiny saplings, getting the great majority if not totality of the root mass. I kept them in pots for several years, and they survived year after year. The problem was I didn't have anywhere good to put them; I only have a small property and no appropriate spot for oaks to grow. They eventually got dumped...

I'd like to try it again someday if I had some habitat appropriate for chantrelles, that did not already have them present. It seems to me they only grow in a very specific soil type with very specific trees in my area.

Rest in peace Sonny Rollins. Now when people say jazz is dead, it will be harder to deny.

I can't guarantee I would take your class, but this is a subject I'm very interested in. I've experimented a bit with moving oak saplings from a chanterelle patch to a new location, hoping they bring their friends along with them, but so far no fruits.

Ronaldo Montoya wrote:

Christopher G Williams wrote:
Is there any way to avoid that Orange stuff?

Not that I'm aware of, it's nothing to worry much over anyway.

Ronaldo Montoya wrote:

Should i put My mycelium in The refrigerator now?

Yes, not a bad idea.  

I'm a day late to celebrate Lorenz Hart's birthday (5/2), but better late than never. His lyrics treated here with the utmost sensitivity by the great Shirley Horn:

Orange or brownish metabolites that appear to be present here are fairly common and harmless, but this picture also shows what seems to be green mold at the bottom of the jar, near your pinky finger. Maybe it is just an artifact of the photo, but it looks like contamination to me. You might get away with using the top part of the jar for spawning a mass substrate like straw, but I would not use it to make more grain jars.