Hello everyone,
I am trying to grow Trametes versicolor to study their degradation capability as a part of my thesis. I am new to growing mushrooms and even though i have read quite a lot on growing this variety, i have had no success so far. It all goes fine till the substrate is inoculated and the mycelia takes over the complete block. But once its moved to the fruiting conditions- I used the Shotgun Fruiting Chamber method, the bulbs formed kind of shrivel and the fruiting bodies don't appear at all. The fruiting block suddenly now has black/brown patch at the middle section. It has almost been 30 days in this chamber now. I fan and mist them regularly. For the last two week, the temperature here in Hamburg, Germany has been between 30/35°C(86-95°F) which is quite high for this area, and am not sure if this is the factor that's causing the fruiting block to dry or causing those dark patches.
Could someone please tell me what am i doing wrong? Any advise would be highly appreciated.
