I’d like to give you an update on our last month’s activity. If you remember, we did a little experiment to compare substrates for Oyster Mushroom mycelium growth? We tested: cardboard, kitty litter (made of cardboard?), dried Buckinhamia flowers and shredded paper mix, pine shavings, pea straw, and coconut peat or coir. This is also the order…
DetailsIntroduction The first Mycology Research Project engagement was hosted at Woodfordia on the 26th of October, 2019. Dr. Sandra Tuszynska, a passionate mycologist and an avid mycophile (a lover of fungi) took participating citizen scientists on the fascinating journey of the discovery of fungi and their capabilities, through a presentation entitled Fungi The Superheroes of…
DetailsFungi munch on rocks and wood, creating soils and nourishing all life forms. Root symbiotic fungi form the gifting economy of the Wood Wide Web, the sophisticated network which connects and feeds the world, through intimate relationships with the smallest of bacteria to the largest of trees. While some feast on pollutants, others provide renewable…
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