My Mycelia on Coffee Grounds Died
By wittynet
@wittynet (4421)
Philippines
September 18, 2017 4:43pm CST
This is my first ever attempt to grow mushroom. I think there are 2 reasons why mycelia died. I didn't sterilize the jar, and I used an almost rotten oyster mushroom stem butts. Didn't find any better ones when I was so excited to make mycelia, so I had no choice but to use it.
I'm fermenting violet rice. When it's ready, I'll sterilze the jar, and use fresh stem butts of King Oysters, White Oysters, Portabello, or Shitake. 
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@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
19 Sep 17
@LadyDuck Wow! As simple as that? How I wish I can see some when I visit in the province. How many times were you able to harvest? I'm trying to have a supply of mushroom all year round. I hope my second experiment, using fermented substrate will succeed. If not, I have no choice but to do pasteurization. This is for me the most difficult, but based on my research, it's 100 % guaranteed successful.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
19 Sep 17
I don't like mushrooms, I got sick once from them , won't have them again.
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@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
19 Sep 17
Oh, sorry to hear that, @CookieMonster46. Maybe it's an allergic reaction?
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@wittynet (4421)
• Philippines
19 Sep 17
@CookieMonster46 so we're not 100% sure that it's because of mushroom because pizza has so many ingredients.
@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
19 Sep 17
@wittynet I don't know but it was on a pizza, I could ever eat that type of pizza again,
