Mushrooms in the Basement

This past spring I ordered mushroom spawn from Fungi Perfecti. The type of spawn I bought was impregnated wood dowels. Unfortunately, this type of culture can take upwards of a year before you might see mushrooms. After I had plugged my logs, I still had a few dowels left over. I decided to expand the spawn on hardwood sawdust to possibly see mushrooms a little earlier.

So, over the past few months, I have shaken jars and eventually made sort of a terrarium out of a plastic tub. This past week, my oyster mushrooms starting popping up. The mushrooms shown are about 3 days old. Fun seeing the little guys growing next to my desk.