Mycelial Growth Workshop (22apr23)

The workshop was held in the cooperative space of Hackuarium in Ecublens, Switzerland!

Participants left with their 'fruit bowls' - mainly inoculated with oyster mushrooms or oyster mushroom grain spawn; and one beekeeper got to leave with a first Fomes fomentarius 'flower' to place near his hives...

 

The fruit bowl design, by Louis, is made of recycled Alu from the university print shop.

 

Detaching bits of boiled cardboard substrate takes some time.

 

Ready to go.

 

The final wraps, including a filter to allow in air, cleanly.

 

The best 'flower' was colonised right to the bottom, possibly helped by the inserted toothpicks...

 Here is the presentation given that afternoon (in French).

Participants are meant to leave their bagged 'fruit bowls' at least a week, before checking mycelial growth. Participants were also warned to watch out for black growth - in which case it all should go to the compost! (Hoping to have more images to add, after the bowls are dry and in use... =)

The beekeeper in Yverdon-les-Bains will also watch out to see if the Fomes flower he took home gets some visits...

Ordering for the next BeeMoS workshop and the metagenomic kits should happen this week, if all goes well.

Thank you for your interest and support!