The old wild mushroom thread didn't seem particularly relevant, so I thought I'd post in this thread.
Bought an aldi mushroom growing kit around 6 weeks ago, and so far I've only had 3 mushrooms, but in the past few days loads have appeared and I'll be buried in them next week. This kick-started my interest in mycology and yesterday I spawned a blue-grey oyster mushroom kit from these lovely people. (well I tried to post the link before but it got me autobanned for some reason. Anyway, it's a uk supplier of mushroom spawn, and sells boxes with substrate and spawn ready to use.
Next step, probably a few months from now is to start preparing my own substrates. I might try growing lions mane on cardboard for example, or maybe save up coffee grounds and tea leaves.
>>2175 Fruiting had slowed down with the hot weather and it was attracting flies, could probably have squeezed another flush or two out but not worth it. Don't think I quite got the price of the kit back but I've found out the same company sells through ebay about £5 cheaper per kit. Next time I'm trying some golden and king oysters, and I'll be experimenting a bit with adding gypsum and some coffee grounds to improve on the base straw, and otherwise I'll be a little better at looking after it etc.
Anyone still interested in mycology here or shall I abandon this thread now?
>>2222 I will pay attention and appreciate your pictures, and next time Aldi have those kits in (or if they still do) I might plump for one and try it out. My basil isn't dead yet, which I'm very proud of.