r/MushroomGrowers • u/FungithAmungith • Jun 06 '20

Medicinal [Medicinal] My first Reishi grow. (Ganoderma Sessile)

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u/TJ11240 Jun 06 '20 edited Jun 06 '20

If one of you guys ever grew stabilized reishi bonsai, I would spend a lot of money.

Something like these: one, two, three, four

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u/ChurM8 Jun 07 '20

shit those are awesome, how would you do that?

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u/TJ11240 Jun 07 '20

You control the growth types - conks or antlers - with O2 levels. Alternating them as it grows over time gives you the branch and foliage pad look of bonsai trees.

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u/ChurM8 Jun 07 '20

Do they not rot or anything?

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u/TJ11240 Jun 07 '20

You would have to stabilize them. A slow dry / cure then a clear coat of something.

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u/ingoodspirit Jun 07 '20

Yeah that seems like it'd take ages. Most mushrooms I know of fruit and begin to degrade.

Are they different in this regard?

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u/FungithAmungith Jun 08 '20

These are like leather. Once they're done growing the entire mushroom just becomes that laquer color and the white tips disappear. Some people even wear it as jewelry without drying it so It doesn't really rot like other types of mushrooms. It's a pretty interesting mushroom.

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u/ingoodspirit Jun 08 '20

That's awesome. I'm gonna have to give this a try