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Post by mpham on Mar 13, 2017 20:55:26 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone here has ever tried growing cordyceps or knows anything about them. I have some already grown (about 2-3 inch body, and stems of varying sizes). Most of what I find on the internet is grown in lab so thought I'd reach out here! Here is a pic of what they look like, except mine have not been dried out yet. https
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Post by vraev on Mar 14, 2017 2:09:10 GMT -5
woah. Isn't that supposed to be a powerful psychedelic? Still pretty cool though. Do u get worms and put them in an environment with fungal spores?
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Post by mpham on Mar 14, 2017 23:18:04 GMT -5
woah. Isn't that supposed to be a powerful psychedelic? Still pretty cool though. Do u get worms and put them in an environment with fungal spores? I have not heard of these as a powerful psychedelic. It is used in Chinese medicine and my parents would incorporate these into special soups when I was a kid. It is very special in our culture so that is why I am interested. As far as I know, the little caterpillars eat the mycelium and the fungus takes over them. In the winter time they are a root and in the spring, it flowers or grows into a leaf? I have not seen this myself, rather I am translating it's name in my language. I will not be incorporating the worms into my pot as my cordyceps have already grown. I am hoping it will at least grow into some form of plant and perhaps I can collect spores?
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Post by vraev on Mar 15, 2017 11:57:14 GMT -5
Cordyceps will only ever look like that. What you are seeing is the fruiting body of the fungus : A mushroom. It is not a plant, so you won't see leaves or flowers. Most of its life is in the form of filaments growing inside the body of those insects.
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Post by dvg on Mar 15, 2017 20:04:51 GMT -5
Hi Mpham, thanks for posting your pics of the dried caterpillars infested with the Cordyceps fungus.
Cordyceps is a genus of different species of fungi that are attracted to and attack specific species of insects.
It seems there is a species of Cordyceps designed for each species of insect.
Check out this video by David Attenborough on the topic of Cordyceps.
dvg
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Post by bcmosaic on Mar 16, 2017 11:33:21 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this video dvg. Really interesting! Cheers
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Post by mpham on Mar 18, 2017 23:36:25 GMT -5
So today I went to check on the cordyceps and surely enough they are producing some green shoots of some sort! I asked around and there seems to be 2 types of cordyceps. The fungi version that dvg had posted and then whatever I have which is able to grow into a plant. I will post pics soon for all to see.
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Post by Seymour on Mar 21, 2017 19:46:13 GMT -5
This is very interesting. I have seen videos and such before. Looking forward to see more of your pics.
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