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People have figured out how to grow psychedelic mushrooms in mass. Can you not create a large amount of mycelium for truffles and then bury it?
by encryptluks2 5y ago
People have figured out how to grow psychedelic mushrooms in mass. Can you not create a large amount of mycelium for truffles and then bury it?
- smiley1437 5y agoSome fungi have very complex relationships with other species before they will produce fruiting bodies and it isn't easy to figure out exactly what they need to thrive. Cubensis happens to be simple.
- raverbashing 5y agoEvolution thrives on technical debt and weird procedures for reproduction advantage See: seeds that only germinate after they're eaten, after they go through a cold spell, etc.
- vintermann 5y agoThe popular psilocybin mushroom types are all saprophytic, they grow on decomposing plant matter or dung. Truffle fungi are mycorrhizal, they form complex symbioses with trees, exchanging water and nutrients with them. Not only does that make them harder to grow, it also makes them a lot more chill about producing fruiting bodies (a.k.a the actual mushroom caps that we eat). Saprophytic fungi need to move on once the matter they grow on runs out of nutrients. Mycorrhizal fungi can live comfortably for decades with their host tree and only produce fruiting bodies when the conditions are optimal.