Mushroom Reproduction and Cloning

[@MrMinigunman101]

Excellent explanation! Much easier to understand than anything else I’ve seen

[@KitchenMycology]

Thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful. 😎👍🏼🍄❤️

[@brandonthyfault2983]

I am watching mycology videos all the time, and you did the most amazing job explaining this, you were able to include sooo much information , and did it in a way that was incredibly informative easy to understand. Thank you for taking the time to do this. Any other videos you make, I will watch and share.

[@KitchenMycology]

Thank you for your feedback and kind words. I'd wanted to make this video for a while but wasn't sure I could pull it off in a way that wasn't too long or complicated. Your feedback It makes my day. Thank you! 🍄♥️😎👍🏼

[@official-kin]

always learning something deeper biological in terms of mushroom cultivation! really good content over here! keep it going! :)

[@KitchenMycology]

Thank you! Thanks for the feedback. 😎👍🏼

[@M62tek]

Great video, with a breakdown

[@LeonardoPeSe]

this one is gold! Thank you

[@KitchenMycology]

Glad I was helpful! I'd been wanting to make this video for a while, but it was daunting for me. Many many details to understand fully and pass on in the simplest way possible. Not an easy feat. Like Mark Twain said: I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time... Keeping it simple is not easy. 😜

[@LeonardoPeSe]

@@KitchenMycology 🍄❤️✨

[@suburbianghost]

Such a great video, answered all my questions!

[@KitchenMycology]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback! 🍄♥️

[@enigma1487]

Thank you for the easy to follow video. Much love 💜

[@KitchenMycology]

I'm glad you found it useful! 🍄♥️

[@robb.5035]

Awesome video, KM! Thank you!

[@KitchenMycology]

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you liked it! 🍄♥️

[@NikuKashi]

But I still don't understand exactly, why you don't like spore prints? Is it about the yield, or a different high, or? I am a newbie and probably start with both (agar clones and spore syringes) to test and learn... But I'm still confused... Is it like F1 when using spores? And/Or... The Shrooms we have right now to clone are millions of years old, but reproduced by spores... so how could it be bad? Sooo many questions...^^

[@KitchenMycology]

I think you'll get get it if you watch the video again with this in mind: Putting it really simplified, but not 100% accurate: Spores mate with other spores, sharing genetics. A Clone is just that: A Clone of the same genetics as the Fruiting body it came from. It never mated, or crossed with other genetics. So you Clone the Genetics you want to propagate. And there's nothing wrong with using Only Spore Syringes. Just understand that you can get better yields etc by Developing your Genetics by cloning.

[@NikuKashi]

@@KitchenMycology No No, I got you with that. I'm growing Cannabis for many years and also using clones for the same reason. But... What actually happens, when you are not cloning? Is the yield not so good? (Too less gramms?) Or is the "High" different? (I mean, is Golden Teacher at some point not Golden Teacher anymore?) When growing Cannabis, you have (let's say) 100 seeds (spores) But you only want to have/grow one plant (the best seed) But when growing hundreds of mushrooms in one flush, is there a big difference, when using spores?

[@KitchenMycology]

@@NikuKashi The main reason I Clone is because I now have a very healthy, very fast growing mycelium that can out-compete the nasties, they give me much more yield, (covering most of the substrate), and tons of clusters. If you Spawn from a Spore Syringe, each grow will be different. Many times less yield than from an established Clone. Again, it's not a necessity. It's a plus... And it's fun to develop your own Genetics. At least for me.

[@devilsadvocate1338]

​@NikuKashi you want to clone to get the best genetics and have more consistency. Bigger better yields. When using a spore syringe it's like a box of chocolates you never know what your going to get. It might be great or it might suck.

[@chadyonfire7878]

Nice man

[@stansmith9639]

This may be a dumb question but would mycelium be considered one organism or a collection of multiple?

[@KitchenMycology]

If it's the same mycelium, it's one organism. Sometimes there may be two or more different strains or species of mycelium coexisting in the same area though. But for our purposes, the Mycelium is one organism - kinda like one plant producing many fruit/apples. The mushroom is the fruit.

[@Simonjose7258]

The largest organism on the planet is a honey mushroom in Oregon that covers many square miles of land. Another specimen in northeastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest is possibly the largest living organism on Earth by mass, area, and volume - this contiguous specimen covers 3.7 square miles (2,400 acres; 9.6 km2) and is colloquially called the "Humongous fungus".[2] Approximations of the land area occupied by the "Humongous fungus" are 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) (2,240 acres (910 ha)), and it possibly weighs as much as 35,000 tons (approximately 31,500 tonnes), making it the world's most massive living organism. And in Michigan Armillaria ostoyae grows and spreads primarily underground, such that the bulk of the organism is not visible from the surface. In the autumn, the subterranean parts of the organism bloom "honey mushrooms" as surface fruits.[2] Low competition for land and nutrients often allow this fungus to grow to huge proportions, and it possibly covers more total geographical area than any other single living organism.[2][4][5] A spatial genetic analysis estimated that an individual specimen of A. ostoyae growing over 91 acres (37 ha) in northern Michigan, United States, weighs 440 tons (4 x 105 kg). 🤯

[@KitchenMycology]

@@Simonjose7258 Holy crap! I couldn't remember where're that biggest mycelium was. It's amazing! Thanks for all the data!

[@helpyourfellowhuman]

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