Watch What Happens When I Put A Mushroom In A Terrarium

Watch What Happens When I Put A Mushroom In A Terrarium
I’ve had this terrarium for 6 months and in that time the Millipedes, Woodlice, Springtails and Snails have multiplied and created a vibrant ecosystem. I feed them a variety of vegetables but their favourite seems to be the humble mushroom. In this video I’ll show you what happens when I feed these critters their favourite food.
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[@anthonyhaycox1561]

Beautifully captured on film. Those creatures enjoyed many meals on that mushroom - great to see nature at play.

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Thanks Anthony. It took a while and I'm not a pro with a camera so I appreciate your comment ☺️

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

Yeeees! MORE!! INVADE THE LAND! 🍄

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

I just realised he didn't put it in there t grow- ... I sad now. :

[@mathewhull5557]

First time I've ever seen someone pull a mushroom from their pocket 🍄 Interesting video!

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Haha, doesn't everyone keep one in their pocket?

[@samgibson684]

I've seen it too many times to remember lol 😂

[@kemojoaquin]

@@samgibson684 same😂😂

[@biggingeririshballs]

My pockets have been home to hundreds

[@khatzeye]

@@Imhighandhungry 😂 I see what you did there ❤

[@anonymousone3872]

Absolutely AMAZING how nature works. Awesome video! Thank you!

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Thank you!

[@user-ge1ps6lg8q]

0:35 I mean, WHY IS IT IN UR POCKET !!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jaeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Something about someone pulling a mushroom from their pocket makes me excited 😂

[@danmarkco8429]

It's so beautiful and relaxing 🥰

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

🥰

[@MimEAloT]

Please do more of these. Excellent!

[@AnnasViolets]

The insects in a terrarium are so great. I had a snail for a couple of months. It grew from a baby into a huge and a beautiful snail! 💜

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

With all due respect, none of the animals featured in this video are actually insects at all... 😅

[@AnnasViolets]

@@ethanotoroculus1060 Oh, yes, the snail is not an insect, of course :) I meant the insects in the terrarium in the video. Will watch it again to find out what they are :)

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

@@AnnasViolets Oh, no need! I can tell you now what they all are. Based on the footage I'm very confident this cleanup crew consists of a fairly standard set, being millipedes, springtails, isopods and snails. Snails obviously are mollusks like you said, but as for the others they're classified as follows: Millipedes are myriapods, springtails are entognaths _(though they are still hexapods),_ and isopods, contrary to popular belief, are actually terrestrial gill-bearing crustaceans that only resemble insects superficially in appearance. Hope this was all a bit informative! Invertebrates can be very captivating. ^^

[@Neosin1]

Don’t snails eat plants?

[@agostonpitlik8045]

@@Neosin1 They mainly eat plants, especially leaves, but some can eat other things, such as mushrooms or fruits too.

[@DrumInfected]

awesome footage! Did your terrarium grow any mushrooms ever in that area where you dropped the mushroom?

[@stephenchurch1784]

Short answer: there's no way mushrooms would grow from a single dead fruit placed in substrate. Longer answer: the conditions mushrooms love also makes mold happy. To cultivate mushrooms, you first need to inoculate a pasteurized bag of medium and let the mycelium grow without competition. Once the mycelium is established, you transfer it to a growing substrate to expand and begin producing fruit (the mushrooms that you see above ground). In nature, there are huge mycelium networks putting up millions of fruiting bodies, which each flood the air with spores. By sheer dumb luck, some tiny fraction of those spores manage to inoculate the ground before being eaten by mold. In a system this small, the tiny amount of spores left in the dead mushroom don't stand a chance of surviving

[@nicolemitchell446]

I was hoping it would grow some 😳

[@divolino]

Thanks for taking your time to explain to laymen like me who want to start this green journey. i of course have thousands of questions, but here i narrowing them down to 3, hoping you would have the time to answer them. 1st, can i use rain water to water my Terrarium ? 2nd, occasionally i find some small snail in my own garden, can i use them in my Terrarium ? 3rd, i see that your DIY kit is only available in the UK, will there be a chance, in the near future, that you'll cover Europe as well. It's very difficult to find the right ingredients as suggested by you in Germany . Thanks in advance if you'd have the time to answer my questions. By the way, Your tone of voice has a very calming effect, much like what i feel when i'm looking at your precious Terrariums.

[@greenjars_]

1. Yes, rainwater can be used in terrariums because it has very little mineral content in it. 2. From what i know, you can use any snails or mocrofauna in terarriums, just make sure they have adequate space and are well fed so they dont end up with deficiencies. Do your research on what the type of snails need. 3. You dont nscessarily need a kit to start terrarium making, you can buy all the ingredients for substrate and drainage on most online retailers and garden stores for fairly cheap, and you can find plants and containers almost anywhere :)

[@divolino]

@@greenjars_ Thanks a lot for the suggestion.

[@Bubba_fett]

I purchased some springtails but I don't know if any were in the little tuft of moss. I don't see them at all, but I did put in some pill bugs and they keep things clean. I have not found any centipedes around where I live but I'll add those later. Do you ever get volunteer shrooms from spores?

[@TROPHYosj]

So cool. I have like 75% of everything I need home or in the mail coming this week to make my first terrarium. Just a few more things to go.

[@CoyotePlayMinecraft]

If a mushroom is added could more mushrooms grow from the spores?

[@rudzulten3659]

It would make me so happy, as you said there are some spores and also some mycelium in the body of the mushroom, the mycelium of the fungi could technically grow but it would take time and there would be the risk of elimination by the existing fungi and the lack of nutrients for a weaker fungi

[@frozenmangoes]

Wow, and it never got the chance to get moldy! The little cuties were always on it. They seem to dislike the taste of the gills too.

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

These critters devour anything I put in there!

[@cyrilaustin]

Thanks for this! I'm excited to make my own terrarium.❤😊

[@verilliumfunk4886]

you should try to make a terrarium that grows mushrooms and self feeds itself, I cant find anyone who's done that before, would it work?

[@bartholomewnathaniel807]

What do you do when The Bugs start 'crawling' out of the top???

[@David-sw3on]

That was awesome! Even though I'm not big on growing an insect colony in my own home, I did find this truly Fascinating! Thanks for The Great Vid👍😉🇨🇦

[@drawingaccount9590]

If you have a closed terrarium like this with a lot of critters should you feed them like this often?

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

As soon as it disappears I replace it. I gave them a piece of cucumber last week

[@bruisedbug]

3:00 thats a lot of snails. are they usually trouble in a terrarium? Ive had snails before and they breed like crazy

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

That was a great Christmas for those bugs. Its fascinating!

[@lauraastorga6505]

how great to see!! I think is very powerful to see how nature works!!

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

It's incredibly fascinating!

[@hobihijaugreenhobby5719]

So green so fresh, beautiful 👍👍

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

🥰❤

[@alexprati9831]

Amazing video! The music is very relaxing, what playlist do you use ?

[@stacyrosa6672]

I'm curious if the spores will produce mushrooms in the terrarium.

[@doppeekidd]

Cool video! Those beats are so relaxing

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Thanks! I think so too

[@dadbear5316]

"Give me your money or I'll stab ya!" *pulls out mushroom*

[@wishywashy1153]

I didn't see any of those cool neon isopods feeding on the mushroom. Where did they go or did they change color?

[@CarlTheDrivingInstructor]

Love that huge bowl, where do you get them that size

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

My local florist!

[@katepanthera7265]

Second-hand thrift shops and stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army are great places to find containers for terrariums. Maybe not jars this big, but you never know what you might run across, and for SO much cheaper than buying retail.

[@osirusj275]

What happens if u don't feed the critters, and do the plants inside it only need water and some light, does it need like some fertilizer?

[@brilliantbeybladebrothers9162]

I'm just wondering what kind of isopods (woodlice) you put in this terrarium. I'm going to be getting isopods soon so I just want to know what kind they are because they look like there doing really well in yours

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Hey! They are Cubaris murina

[@brilliantbeybladebrothers9162]

@@WorcesterTerrariums Thanks. Those were one of the species I was considering getting.

[@SKYNCVLT]

how do you get so many bugs in there? i wanna make one in a jar and am wondering about creatures like that, do i buy some or should i put a worm in it?

[@anthonyfike6449]

you should make a carnivorous plant ecosystem

[@honestlyreviewing8390]

Great video! What instrumental is this?!!!

[@kulturedmonkey8046]

You look like Heath Hedger. Very cool stuff :)

[@khatzeye]

Hey you placed the shroomy on my birthday ❤ lovely video ❤

[@johnritchie3674]

When I realized he was keeping the mushroom in his pocket I had a good laugh.

[@TheUrbanNemophilist]

Cool video. Like the music 👍

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Thanks man!

[@GoddessKaylaOnline]

Do the snails negatively impact your terrariums in any way? I know they murderlously attack my outdoor potted fern collections here in New Orleans.

[@icanseeu5190]

Those snails can be good depending on what they r with

[@Poetic.rectum]

Omg I finally found you on here. I deleted my tiktok, and I really missed your content

[@DexGR]

Coolest thumbnail I’ve ever seen hands down.

[@eggstraordinary6969]

please tell me where you get the insects

[@yaz258]

Really relaxing video! Question, do you have to u individually add the species to the bowl? If not can someone explain how the insects come about in situations like this. Probably a simple answer but cannot think of it

[@greenjars_]

Insects and mocrofauna are usually bought as cultures, and placing them in setups like this allows them to breed and make more. I also believe the snails came about in this terrarium unexpectedly, so sometimes they can arrive in soil or other random ways :)

[@brikozub]

There are some microfauna that lay eggs that remain dormant while dry, as well. You might scoop some dry dirt from your yard into your jar and when you water the terrarium, it begins the process of the eggs hatching.

[@sorinmedia1]

Amazing to see this... my question is where do all the little insects come from? Where they already there? Are they born out of the decaying matter?

[@catcadev]

Already there.

[@dustin628]

That looked like a mushroom from the supermarket meaning no bugs layed their eggs on it. He hand selects which bugs go into each terrarium

[@arjunprincy81]

R the small insects springtails ?

[@the7deadlysins13]

Since this is an open terrarium, if you dont mind me asking, how often do you have to water it, and how much do you water it?

[@greenjars_]

The soil is observed, and when it starts to appear dry it is sprayed down with filtered water so it has the consistency of a wrung out sponge. Terrariums need very infrequent watering, its all about observing the soil. He does also have an acrylic lid over the top which helps keep the humidity at a good level :)

[@klingy]

love ur vids!

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Thanks!

[@vp93plant94]

beautiful

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

❤

[@minagica]

Is that mimosa pudica I spy in that terrarium!??? 😍😍😍

[@marilynntanguay]

do the insects get out of your terrariums?

[@scottpitner4298]

Wow are those tiny snails? They’re so small

[@user-ho3qd5jf7j]

Amazing..

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

❤

[@buffalo369]

Bro, can you put earthworms in closed terrarium ?

[@yodafannie]

Love the snails

[@ricagallaza5613]

Same here! Mesmerized by them. Buttony, spiral little amazingness😅

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Me too, they appeared out of nowhere!

[@charlottesmom]

They are adorable!

[@dden5396]

When I forage for mushrooms thay are always to fragile to even let them rattle around in Tupperware with out padding so I have to wrap them in a towel to be careful when handling them.

[@Rahzuh360ThunderzzZ]

Nice

[@zeezlouiz33]

centi got shocked when you sprayed him

[@trishs.4326]

Where do you get your brown snails & tiger Millipedes , can you refer me to someone in Australia 🇦🇺 if you know of a reputable breeder 😏❓

[@Mistrilll]

true

[@LEE39m2]

Thật độc đáo 🥰

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

❤

[@kaushall5001]

Bg Music link? Also doesn't mushroom spread fungus in the terrarium?

[@kurtlinthegreat]

I wondered this also

[@lorrainedaliessio3998]

Why did you add the mushroom? Do you want insects, etc.?

[@Eliseu_Marques]

com licença, o negócio que você colocou é um fungo?

[@genevricella]

É mesmo. Ele colocou como comida para os besouros dentro do terrário dele.

[@Eliseu_Marques]

@@genevricella ahh obrigado.

[@Terenc1543]

Whats the name of the songs,made me feel intense peace...

[@SaraPirret]

Omg heath ledger double ?

[@oliverwelsh7213]

Wow they really like mushrooms, interesting, can I ask what species those long red creatures were?

[@seraphsaitama9390]

They are greenhouse millipedes :)

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Desmoxytes planata

[@oliverwelsh7213]

@@seraphsaitama9390 thanks

[@oliverwelsh7213]

@@WorcesterTerrariums thanks

[@angle6990]

can I know the name of the biggest plant inside that terrarium pls? and what kind of soil can we use to grow them in a terrarium ?

[@katepanthera7265]

Check out his other videos; he has at least 2 others strictly about making the substrate (soil).

[@hasanbozkurt295]

i thought mushroom was gonna grow some mushrooms in there lmao ngl

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

That would have been sweet

[@TheHeartAcoustic_butworse]

Me too

[@yardenzloof6526]

is that a centepid?

[@meowcat2363]

that one is centipede? but the centipede inside terrarium is hard to survive. Please reply me if this is not centipede, this thing are important to me

[@MF-xp9tq]

Can anyone share the names of the insects please? Thank you!

[@whatdoinamemyself4798]

the decomposer becomes the decomposed

[@zeex4352]

Do you remember how big that bowl actually is?

[@chrislecky710]

Did you have any issues long term? I'm just wondering it the spores managed to colonise and fruit?

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Nope, no issues yet. The creatures seem to keep everything ticking over

[@Aw_tig]

Yes I was wondering the same if mushrooms would start popping up everywhere 😆 but I assume before they even really had chance to grow a tiny bit the creatures would be eating them

[@GoldLeafPress]

I found a cool mushroom right next to my house, have no idea if it’s safe or not. And I have absolutely no idea how to care for mushrooms and fungi

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

most mushrooms you find in your lawn live off of things like mulch, manure, or leaf litter. there are plenty of guides on youtube

[@CreepX]

The whole block came out to party

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Aw yeah!

[@katepanthera7265]

Do you really need that many critters in the bowl? I'd think the population would get out of hand, and then what? I actually wonder about that when you put any critters in the terrarium. They're going to reproduce, so can you get too many of them, and if you do, then what?

[@mollymason46]

They had an early feast for Christmas.

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Christmas came early for my guys!

[@TurdFergurson]

Can't get over how much this dude looks like Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You.

[@jamesfinch6766]

Small world.

[@unitedbeast6614]

Does an earthworm eat algae??

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

Not that i know of

[@ruhsexperimentsgliesperimentid]

Grew some mushrooms?

[@krocolate1300]

Sheesh 🎣

[@ZastieMoon]

Free mealestate.

[@drscruffylupagus]

Pretty sure thats all from whatever was in your pocket. 🤣

[@karlatriana1042]

Can i have your e-mail?✨

[@Mediamarked]

I hope your cancer gets cured! Seeing you in that thumbnail, all clickbaited up, clinical sign of youtube cancer. Hope you get well.

[@modularwodular]

The fucking with it annoys me. Just leave it alone man.