Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Mushrooms Day 12: Almost Edible

Yesterday, the primordia had grown enough that the individual mushrooms were becoming obvious:

Holy mycelia, Batman! There must be 15-20 mushrooms in that one big primordium, and it looks like there are around 20 primordia all over the kit, which translates to 300-400 mushrooms total! Anybody want to buy some mushrooms when they're ready? I'm not convinced we're going to be able to eat them all while their at their peak. I know, we can dry them, but what's the fun in that?

By yesterday evening, they had grown significantly:


Today, the mushrooms are noticeably bigger, more distinct, and more mushroom-like in shape:

 
I noticed some shrooms sprouting under the label, so I peeled it off to let them grow:


Next time, I'll remove the label immediately. There are new primordia showing up everywhere on the bag where there is no mold. It's quite impressive, and also sort of nice that we'll get the mushrooms in stages, so they won't all peak at the same time. We're probably two or three days away from edible shrooms!

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