2’ section of clean maple from a log drop, roughly 8” or so in diameter. inoculated last winter with totem method. Overwinter inoculation in the garage was a good move, I had a fully inoculated log in the spring letting me start a full 3 months earlier. Probably wouldn’t have gotten a harvest this year otherwise.
You can see these all came out of the spawn so I’m hoping to get some from the log itself next year. Time will tell.
Biggest ball is 4” or so across.
Very hype for these as I have never tasted them before. They’re supposed to be delicious and are suuuuper expensive at the store (30-40 usd a pound)
looks so good. I've never had lionsmane because of the price, but I keep seeing recipes with it swirling around vegan youtube.
I've been thinking about growing my own too. How much do you have to tend to the moisture with these? I know some mushies are really finicky.
Gonna have to push back a little bit here. Lions mane taken in controlled and limited quantities can probably help with memory issues but eating an entire fruiting body or part of one is pretty irresponsible. For alot of people it might be harmless but it seems to trigger severe disassociative mental illness that's similar to people who have post-finderistride syndrome and can also really fuck with people's serotonin levels if taken in excess and can cause an overdose that creates sertonin syndrome similar to how taking too much molly or SSRIs can fuck your brain up in the wrong dose.
I support people taking Lions Mane diy style but be safe and keep it in small and controlled doses and if you start to feel weird then please stop.
see r/lionsmanerecovery for all the associated risks
Omg. Wow. Yeah, my partner is already on ssris and I'm seeing the papers on this. Probably best not to mix.
Thanks for the heads up. I was just thinking about it culinarily.
No worries, I love lions mane and I def want to experiment with it to help with my own brain injury so im def not a hater but its important to be careful :)