{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022","author_name":"Marina","author_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Eureka! Mycelium ","html":"I think we found our myco pal!!!!\r\nNormal enough -- when wearing plaid.\r\nSampan Super Chai<\/a>'s\u00a0new friend, Jon Salmon of Mycosense\u00a0Mushrooms,<\/a>\u00a0a PDX-based start up and\u00a0supplier of kits and spawn inoculants\u00a0\"with the goal of enabling individuals to grow their own choice edible mushrooms right in their own homes starting with our Miraculous Growing Kits. For the adventurous mushroom enthusiast we\u2019ve assembled an assortment of mushroom cultures and growing supplies that build on the do it yourself ethos we are so proud of here in the Pacific Northwest.\"<\/span>\r\n

\"jonsalmon_mycosense\"<\/a><\/p>\r\nI'd been searching for someone who would understand the (subterranean) landscape of growing mycelium materials, and would be up for working with us in a more scientific capacity than I possess (putting it mildly; I'm a haven for contaminants).\u00a0\u00a0I posted\u00a0a \"collaborator wanted\" listing on a variety of local and national sites, and perhaps it's true that you need to be on the ground with the equivalent of a local phone book and a local mindset; some mycological Kismet helps too.\r\n\r\nNext step: assemble equipment, get spawn, substrate and a more detailed protocol for pasteurizing, spawn selection, labeling, documentation, work flow, time frame.\r\n\r\nTLAAG<\/a> and I will be working at the White Stag Summer Residency<\/a> by the\u00a0Burnside Bridge through August...\r\n\r\n ","type":"rich"}