Reishi!

Ganoderma lucidum

(Same Ganoderma lucidum 8 days earlier)

I unwittingly grew reishi mushrooms :)

I was forced to sort through the mass of rotting mushroom bags under my desk and was shocked to see Reishis, Ganoderma lucidum, growing out of a bag. Reishi is one of the most famous mushrooms in Chinese Medicine, but I never grew out a reishi culture....hmmm?

The label on the bag said Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) from Spore Works. I realized this was one of the cultures that had been donated to the UW Farm and it must have been mislabeled.

But I don't mind :)

I'm going to grow them, dry them, grind them up (somehow), mix them into melted chocolate and make my own reishi chocolates like they do at Fungi Perfecti.

I might get a few more...see the new ones forming?