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Could I Transplant Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria to under my Leylandii?

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I'm pretty sure the conditions under my Leylandii in the garden are about right for Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria, so wondering if I happened to collect a few good specimens and let them drop spores, leave on the ground or bury some might encourage my very own patch of growth?
In other parts of the garden we seem to be growing pretty good crops of Field Mushrooms, or a very similar looking species, that we're not planning on eating.

Hints, tips appreciated
 
Ahh, ok, I was thinking it was a conifer and must be related to Pine.

Though a web search did say they would grow. I might have read that wrong!
 
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The also grow under oak - in fact, that's where I've found most of them in the UK. The birch association could be as much necessity as preference.

It's probably easier to introduce a mycorrhizal species such as Amanita muscaria by directly inoculating the roots of a young sapling.
 
Well seeing as i was mistaken about the Genus of our Leylandii, thinking it was related to Pine cos it was a conifer, Its a moot point really, though we'll maybe go for a walk and collect a few to try just in case.
 
i have not found people online yet that sucessfully cultivated amanitas, If you find something, or are sucessfull yourself, please post it here.

it seems like amanita really does not want to be cultivated. seems to be very very difficult.

really looking forward to the upcoming amanita season.

good luck !
 
There's also the possibility that this species requires a secondary symbiont, so you might have to work out which companion species of fungus needs to accompany the amanita - especially in the case of a non-traditional host like Leylandii. And I don't recall ever having found a mushroom under a leylandii, although that doesn't necessarily mean I've even looked.
 
I think that it requires grafting for that, years ago (probably decades) in some research we had discovered some cross-strains to Psilocybe and Amanita Muscaria. You should be able to graft the colonization with therapy grade mushroom oil extracts, this should help with the 'non-traditional' host. With that being said, you can always cultivate with a separate inoculation of a separate species alongside the grow. Either way good luck
 
I think that it requires grafting for that, years ago (probably decades) in some research we had discovered some cross-strains to Psilocybe and Amanita Muscaria. You should be able to graft the colonization with therapy grade mushroom oil extracts, this should help with the 'non-traditional' host. With that being said, you can always cultivate with a separate inoculation of a separate species alongside the grow. Either way good luck
Sorry, grafting of what to what? What do you mean by cross-strains? Have you published this research anywhere? What kind of mushroom oil extracts are you talking about, both with regard to mushroom species and extraction method? Use of inoculated oak or birch saplings seems like a good idea to me.

Whichever way it's tried, this seems highly likely to be an inescapably years-long project if fruiting bodies are the goal.
 
Sorry, grafting of what to what? What do you mean by cross-strains? Have you published this research anywhere? What kind of mushroom oil extracts are you talking about, both with regard to mushroom species and extraction method? Use of inoculated oak or birch saplings seems like a good idea to me.

Whichever way it's tried, this seems highly likely to be an inescapably years-long project if fruiting bodies are the goal.
Hi,

I wouldn't say that it would be extremely successful for many flushes. The researcher that I was working with ended up imprisoned, he's a leak. The data was a default, psychotropic mushrooms were used as they seemed suitable for response. Grafting works in subcategories of the plant kingdom, to be broad, with codon traits in full effect. (our experiments were contained to indoor operations. The cross strains had two pheno-variations and were asexual. One was a fly arg with the loss of pigmentation and a trace of tryptamine and lower concentration, the other was a low potency psilocybe with a red cap and acidic property. This acid was determined to be Dihydro-lysergic Acid)
 
Hi,

I wouldn't say that it would be extremely successful for many flushes. The researcher that I was working with ended up imprisoned, he's a leak. The data was a default, psychotropic mushrooms were used as they seemed suitable for response. Grafting works in subcategories of the plant kingdom, to be broad, with codon traits in full effect. (our experiments were contained to indoor operations. The cross strains had two pheno-variations and were asexual. One was a fly arg with the loss of pigmentation and a trace of tryptamine and lower concentration, the other was a low potency psilocybe with a red cap and acidic property. This acid was determined to be Dihydro-lysergic Acid)
Sorry, I find that very hard to believe, apart from the bit about the guy getting locked up.
 
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