ShLUbY
Well-Known Member
they try and fruit on their own, but fruiting is inhibited under high CO2 concentrations (when the bags are sealed like they are). Minimal gas exchange occurs through the filter patch but allow enough O2 so the mycelium doesn't suffocate. Once you decrease the concentration of CO2 relative to O2, they mycelium uses that as an indicator to start forming fruits. Just think of a log being colonized... inside the wood the CO2 con is high, and O2 con is low. Once the log has been colonized sufficiently, pins form in atmospheric conditions on the surface (lower CO2:O2 ratio) and the mushrooms grow with access to O2.How do you get them to fruit?