I just want to put in two-cents on the kinds of fungi that we want to see when you grow them up, as in the pictures by Larry and John.
Initially, having the fuzzy, white rugs is ok, but you really want to move beyond this first bloom is maybe ok, but maybe something not great, and get the thick white strands of fungi in your compost.
The grey, fuzzy, aerial white things isn't what you want.
Take a look at David Loring's website, www.roncinvitova.com, I think, where he compared four different composts with four different amendments, and look at the difference in fungi that grew up in the different combinations. One compost just grew fuzzy grey fungi, which are almost certainly things you want nothing to do with. Fusarium, quite likely.
Another compost/food combination gave a significant amount of mildew. Those little sporulating umbrella-like things are Phytopthora, most likely.
The best fungi were in the Greenways and another compost, I don't remember, but they were thick white strands, IN the compost itself. They were only in the humic acid foods additions, not in the algae additions.
If you want to take pictures of your fuzz, I'll try to give you some ideas of what you have. Alternatively, visit your local mycologist at your nearest University or college, and ask them if they can help you ID what you have. Just a general ID, you don't need to pay to have cultures made!
You have cultures - in your compost.
Hope this helps!
Elaine
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
Corvallis, OR
Port Jefferson, NY
Lismore, NSW, Australia
Hilversum, The Netherlands
www.soilfoodweb.com
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Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 16:51:06 EST