I Am Sorry To Hear About Champi Getting ''bleached'' And Getting Kicked Out Of The Company Soon, It Is

I am sorry to hear about Champi getting ''bleached'' and getting kicked out of the company soon, it is a scandal! Horrible and egregious! However I am afraid that it might not be a very good idea to bring a saprobic mushroom into your home.

As much as I want Champi to make it, it is a risky move to take them home.

First of all, if Champi surives being taken home and being brought into a new environment they might release spores as a way to reproduce. Which means the fungus can spread through your home if there is any decaying or dead organic material. Which can be a huge problem.

Even if your were to remove the fruit bodies the mycelium could still be growing anywhere in dead or decaying organic material, so you would need to use proper fungicide/mycocide which can be expensive especially if it is a hardy fungus. Of course in this case I am describing the worst case scenario, I do not mean to cause worry.

HOWEVER, if you can take the piece of furniture, in which the mycelium has grown, home with you and can put it in a controlled space (akin to some kind of lab or a mini-lab, maybe in a securely closed plastic bag depending on the size of the piece of furniture) you might be able to grow it and care for it, but that can still be difficult and expensive.

Shortly, there are definitely risks if you take Champi home with you. You can minimise the risks by growing them in a controlled space but that can be expensive, just like that growing them in an open space and risking an infection can be expensive.

It would be cheaper to leave Champi be, but if you have enough motivation and you can afford to care for them, I suppose you could take them home. If you cannot care for them, you could cut of a piece of the fruitbody and if it has gills you could make a spore print to remember Champi by:)

A tip for making a spore print: if you make it on paper, set the spores with hairspray.

I must say that I am not entirely sure how easily this fungus reproduces and spreads because I am still uncertain of which species it is.

If you have any further questions let me know:)

I am curious to know what will happen to Champi.

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@belis86 Another part to the mushroom saga and Champi lore:)

In my workplace there's a mushroom? Fungi? Coworker? So im keeping check on its growth, since I have to maintain my Sanity in hell somehow. Their name is 'Champi'

In case someone know what this fellow coworker is, any information is apreciated.

They grow the white parte first, then the brown parte grows and the other gets small, and so on.

History of my mushroom coworker

Some months ago I thought it was a piece of wood on the really broken furniture, but then it kept growing so hold on its not wood, then it got bigger and had three pointy ends, and had spots, but then the cleaning lady wiped it with bleach, and they "died".

But now they are back, and there is a Lot More, so here se ate documenting it lol

Looks like a Spectacular Rustgill or Gymnopilus junonius. They often grow on tree stumps and tree bases.

This species also occurs in Southwest and Southeast Australia.

In the picture I cannot see the gills, I am assuming it has gills because it looks exactly like a Spectacular Rustgill, so they might still be covered by the cortina (veil).

I also found a picture of a person who identified a Spectacular Rustgill in Australia which looked really similar.

So shortly, I am fairly sure it is a Spectacular Rustgill or Gymnopilus junonius.

I hope this helps:)

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I got the pictures from iNaturalist:

iNaturalist

Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)

Gymnopilus junonius is a species of mushroom in the family Cortinariaceae. Commonly known as the Spectacular Rustgill, this large orange mus

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@writingraccoon Hiyaaa:) The op being Australian does help so thanks for letting me know. I do not mind being tagged in identification posts, I like id'ing fungi:)

looka this mushroom from my backyard

Spores: various shapes and textures

Just like my post on cap shapes and gill attachment, I thought it might be useful to know what certain terms mean when I describe a fungus, in this case the terms I use to describe spores and what they look like.

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Mycorrhizal spores: shapes and textures

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Link to image:

ResearchGate

Fig. 1 Various shapes and textures of mycorrhizal spores. Different...

Download scientific diagram | Various shapes and textures of mycorrhizal spores. Different types, which are widely distributed across a rang

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OMG! These pictures are gorgeous! Hydnellum Peckii, or Devil's Tooth is literally one of my favourite fungi! And if I thought Hydnellum Peckii was gorgeous, man, I hadn't seen Chrondrostereum purpureum! WOW!

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Chondrostereum purpureum (also known as forbidden tapioca pearls) via mantodeadream on instagram ❦ Hydnellum Peckii (also known as Strawberries and Cream, Devil’s Tooth, Bleeding Tooth Fungus), photographed by Kevin Moldenhauer

Legit though, but there is hope, there is another reblog in which the possibility of growing Champi from home is discussed.

I will tag you in it:))

In my workplace there's a mushroom? Fungi? Coworker? So im keeping check on its growth, since I have to maintain my Sanity in hell somehow. Their name is 'Champi'

In case someone know what this fellow coworker is, any information is apreciated.

They grow the white parte first, then the brown parte grows and the other gets small, and so on.

History of my mushroom coworker

Some months ago I thought it was a piece of wood on the really broken furniture, but then it kept growing so hold on its not wood, then it got bigger and had three pointy ends, and had spots, but then the cleaning lady wiped it with bleach, and they "died".

But now they are back, and there is a Lot More, so here se ate documenting it lol

PINNED POST - LINKS

This post has the links to 'mini-series' posts.

MYCOLOGY 101

Cap shapes and gill attachment

Spores: various shapes and textures

Mycological terms and practical vocabulary

FOSSIL SHARK TEETH ID PROJECT

Fossil Shark Teeth ID Project - Part 1

Fossil Shark Teeth ID Project - Part 2

SPOOKY PLANTS AND FUNGI

Ghost pipe - Monotropa uniflora

Spooky Fungi

Black elfin saddle - Helvella lacunosa

White elfin crispa - Helvella crispa

Candy apple bolete - Exsudoporus frostii

Beefsteak mushroom - Fistulina hepatica

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@fairy-tales-of-yesterday

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@lovelyalicorn

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@edukincon

@emmakapla