We were sitting around talking about Mycelium...I kid you not...really. Rainbow Dawn and her hubby had us spell bound as they described the importance and granduer of mycelium. I did a quick lookup and here is what I found. This is the largest organism on earth. You may have even trod on it numerous times during your walk. You may have severed it when you shoved that spade in the soil. Interesting.........
Mycelium (plural mycelia)
is the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. The mass of hyphae is sometimes called shiro, especially within the fairy ring fungi. Fungal colonies composed of mycelia are found in soil and on or in many other substrates. Typically a single spore germinates into a monokaryotic mycelium which cannot reproduce sexually; when two compatible monokaryotic mycelia join and form a dikaryotic mycelium, that mycelium may form fruiting bodies such as mushrooms. A mycelium may be minute, forming a colony that is too small to see, or it may be extensive:
Is this the largest organism in the world?
This 2,400-acre (9.7 km2) site in eastern Oregon had a contiguous growth of mycelium before logging roads cut through it. Estimated at 1,665 football fields in size and 2,200 years old, this one fungus has killed the forest above it several times over, and in so doing has built deeper soil layers that allow the growth of ever-larger stands of trees. Mushroom-forming forest fungi are unique in that their mycelial mats can achieve such massive proportions.
—Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running
It is through the mycelium that a fungus absorbs nutrients from its environment. It does this in a two stage process. Firstly the hyphae secrete enzymes onto the food source, which breaks down polymers into monomers. These monomers are then absorbed into the mycelium by facilitated diffusion and active transport.
Mycelium is vital in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems for its role in the decomposition of plant material. It contributes to the organic fraction of soil and its growth releases carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. The mycelium of mycorrhizal fungi increases the efficiency of water and nutrient absorption of most plants and confers resistance to some plant pathogens. Mycelium is an important food source for many soil invertebrates.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So now you know a little something about my silly um.
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good day good folks
ReplyDeleteI so love your thirst for knowledge, I hope this imformation will spread for it is the biggest mistake most all gardeners make, as humans we needs have everything looking as picture perfect mostly for bragging rights, such is the human ego, we watched a documentry on the man whom contracted cancer, and refused to go threw modern medicine for his cure, he moved to a remote place in china, where the land was almost untouched, first educating himself in flora, amazing person this was, he first bought seed and freely tossed them in the area in witch he lived,without breaking soil largerer then the seed itself, and would let nature take her place, after a couple of years and the gathering of his own seeds he no longer needed to purchase, he also gathered a clay in which he would make small clay balls in each one several differnt types of seeds, then when it was time to plant he would just toss them balls of seeds, and leave the rest to nature, he not only cured his cancer but he was self sustained promising himself to never have to go to market a buy hims food.
I first found out about the importance of mycelium when I became a wild mushroom buyer in oregon, at this time mainly buying matsataki or pine mushrooms, which makes a fairy ring that spands 100 miles across in every direction, these fairy rings also travel, this started my education of mono cropping, and made me look at dirt in as living organism I plainly call sustanence. our mismanagement and lack of education in this most important substance, is the reason for so many disorders and illnesses we humans have, we no longer give plants enough time for mycelium and other enzymes to gather the minerals we so need for good health, evident in animals vs human health,
gold and silver are just as and even more so important minerals we are lacking in our diets , silver alone prevent approx 1600 invasive radicals and other ill producing things that can enter our bodies, and thats just silver , gold I think prevent 2200 (don't quote that amount)we lack these minerals cause they take longer for the myceliums to bring to the serface for plants to tap into, anyone can bring this truth to light by going and pulling up old ferns and cat tails shake the dirt out in a panning tray to find gold.
oh dear... i could go on forever shouting my discontent at our disfunctionality and greed,
I best save some for later
Dawn
good day good folks
ReplyDeleteI so love your thirst for knowledge, I hope this imformation will spread for it is the biggest mistake most all gardeners make, as humans we needs have everything looking as picture perfect mostly for bragging rights, such is the human ego, we watched a documentry on the man whom contracted cancer, and refused to go threw modern medicine for his cure, he moved to a remote place in china, where the land was almost untouched, first educating himself in flora, amazing person this was, he first bought seed and freely tossed them in the area in witch he lived,without breaking soil largerer then the seed itself, and would let nature take her place, after a couple of years and the gathering of his own seeds he no longer needed to purchase, he also gathered a clay in which he would make small clay balls in each one several differnt types of seeds, then when it was time to plant he would just toss them balls of seeds, and leave the rest to nature, he not only cured his cancer but he was self sustained promising himself to never have to go to market a buy hims food.
I first found out about the importance of mycelium when I became a wild mushroom buyer in oregon, at this time mainly buying matsataki or pine mushrooms, which makes a fairy ring that spands 100 miles across in every direction, these fairy rings also travel, this started my education of mono cropping, and made me look at dirt in as living organism I plainly call sustanence. our mismanagement and lack of education in this most important substance, is the reason for so many disorders and illnesses we humans have, we no longer give plants enough time for mycelium and other enzymes to gather the minerals we so need for good health, evident in animals vs human health,
gold and silver are just as and even more so important minerals we are lacking in our diets , silver alone prevent approx 1600 invasive radicals and other ill producing things that can enter our bodies, and thats just silver , gold I think prevent 2200 (don't quote that amount)we lack these minerals cause they take longer for the myceliums to bring to the serface for plants to tap into, anyone can bring this truth to light by going and pulling up old ferns and cat tails shake the dirt out in a panning tray to find gold.
oh dear... i could go on forever shouting my discontent at our disfunctionality and greed,
I best save some for later
Dawn
sorry I hit the darn button twice
ReplyDeletehahahah I hate it when that happens. Dawn, I just thought it was a bunch of dirt before. The ground we walk of is ALIVE. Creation is a magnificent thing and NO ONE stands alone.
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