Mushrooms grow in worm farms

by Stephan
(South Africa)

Q: Is it true that mushrooms grow in worm farms? that is one of the questions we get confronted with from time to time.


The answer is "Yes" although most mushrooms of fungi that can be found in worm farms consist usually just of mold, there are as well exceptions to this rule where large edible and tasty mushrooms are found in worm farms.

This has been the case in some of our worm beds where we harvested virtually 5 to 10 mushrooms every week over a period of several month.

The mycelium arrived most certainly initially with some horse manure we used to feed our worm herds and spread rapidly throughout our beds in a matter of a year or so.

If the conditions are right and the mycelium is left undisturbed you can have your own private mushroom supply for years to come.

Warning:"Please make sure that the mushrooms found in your worm farms are edible!" If in doubt don't eat it!!!!!

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Sep 19, 2022
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starstarstarstarstar 		Re: Worms and Morel mushrooms
by: Stephan (Editor)

Hello.

Thank you for your interesting message about your experiment with morel mushrooms in a worm bin.

We had some lovely edible mushrooms growing in our worm bins for several years and never had any negative problems between the mushrooms and the worms.

I speak under correction but do doubt that Oyster mushrooms will attack compost worms. If you have any evidence to the contrary please let me know and if possible share your source for this information with me and the rest of the worm composting community on our pages.

We would love to hear about the progress of your worm and mushroom project.

So please share any updates with us if you can.

Kind regards and happy worming

Stephan Kloppert

Author of "How to start a profitable worm business on a shoestring budget"

Editor of www.worm-composting-help.com
Sep 19, 2022
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by: Stephan

Hello,

thank you for sharing your experiment with mushrooms in your worm bin.

It would be great to get some updates on the progress of your project once it is going.

We are looking forward to hearing from you in the future.

Kind regards and happy worming

Stephan Kloppert

Author of "How to start a profitable worm business on a shoestring budget"

Editor of www.worm-composting-help.com
Sep 12, 2022
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by: Anonymous

I recently put some golden teacher mushroom cakes that were contaminated with Trichoderma so we will see what happens!
Sep 01, 2022
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by: Anonymous

I am thinking about intentionally inoculating my worm bin with morel mushrooms. I have sawdust pellets to make the worm bin "woodier" but I am wondering about the interaction between worms and shrooms. I have read that oyster mushrooms are bad for worms, because they will intentionally go after the worms themselves, but I am wondering about the viability of a symbiotic relationship between the worms and the fungi. Does anyone have any thoughts on the matter?

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