I missed out on the NARGS seedex Monotropa, but bought some Indian Pipes on Ebay.
I think sugar will sustain them until I can find my Russula mushrooms. I am willing to share my Russulas. They were bought for the plants. I have multiple species. Some are tasty and edible, some aren't and will cause diarrhea. They should come up in the summer and fall. I did get one Dyemakers' Puffball, Pisolithus tinctorus. While good for Ericaceae it isn't necessary. The mycorrhizae is always there, the "puffball", which is actually solid, comes up in the presence of dog feces. It spreads by rodents eating it, or me chopping it up. Also on EBay WHITE VEINED WINTERGREEN (Pyrola picta) PIPSISSEWA (Chimaphila umbellate & maculata) I Will start on Tissue Culture media with Gibberellic Acid-3 I think the sugar will sustain them until I put them in the garden with Rhizopogon. PINEDROPS (Pterospora andromedea) Will start on TC media with Rhizopogon fungus. It won't sprout without the fungus present. Rhizopogon (tiny truffles) is in Ecto-Tabs also on EBay. They did not list the species on the EBay ad. Fungi was a huge search. Some companies sell edibles. Many are fronts, sold out of most everything except equipment and psychedelic spores. Apparently spores are legal, 'shrooms are not. Those selling spores for conifer seedlings have a huge number of genera. Much of the stuff on EBay doesn't have a chance. -- Larry Wallace Cincinnati
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