Ringworm
Ringworm (Stropharia rugosoannulata) belongs to the class of basidiomycetes, of the botanical order of the agaric family and the family of squamates. It consists of an underground part, which are to be white hyphae and from the above-ground part, which are the fruiting bodies composed of a stem and a cap. In the early stage of development, the cap of the fruiting body is covered with thickenings, which then fade away or remain as white spots. During maturation, the sheath joining the brim of the hat to the shaft breaks, revealing purple or white gills, radially positioned. Club-shaped cells are visible on them under strong magnification, the so-called. coasters, on which they are located after 4 spores fulfilling the same role, what seeds. They are black in color and if they fall on a suitable surface, they start to sprout. They release one hypha first, which bifurcates to form a network of hyphae. Under the right conditions, they combine, giving rise to fruiting bodies. The entire development cycle – from a knot less than a millimeter long to a mature fruiting body – continues 12-14 days. In cultivated varieties of ringworm, the color of the hat is reddish-brown, and the whole mushroom resembles the boletus popular with us.
The substrate for its cultivation can be all kinds of straw, including flax chaff, which do not require long and special, as with champignons, preparation.
When choosing such a crop in the garden, there should be a bed that is slightly sheltered from direct sunlight and rain.
You can also set up an annelid cultivation in the inspection or under the foil. The cultivation is assumed in May-June. By joining this cultivation, you need to prepare a humus soil mixed with a high one (i.e.. sour) torfem, make it slightly acidic (pH 5,6-6,0) and try to get fresh straw, preferably cut into pieces (there may be chaff). This straw is soaked through 38-48 hours, changing the water several times. After proper hydration (when single drops of water appear between your fingers when you squeeze the straw in your hand), the straw is placed in a designated place and strongly compacted, creating a perch of approx 20 cm. Then the mycelium is planted, by taking it out of the foil bag and dividing it into pieces the size of a pigeon's egg. The planting technique involves tilting the straw with one hand and inserting a piece of mycelium into the resulting hole with the other, in depth 5-8 cm. The planting site is kneaded by hand. Then the perch is covered with bags or paper and weighted, to prevent the straw from rising. Keep the paper or bags wet, so that the straw does not dry out. Within 3-4 weeks the mycelium takes over the entire substrate. Then the cover is removed, and he puts on a covering soil (prepared as previously described). The first fruiting bodies of the ringworm appear in 3-4 weeks after casing is put on.
In the inspection, you can easily obtain optimal growth conditions for this fungus, as long as it is ventilated and protected from sunlight. Moreover, the fence protects against rain and drying of the ground. It is easy to maintain the right temperature for the development of mycelium (25-28°C). At substrate temperature below 20 ° C, the outgrowth of the mycelium takes too long. On the other hand, an increase in the temperature in the substrate above 30 ° C leads to weakening, then kill the mycelium. Carrying out the cultivation of ringworm in the inspection, it must be shaded and aired, to keep the temperature as constant as possible. Temperature fluctuations cause condensation to form. The mycelium dies under the action of a drop of water, and the straw gradually turns black. This phenomenon is more dangerous for the cultivation than the drying of the perch surface.
Remember to cover the perch with casing soil, that the cover is always moist. Dried perches are watered with a watering can with small holes or with a hose ended with a strainer. Water should not get into the ground. W 10-14 days after covering, the inspection should be ventilated, inserting a peg with a cross-section of 6X6 cm between the inspection window and the box.
Approx 4 weeks. During the fruiting period, the annelid is not very sensitive to temperature fluctuations. However, during this period, the perches should be aired by lifting inspection windows as far as a hand, yes, however, that there is a slight slope to drain rainwater. On cold days, the windows are closed. It is then aired during the day, when there are more fruiting bodies on the perch. The perches also need to be watered as needed (at a time no more than 1,5 liter of 1 m2). It elapses from the moment of setting the fruiting bodies to full maturity 10-12 days. Under natural conditions, the harvest begins at the beginning of August and continues until frost. So, then you gather, when it reaches full maturity, i.e.. when the sheath covering the gills is broken, but the hat still has the shape of a bell. Collecting ringlets, twists (does not cut) them from the ground or substrate, taking the mushrooms gently with two fingers by the hat. The ends of the handles are carefully cleaned or cut. The holes formed after unscrewing the fruiting bodies are covered with casing soil. WITH 1 m2 can be obtained from 10 do 16 kg of mushrooms.