So I've been thinking about growing my own mushrooms but don't know where to find spors or anything (don't wanna get them online bc it will go on my bank statment and my rents will see that) so i was wondering if i could use a peice of a dried cap and grow from that? Any thoughts or experience?
well i wasnt gonna touch this thread b/c OP is new, probably young and still lives with his parents, which means he probably shouldnt grow anyway but ill answer for you to answer your question no you cant the spores will not release once the mushrooms are dried maybe you could scrape some out, idk they probably would be infected tho do some research if you really wanna grow them and order your spores online (i used earthstongue.org) fast, good customer service, and nice 20cc syringe
To answer the OP, YES, you can. You can use agar like the poster above me said, and cardboard works as well, I've never done agar agar agar, yes, I meant to type it three times. Cardboard has worked though, for me at least. You can find teks on various mycology forums.