To help your what? I’m intrigued. Some I fried in butter for an omelette, others I had with noodles, and I dried a lot of them. I’ll probably rehydrate those and cook them in cider with sausages

Too late! It collapsed within seconds

I grew it from a kit. It’s a cross between p.eryngii and p.ostreatus, sometimes known as black pearl oyster mushrooms

I’m resisting the temptation to be obscene

They are black pearl oysters, which are a cross between p. eryngii (king) and p. ostreatus (grey)

They are growing from a mushroom block made up of water and wood. That’s what it says here, anyway

What is happening here?