mushrooms in a blender

[Samw]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...r&pagenumber=1

No mushrooms regrew after 1 month.

Any success stories out there?

[sumpfinfishe]

I'm sure the blender thing would work just fine with a quick jog on low for a whack of small tissue, however if your puree the shrooms to the point that there is no living tissue left and simply just sludge then I could see it not working

[krissyfish20]

You're welcome! I'm not really sure about having small chunks of tissue or not. Theoretically you only need one cell, so as long as you have some microscopic cells floating around in the solution you technically could have a mushroom grow out of that cell. When you liquify the musroom you most likely are disrupting a lot of the cells causing their cytoplasm to leak out which would kill the cell (you'd be disrupting the cell's membrane). But if any cells survived (you wouldnt be able to see them cuz they're microscopic) you could get mushrooms. But if you did leave small chunks in the solution you would for sure know that some of the cells weren't killed, and would have an even greater chance of musroom regrowth. You also have to think about denaturation of the proteins in the mushroom. Heat isn't the only thing that denatures proteins causing inactivation. If you stir proteins too much (aka the really high stirring and blending in the blender) it can also cause the proteins to turn inside out and misfold and denature. This would cause inactivation and the cells wouldn't survive and create baby mushrooms. I'm really interested to see if it works now. In all theory one cell should cause one mushroom regardless of large chunks in solution or not. People haven't had success trying it, but i wonder if the feat can be done. Cheers.

[medic_eva]

Originally Posted by Willow

sounds like a myth for adam and jamie to bust.

we have to make them do it!!!!! reefers unite!!!!

[danny zubot]

anyone see the myth busters last week where they threw a hair dryer in the tub and it started to pump water?

I saw that one.

I think a better way would be to chop with a sharp chef's knife instead of a blender. I agree that mincing would kill too much cellular tissue. In my new tank I'm going to build a little bowl in my tank out of small peices of live rock, that way the shrooms have something to grasp without being blown all over the tank. I'll call it mushroom soup! Chop and serve!