Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

Something's not right!

"The mycelium in these areas looks very strange."

The sound of rain pattering against the roof was heard. Yang Lin sat by the window, watching the rain and sensing the thriving mycelium in the mountains and forests. Suddenly, he noticed something unusual.

By chance, his termite mushroom mycelium evolved, gaining a stronger ability to adapt to the environment than ordinary termite mushrooms.

The mycelium buried in the mountains and forests is all from the highly adaptable Termitomyces No. 1.

Without any other intervention, the soil environment in the forest is fully capable of supporting the growth of No. 1.

However, according to Yang Lin's perception, some of the mycelia he had buried on the matsutake mushroom nests failed to expand their colony under this rainfall.

On the contrary, their growth was actually inhibited.

Yang Lin was certain that he had not suppressed the normal growth of these mycelia; he had only prevented them from producing fungi.

Logically, once the need for additional fungal production is eliminated, all the energy of the fungal community should be focused on the growth of underground mycelium, allowing it to grow more abundantly.

Perhaps something unexpected happened somewhere.

Realizing that something might be wrong with his mycelium, Yang Lin immediately lost his mood to enjoy the rain.

Concentrate and begin to carefully sense the condition of the mycelium.

He buried 108 chicken-of-the-woods nests in the mountains of Qingshan Village. Apart from the five that had already been used and were now somewhat weak, there were three that were declining for some unknown reason.

The remaining one hundred are fine; they are gradually growing, and the spiritual light they sense is slowly expanding.

So the problem lies in these three mushroom nests.

"Is this... a war?"

By focusing his energy on the three tiny, tangible lights that were causing the problem, Yang Lin obtained more specific information and saw the situation facing the three clumps of mycelium.

It's like a battle breaking out due to a foreign invasion.

An invading mycelium from outside invaded his termite mushroom nest and clashed with the termite mushroom mycelium inside.

The wild mycelium was very domineering, not only robbing nutrients from the soil, but also squeezing out and suppressing his mycelium everywhere.

They seem determined to wipe out the enemy and seize the territory for themselves.

Simply put, if we consider a bacterial community as a kingdom, then its three bacterial communities are now each facing a national war.

Compared to the mycelium that Yang Lin had only recently planted, these three fungal communities had been dormant and developing in this soil for who knows how many years.

Its colony depth far surpasses that of the three newly settled mycelia planted by Yang Lin.

Therefore, in this competition for resources and land, Yanglin's mycelium is clearly at a disadvantage.

"Turns out it was just some wild mushrooms from the mountains. It gave me quite a fright; I thought it was something serious."

After figuring out the situation, Yang Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that three chicken-of-the-woods nests will be taken over by wild mushrooms, it's no big deal.

Once the rain stops, he'll take some time to bury more mycelium on the mountain.

Yang Lin shook his head and began preparing breakfast.

Although other wild mushrooms have mostly grown on the three problematic chicken-of-the-woods nests, he might have some unexpected gains if he goes up the mountain now.

However, he doesn't lack the money from mushrooms right now.

The mountain roads are all muddy on rainy days. Even if he lies in bed all day starving and scrolls through his phone all day, he won't go out or go into the mountains.

Humming a tune and listening to music, Yang Lin leisurely started making breakfast.

The popular songs in this world are somewhat different from those he heard in his previous life.

Unfortunately, Yang Lin doesn't understand music theory and is tone-deaf. He's the kind of singer who makes money when others sing, but makes people want to die when he sings.

I don't plan to work in the music industry.

Just as Yang Lin finished making breakfast and hadn't even had a chance to eat it, a sudden inspiration struck him.

However, a new change has occurred in the mycelium that was "fighting" with wild mushrooms.

Yang Lin stared intently, and was instantly taken aback.

It turns out that the clump of fungi had accidentally achieved a partial victory while competing with invasive fungi for territory.

On the local battlefield, they eliminated and devoured the invaders, obtaining some of their biological information.

[Shiitake mushroom: Kingdom Fungi - Phylum Basidiomycota - Subphylum Agaricales - Class Agaricales - Order Agaricales - Family Tricholomataceae - Genus Lentinus.]

"Wait, these are shiitake mushrooms!"

After realizing what was happening, Yang Lin was startled again.

Of the three Termitomyces nests that were invaded, one of them had mycelium that was wild shiitake mushroom.

That's not important. What's important is that his mycelium successfully devoured the other party and also obtained some of the biological information of the shiitake mushroom, resulting in some mutations.

All we need to do is obtain more biological information about wild shiitake mushrooms and then allow the mycelium to return to the body for recording.

Then, just like cultivating Termitomyces No. 1, we continuously cultivate these mutated mycelia carrying the biological information of shiitake mushrooms, allowing them to evolve in the direction of shiitake mushrooms.

Until it completely transforms into the shape of a shiitake mushroom.

At that time, he will be able to produce shiitake mushroom mycelium directly, just like he produces termite mushroom mycelium.

Compared to termite mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms are practically ubiquitous.

Most shiitake mushrooms can only sell for five or six yuan per jin (500g), while better quality ones can sell for seven or eight yuan per jin.

Compared to the price of termite mushrooms, which can easily reach hundreds or thousands of dollars, shiitake mushrooms are simply not worth mentioning.

but!

The artificial cultivation technology for shiitake mushrooms is very mature! The artificial cultivation technology for shiitake mushrooms is very mature! The artificial cultivation technology for shiitake mushrooms is very mature!

Say the important thing three times.

Although shiitake mushrooms are not competitive in terms of price.

However, if Yang Lin really wants to hire people to help him cultivate the mushrooms...

Shiitake mushrooms are a thousand times better than termite mushrooms!

Because it is safe and reliable enough.

A planting technique that scientists worldwide predicted would remain undeveloped for at least the next decade was suddenly revealed by an unknown young man from a rural area with no connections.

Yang Lin didn't know how biologists around the world, especially experts who had studied termite mushrooms, would react.

Yang Lin was unsure whether he could weather the shock and academic upheaval that occurred during this period.

He wanted to expose the termite mushrooms because he had no other choice.

But now, he's about to have mushrooms.

When picking termite mushrooms, Yang Lin only dared to pick 10 to 20 kilograms at a time.

If Yang Lin were to sell shiitake mushrooms, let alone 10 or 20 kilograms, even if it were 10 or 20 tons, probably not many people would care. At most, they would think that Yang Lin was wholesaling shiitake mushrooms.

"I must go to the mountains immediately to collect information!"

"Don't let these fungal mycelia all die out!"

There was no time for breakfast, or even time to find a raincoat to change into.

Yang Lin grabbed an umbrella and a small hoe, pushed open the door, and strode toward the location he sensed.

More than half an hour later, Yang Lin, soaking wet and covered in mud, arrived at the location he had sensed.

At this moment, the mycelium's sensitivity has become extremely weak.

Clumps of wild shiitake mushrooms sprouted from the original nest of matsutake mushrooms.

Fortunately, his mycelium has not been completely eradicated, and there is still time to save everything.

With a faint sense of touch, Yang Lin dug away the remaining mycelium, pinched the soil containing the mycelium, and recorded the information about the mycelium.

This is a type of matsutake mushroom with a shiitake mushroom flavor.