Aquatic mushroom?

[Da Plant Man]

Hey guys!

As it turns out there is an aquatic mushroom known as Psathyrella aquatica.

How cool would it be to actually have mushrooms in your aquarium?

Anyways, just thought I would share.

[Aquatic Delight]

i'm making a mushroom tank lol

[10gallonplanted]

I wonder if they are poisonous? haha

[HybridHerp]

Originally Posted by Aquatic Delight

i'm making a mushroom tank lol

I second that

a nice 75 FILLED with mushrooms and maybe a rope fish and some knife fish or other black fish
though, part of me gets the feeling that these mushrooms would be difficult to take care of

[Da Plant Man]

Most epic tank ever? I think so.

[lipadj46]

Originally Posted by 10gallonplanted

I wonder if they are poisonous? haha

Or magic mushrooms lol! There was post a while back with a guy that had a mushroom growing from a piece of driftwood submerged

[josolanes]

Hmm now I'm thinking a tank would look cool with an Alice in Wonderland look to it...lol

[steven p]

spill the beans, where to they come from, what do they need to do well? does aquatic fungi need higher than atmoshperic CO2 or 02; or rotting nasties to consume?

i don't want to be the skeptic, but it looks like that might've been a random shroom from a dry start or something that just got submerged. which to me makes sense of why it looks like it is pearling... It should not pearl, it is not a plant. it contains no chlorophyll.

[wootlaws]

I did a quick google on it and this is the wikipedia.

Must know how to acquire one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psathyrella_aquatica

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qzc_8NFMYE

[steven p]

Originally Posted by wootlaws

I did a quick google on it and this is the wikipedia.

Must know how to acquire one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psathyrella_aquatica

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qzc_8NFMYE

befriend Oregon folk, I guess...

However, I think I want to acquire some as well..

think they have a (+) or (-) bio-load? by that, i mean are they producing or consuming waste products.

Edit: just saw the video link... it almost looks too stiff.. that cap IMO should act as a parachute in any kind of current.

Edit 2: a quick search brought me to
http://mycorant.com/swimming-with-mu...-life-aquatic/
A little bit of info here, and they asked the question, how does it keep growing in the same place if the water is always washing it down stream. It was observed and specimens were collected over a 3 year period.

Symbiosis with a bird? the article suggests inverts.. but i dunno.. the article says that specimens were viewed on both high and low end of a waterfall... I have my doubts on shrimp making it up a waterfall..

These are the kind of odd ball discoveries that tend to change perspectives on where and how life arises and thrives. It wasn't long ago that it was "fact" that life couldnt work without the sun's rays; until we found geothermal vents, thousands of feet from sunlight.