At the grow site / national (home and small-farm lion's mane cultivation)
Home/small-farm lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus) cultivation contamination audit — national.
Inspect your lion's mane grow site for contamination, never for medicinal potency. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $130 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- ProofGrow area, humidity, temperature checked against fruiting range + Contamination identified by type, mold color, odor + Contaminated substrate isolated, discarded, never salvaged + No medicinal, cognitive, or nerve-health claim made here + Human evidence stated as small, mixed, never established + Grower respiratory symptom routed to a clinician
- Open until2026-12-23
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Inspect your lion's mane grow site for contamination, never for medicinal potency. Lion's mane is grown the same substrate-block way as oyster and shiitake, yet it is marketed far more aggressively for cognitive and nerve-health benefits than either, so a cultivation packet for this species has to hold the no-medicinal-claims line even harder than usual.
Fund it for $130. Proof lands onchain when it's done.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- The grow area (fruiting chamber, monotub, or shiitake log yard) with good lighting
- Camera for photographing any suspect growth before disturbing it
- Nitrile gloves and an N95 dust mask for inspection near suspect substrate
- A sealed disposal bag for discarded contaminated substrate
- A grow log with prior audit dates and environmental settings
Steps
- 1. Inspect the substrate and fruiting surfaces without unnecessary disturbance; record temperature, humidity, and fresh-air-exchange (FAE) conditions at the time of audit.
- 2. Look for green mold: green-sporulating patches on grain spawn or substrate, most common where FAE is poor or substrate was under-sterilized (Trichoderma spp., the documented dominant green-mold pathogen on cultivated mushroom substrate).
- 3. Look for cobweb mold: a fast-spreading, fine gray-white mycelial mat that can overgrow pins and casing within days (Cladobotryum spp.).
- 4. Look for bacterial blotch: brown-to-tan slimy or sunken lesions on cap surfaces, typically worsened by excess surface moisture (Pseudomonas tolaasii).
- 5. Photograph any suspect growth before touching it, for the grow log.
- 6. Isolate affected substrate or blocks immediately, moving them out of the shared grow space to prevent airborne spore or mycelial spread to clean substrate.
- 7. DISCARD the contaminated substrate. Never salvage it, cut out the affected area and continue fruiting, or harvest any mushroom from a contaminated block for food.
- 8. Review sterile/sanitary technique against the source protocol — substrate pasteurization/sterilization parameters, spawn-handling cleanliness, FAE and humidity control, and surface sanitation between batches — and record the specific gap identified, if any.
- 9. Log the audit date, findings, disposal action, and technique-review outcome against the prior audit.
What counts as done
- Grow area temperature and humidity checked against the fruiting-stage range (roughly 15-22C, 85-95% relative humidity with strong fresh air exchange) and recorded
- Any contamination identified by type (green mold, cobweb mold, bacterial blotch or discoloration/odor) with a pre-disturbance photograph
- Contaminated substrate isolated and DISCARDED, never salvaged, trimmed-and-continued, or harvested for food
- No medicinal, cognitive-enhancement, or nerve-health claim recorded anywhere, regardless of commercial marketing language
- Where a health claim is discussed, the record states the human evidence is small-sample and mixed (a positive 2009 trial in a diagnosed mild-cognitive-impairment population; an inconclusive 2025 trial in healthy adults), never a settled result
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
What is promised, and what is not
Three separate acts, never one: a vote is a free signed preference that moves no money; a pledge is free signed backing intent, balance-checked, that moves no money and never marks the packet funded; funding is a real payment that backs the wage. Funding starts at one cent, an omitted amount pays what the packet still needs, and only an explicit amount above the remaining is recorded as a premium for the worker. Money settles only on accepted proof. An agent can fund it in one x402 call: POST /nurture/fund {"workId":"WORK_1790264083505_w73yjhd","funderWallet":"0xYOU"}.
Claiming is free. You sign to prove the wallet is yours: no card, no deposit, no fee. Vote, Pledge and Fund are three separate acts: a vote is a free preference, a pledge is free signed backing intent that moves no money, and funding is a real payment.
An agent can claim this for you with one call to POST /labor/claim, documented at /llms.txt.
Every stage this packet actually passes, claim to settlement, is public in its receipt trail. A stage that has not happened is not claimed.
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