Julian Mattucci, also know as @dedikaryotizationdaddy is a dedicated researcher and a talented mycologist. He has been in the throws of some of the more nerdy but important breeding work in the wild word of mushrooms. I came across his Dedikaryotization Protocol via a shroomery post offered up by the one and only @alan_rockefeller a few months back. Julian's work is focused on the development of a haploid culture bank for the purpose of getting folks into breeding his collection of isolates. From Dedikaryotization to DNA Sequencing and 3D Printing, Julian is a myco-engineer through and through ... If you are interested in genetics and breeding this episode is dedicated to you ... A large majority of cultivators start out with that star-struck-stoke on the fungal networks that begin emerging from their stainless steel work surfaces in front of their trusty home-built laminar flowhoods. After months and sometimes years of refining carefully crafted techniques aimed on expanding phenotypes, obsession takes over the majority of their free time. If the hobby develops into a mushroom based business, the origin energy that is hunting, discovering and breeding genetics never fully fades. Until now, not many folks could image being able to run a culture bank or even purchase proven strains from a culture bank with worthwhile genetics. Prior to the early 2000's, all we had was Mycelia, Aloha and a handful of small distributors of alleged commercial cultures. What Julian is building is a major step towards growing and stabilizing the emerging cultural hyperfocus on mushrooms with scalable cultivation-centric systems and precursors. So keep your eyes peeled for his work and get restoked to reenter the flowhood fuzzzzzzzz!
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