Crazy fragging idea

goodblasson · 07/17/2006, 10:48 AM

I have tried to frag mushrooms by cutting them in halves and quaters. Many times the mushrooms grew back together and healed. So, what if I cut a green shroom in half and also a red shroom. Mount them carefully next to each other in hopes they they grow back together and make one whole mushroom again with 2 colored halves.....Does anyone think this could be possible? Would it be cruel and unusual? Or readily accepted as the rarest coral morph you can find??

Dubbin1 · 07/17/2006, 10:53 AM

I doubt very much that it would work.

Travis L. Stevens · 07/17/2006, 10:55 AM

I doubt that it would work for Corallimorphs, but there is some progress being made with coral fusion and grafting with true corals. Mayne different color fusions have been made with Acanthastrea, Trachyphyllia, and even Montipora to name a few. In fact, the Montipora Addicts thread has a picture of when an orange M. digitata and a brown M. digitata grew together.

07/17/2006, 10:48 AM	#1
goodblasson Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 131	Crazy fragging idea I have tried to frag mushrooms by cutting them in halves and quaters. Many times the mushrooms grew back together and healed. So, what if I cut a green shroom in half and also a red shroom. Mount them carefully next to each other in hopes they they grow back together and make one whole mushroom again with 2 colored halves.....Does anyone think this could be possible? Would it be cruel and unusual? Or readily accepted as the rarest coral morph you can find??

07/17/2006, 10:55 AM	#3
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	I doubt that it would work for Corallimorphs, but there is some progress being made with coral fusion and grafting with true corals. Mayne different color fusions have been made with Acanthastrea, Trachyphyllia, and even Montipora to name a few. In fact, the Montipora Addicts thread has a picture of when an orange M. digitata and a brown M. digitata grew together. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

07/17/2006, 10:53 AM	#2
Dubbin1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 11,540	I doubt very much that it would work.