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I forget who dropped this off at my house but it smells like chicory/coffee/chocolate. Any guesses?

Here is an actual example of a satisfied customer with their Grade B muscaria order. I think this was 5 or 10 oz.

Some of you may have seen last week a reddit user made a vulgar post complaining about the quality of our grade B mushrooms. That post was taken down due to some of their comments being so vulgar that reddit auto removed them, also multiple reddit accounts reached out to me saying they private messaged the OP and either didn't get any response or received a rude reply.

I can't even verify this was an actual customer of mine. Since they made it public before asking for a resolution with me, I publicly posted I will replace your B grade with A grade free of charge. To this, I got no reply. They never shared a name, address, order number, items ordered etc.

This was pretty upsetting to me because obviously its public slander. But more than that I and we at Harmony Acres just want to serve our customers well. This was either a bad actor, or a missed opportunity for a positive resolution.

We had a previous employee who may have not packed a bag correctly, and shipped out some powder. Or it could've just been not a real customer. I am not handling all our orders now as the business has grown beyond me.

I don't know where it went wrong, but I never got the opportunity to make it right.

But I still take all the criticism personally.

A flaw, yes, I am trying to work on.

That shows how much I care.

I'm not trying to make this a humble brag, a sales pitch, or a whoah is me pity party. I'm just sharing my truth and wanting to be heard by a reddit community I really appreciate.

Thanks to the users who reached out to me and affirmed their appreciation of our products and services and for their loyalty, and thanks to the moderators that eventually removed that toxic post.

Thanks to the thousands of customers who continue to come back over these last 10 years (yeah we've been in business for a decade, crazy to think that).

Here are the reviews for my store, keep in mind this is only what has synced since this past year when we moved to shopify. We have been in business for over 10 years and had multiple websites through out that time.

judge.me reviews

Here are the reviews on our actual website for the grade B mushrooms:

Grade B Amanita mushrooms

Thank you and BE BLESSED!

-Michael

Harmony Acres

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Lets plant some beebalm!

When i see a road side native pollinator about to get mowed, I go into action.

Monarda didyma is native to my area, it feeds local wildlife like swallowtail butterfy and hummingbirds.

It can be made into a tea to help with digestion issues. It can be used topically as an anti-septic and helps calm skin problems.

It is in the mint family, lamiaceae.

Soothing, calming, cooling.. this fragrant delicious plant keeps coming back every year. I can't wait to see it spread my home and welcome some more wildlife.

Watch this big knife cut a big meal for little man with big voice 😂

RIP fed ex driver

Hey all — looking for some real-world input before I commit to (very expensive) contractor quotes.

I have a ~50-year-old log cabin in Western PA. Interior is all wood, no drywall. We've got bats living inside the ceiling assembly on both sides of the house, and the guano/urine contamination is causing a strong odor and likely contributing to mold growth (we've already got visible mold in places, separate ERMI testing in progress).

My understanding of the ceiling assembly: long tongue-and-groove boards were laid directly across/over the roof beams before the roof itself went on — not butted up against the beams as interior paneling added afterward. That makes me think these boards may actually be functioning as structural roof decking, not just interior finish.

My questions:

Is T&G decking laid across beams before the roof typically structural in cabins built this way, or could there still be separate sheathing above it that I'm not accounting for?

If it is structural, what's the right way to remove/replace contaminated sections without compromising the roof — is this a "cut and sister in new boards" job, or does it require full engineering/rebuild in that area?

Has anyone dealt with combined bat exclusion + contaminated wood removal + mold remediation in a log home? Trying to figure out the right order of operations (exclusion → removal → mold remediation, in that sequence, seems right to me but wanted to sanity check).

Any advice on vetting contractors for this — we've gotten quotes ranging from a local company (~$4,800, doesn't include board/insulation removal) to specialists flying in from Florida and New York for inspection alone running into the thousands. Feels like we might be overpaying for "specialist" branding.

Photos of the ceiling attached for reference. Appreciate any input — trying to be careful not to make an expensive mistake by DIYing something I shouldn't, but also not wanting to get quoted into the ground either.

Join me in heaven, chanterelle heaven that is!

Hobbling around with my baby finding mushrooms

Dyer's polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii) is a beautiful polypore mushroom that is used to dye clothing material. It can provide over 3 distinct colors depending on how often it is used.

Two women fighting for some reason so bad the instructors and husband have to butt in to break it up.

Posted by Michael Wilson — Harmony Acres | Curator, Amanita Vendors List

Supplier Details:

• Business: Amanita-Premium / Amanita-World
• Website: amanita-world.com
• Email: watamanuknataliee@icloud.com
• Also known as: Наталія Верховинська / Наташа Ватаманюк / Наталія Ватаманюк
• Location: Ukrainian Carpathians (Verkhovyna region)
• Sells: Natural Amanita muscaria, regalis, and pantherina caps

I do not make posts like this lightly. After weeks of patience, multiple attempts to resolve this privately, and complete silence on her end, I feel it is my responsibility to the community to share this experience.

What happened:

I paid Natali (VATAMANIUK NATALIIA) $1,045.81 USD via Wise for a mushroom order. The package was shipped, intercepted by customs, and returned to her. I have full documentation — payment receipts, tracking history, and our complete WhatsApp conversation.

From the moment the package was returned, I made it clear I needed either a resend or a full refund. I was patient. I gave her every opportunity to make it right. I sent multiple messages over several weeks. She went completely silent.

Why I am posting this:

As the curator of the community vendors list and someone who has been in this space for years, I have a responsibility to protect other buyers. I stayed quiet for weeks to give her the chance to resolve this like a professional. She chose not to respond.

This is not personal. This is about protecting this community from losing hard-earned money to someone who takes payment and disappears when things go wrong.

Natali has been removed from the vendors list effective immediately.

If you have had a similar experience with this supplier, please share in the comments. If you are currently in a transaction with her, I would advise caution.

I will update this post if the situation is resolved.

Ganoderma tsugae, like Ganoderma lucidum has been shown to have greater medicinal content when harvest fully mature post-sporulation. Tsugae may not have as many spores, so its often overlooked unlike lucidum where they actually will scoop up heeps of spores.

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It shouldn't be overlooked, these mushrooms can be utilized to their highest potential as a healing ally. Check this video and see the big brown dusty spore print these beauties put out.

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"In post-spore-release fruiting bodies of G. tsugae, the main active components of triterpenoids and polysaccharides were significantly higher"

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https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15/1/39