I Successfully Grew Termite Mushrooms in My Giant Vivarium
Episode 5 · 2025-11-09
- Documentary
Episode overview
I have been on a multi-year quest to grow termite mushrooms and this week I finally did it! Termitomyces is a species of medically and agriculturally significant mushroom that is cultivated by a symbiotic species of termite underground. The termites farm combs of the fungus and eat parts of it, and the fungus sprouts its mushrooms from the top of these termites' nests. My dream was to try to grow these termite mushrooms in an indoor setup, so that we could learn how to mass grow them indoors, instead of foraging for them in the wild from termite nests during rainy season. When mushrooms began to grow from a new termite colony I transplanted into my giant grasslands vivarium, Verdantia, I was thrilled, but a later discovery cut my celebration for short.
25 minutes
Season 6 episodes
1. Building the Largest Vivarium I've Ever Made "VIV IV"2025-10-12
2. I Built a Giant Tropical Grasslands Vivarium2025-10-19
3. The Insane Creatures I Found in My Giant Grassland Vivarium2025-10-26
4. First in the World to Grow Mushrooms Using Termites in My Giant Vivarium2025-11-02
5. I Successfully Grew Termite Mushrooms in My Giant Vivarium2025-11-09
6. I Added Fighting Rhino Beetles to My Giant Grassland Vivarium2025-11-16
7. I Added Herbivores Into My Giant Grassland Vivarium2025-11-23
8. An ANT WAR Broke Out in My Giant Grasslands Vivarium2025-11-30
9. How I Stopped Invasive Ants From Taking Over My Giant Vivarium2025-12-07
10. The Age of Arachnids in My Giant Vivariums2025-12-14
11. I Added a Baby Goat Into My Giant Grassland Vivarium2025-12-21
12. I Released Birds Into My Giant Grasslands Vivarium2026-01-04
13. Planning The Connection of All My Vivariums Together2026-01-11
14. I Entered a Rainforest to Find Creatures For My Vivariums2026-01-18
15. The World's Largest Home Ecosystem Setup - 2 YRS Later2026-01-25
