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.