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Contam or bruising?
    #13018902 - 08/07/10 08:22 PM (14 years, 5 months ago)

Ok, so I birthed these cakes about 5 days ago and I hadn't heard a lot about bruising so I wasn't extra careful with them... But I didn't beat them up either. I've been having trouble keeping the humidity up high enough. I have some blue spots on the cakes as well as the actual shrooms themselves (just the stalks). It doesn't rub off with a q-tip but just to be safe I'm wondering if someone can tell me if this looks like bruising or a contam to you. Thanks!

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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: ShroomDyke]
    #13019742 - 08/07/10 11:24 PM (14 years, 5 months ago)

Blue spots are almost always bruising.

The q-tip test has always been bunk.

Trichoderma has a far more rough and bumpy texture than mushroom mycelium before it begins sporulating. It also makes your cakes smell like dirt and is a distinct forest green color.

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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: Brennus]
    #13020552 - 08/08/10 06:08 AM (14 years, 5 months ago)

As Brennus said,blue is almost always just bruising/drying out of the cake/substrates surface.

But a picture is worth 1,000 words and I think people should learn that you will get better and precise answers IF you add a picture with your post in the contamination forum...no pictures and all we can do is give you an educated guess.

Post pics.


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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: Mad_Hatter2004]
    #13021240 - 08/08/10 11:04 AM (14 years, 5 months ago)

Ok, here are some pics. My main concern is because the blue is on the stalk of the shroom and I don't know if that's normal... People usually talk about the cake bruising.



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Re: Contam or bruising? [Re: ShroomDyke]
    #13025852 - 08/09/10 10:14 AM (14 years, 5 months ago)

Looks like it just bruised from you handling it...and yes,all that is is bruising...no contamination my friend...you're in the clear.

Next time though,do a proper 12-24 hour dunk and then a proper roll in dry vermiculite after the dunk.

You can do this after you pick this flush.


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