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Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF)
    #19070136 - 11/01/13 02:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I haven't seen anything like this in the contam FAQs etc. I've already trashed it, but I'm still curious what it was. I thought I had a fully colonized PF cake, but when I opened it, I was surprised to find this. Note that in the pics, this is the filter layer we're looking at.

Description:
  • Mostly white with faint tan patches
  • Fully colonized the filter layer
  • Thick, not delicate or cobweb-like
  • Very "mushroomy" in appearance and scent
  • Cake was "squishy", rather than firm/crumbly


Any ideas? The spores came from what I now know to be a very disreputable vendor. Pretty much every other contam you can think of has already been experienced from them, and ZERO lost jars using spores from a reputable one.





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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: barada42]
    #19071767 - 11/01/13 07:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I had a similar thing happen I have no idea why though[1].  I don't believe it's a contam, since it grows too slow.
Did you use brown rice flour?



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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: Stupendous-Yappi]
    #19078363 - 11/03/13 01:43 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Stupendous-Yappi said:
I had a similar thing happen I have no idea why though[1].  I don't believe it's a contam, since it grows too slow.
Did you use brown rice flour?





That's definitely contaminated. They don't all grow quickly. The closest thing in my contam collection is this

Which is some kind of pin mold.

On agar it would look something like this


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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: Kizzle]
    #19083243 - 11/03/13 11:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I took a few samples and put them on MEA plates. Below is a picture of one. They started out fuzzy but then settled down and produced more rhizomorphic growth.
It's been a few weeks now and I still haven't seen any mold-like change in color.



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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: Stupendous-Yappi]
    #19083255 - 11/03/13 11:11 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

What species are you growing?


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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: Kizzle]
    #19083332 - 11/03/13 11:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Kizzle said:
What species are you growing?




:shrug: I have no idea.

It came from the tiny leftover pieces of a ~15 yro baggie.


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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: Stupendous-Yappi]
    #19083551 - 11/04/13 12:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I'm assuming it an active species. You didn't notice any bruising develop after you chopped that chunk out?


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Re: Thick, white, colonized the filter layer (PF) [Re: Kizzle]
    #19083891 - 11/04/13 01:35 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah, it was active.
No bruising but there was a pool of metabolites.


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