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Using contammed Ps. Azurescens woodchip spawn for an outdoor bed?
    #19406897 - 01/12/14 04:46 AM (10 years, 19 days ago)

I have 2 buckets of woodchip spawn for Psilocybe azurescens.  One is uncontaminated, the other has dark green mold on top, to my amazement as I never saw this on beech chips before.

My question tyo experienced Azure growers:  What if I dump the contammed bucket into a separate patch and hope for the best? Psilocybe azurescens has great stamina.  The mold is likely feeding on the Xylitol in the beechwood, when that depletes the mold dies and voracious Azurescens, which primarily metabolizes cellulose untouchable by mold, would kick in and overgrow the mold and in autumn, fruit.

How does this reasoning sound to experienced woodlover growers? As I see it the mold feeds on simple sugars which will readily deplete, starving the mold and paving the way for the higher fungus which eats cellulose generally inedible by molds.

Patch space is not a problem, theres plenty of room for the "good" patch spawned from the uncontammed bucket.

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Re: Using contammed Ps. Azurescens woodchip spawn for an outdoor bed? [Re: Asante]
    #19406946 - 01/12/14 05:14 AM (10 years, 19 days ago)

i have not much experience with woodlovers, only with some european cyanescens, but i´ve seen that they usually do not well indoors, under constant moisture and high temperature conditions they are inferior to several molds. when you put them outside, the conditions usually change drastically in favour of the psilocybe. I had always put contaminated mycelia outside (either grain spawn with some bacteria, or wood chips with mold) => survival rate above 50%. Those that died were usually put in places that were too moist (like a little canyon with a waterfall that misted the place almost throughout the year)

And anyway, even your healthy ones will be contaminated with all kinds of other fungi as soon as they are outside, but if they are strong enough, it should be no problem.


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Re: Using contammed Ps. Azurescens woodchip spawn for an outdoor bed? [Re: Rauhfasertapete]
    #19406955 - 01/12/14 05:19 AM (10 years, 19 days ago)

Well the answer is easy. If you dump it into a patch of its own what do you have to lose :shrug:


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Re: Using contammed Ps. Azurescens woodchip spawn for an outdoor bed? [Re: Asante]
    #19407004 - 01/12/14 05:48 AM (10 years, 19 days ago)

All outdoor mushroom patches are 'contaminated' or at least growing in conjunction with many other species.

If the azure spawn is still alive, it will probably recover and grow in an outdoor setting.
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