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Leeper
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Blue "mold" possibly?
#22355535 - 10/09/15 05:37 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is my first time posting, so sorry if I sound a bit... Unseasoned, in the world of shrooms! I have had my cakes doin great for weeks, when I was about to do my first flush I saw blue appearing in many places on the cakes! I kind of freaked out and got them away(threw them out) from my one and only "properly cased" ( did the best I could) tub! I have an aquarium setup with LECA at the bottom and a heater to keep the water and air at the proper temp and humidity. Also a hygrometer/temp/ rel humidity gauge. Also an air bubbler which I don't use often, and honestly don't really see a use for it. My humidity is always 95 or higher, constant water on the sides of the tank, so I know them drying is not an issue. My temp when I started getting pins: I dropped it from 82-83 degrees F to 78-79 degrees. Then started seeing fully formed mushrooms days after pinning. A few days later I saw the veils about to break and I knew the next day would be my first flush ( super exciting)! When I looked the next day I saw blue on many sides of the cakes which I hadn't noticed before, seemed to pop up rapidly or I was just so focused on the mushrooms I spaced to look at the cakes but I did look for other smaller pins around the cakes without touching them and saw no blue before. Didn't want them to bruise by touching them! I immediately pulled my cakes and harvested what was ready, or dang near ready, the small ones I left behind... Felt kinda bad!! Poor shrooms! As I took the mushrooms off the cakes I noticed the blue was not only on the outside of the cakes but inside of my mushrooms! This blue was not nasty looking and they smelt of fresh shrooms but it freaked me out a bit because if the outside could possible be getting blue mold so could the inside. I know the mycelium networks like crazy and shares everything between them, nutrients and of course Contaminations. Is this something I should be worried about? The cakes are no longer around, so I can't post pics...  Even if it was mold is blue mold bad to eat? Many things are made with mold... Just don't want to poison myself! Did I F up by throwing the cakes away? The mushrooms that I pulled are drying now, should be done in a few days, but I have been checking them as frequently as possible and I have not seen any more blue appear on the mushrooms than there was before! What I cut off was the very bottom portion which was attached to the cake and was also very blue. Are these mushrooms edible and not poisonous? What would you suggest? Thank you very much for your help!!!!!  Sorry there are so many questions, just wanted to cover everything!
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PabloSumgie
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: Leeper]
#22355594 - 10/09/15 05:53 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Was I maybe purpleish not quite blue? I've never heard of a blue mold in the mushroom hobby. They do blue when you bruise them or when they dry out. Touching them wont bruise them. My only guess is spores. You said you picked them the day after the veil started to break?
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champinhom
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: Leeper]
#22355626 - 10/09/15 06:03 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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You threw out perfectly good cakes. Blue, in psilocybin mushrom land is GOOD. Green, on the other hand, is BAD.
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Edited by champinhom (10/09/15 06:03 PM)
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Leeper
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: champinhom]
#22355690 - 10/09/15 06:22 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Definitely blue, and piss, I thought I messed up! So the ones I picked should be good to go? And the veil was just starting to tear on some, not torn on smaller ones and fully torn from my largest shroom but still very close to the cap, it likely occurred hours before I picked it! Definitely no dropping of spores, where it was blue there were no open caps to drop the spores.
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: Leeper]
#22355768 - 10/09/15 06:39 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Leeper
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: champinhom]
#22355789 - 10/09/15 06:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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And super new to shroomery... How do I post another question on a separate thread?
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champinhom
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: Leeper]
#22355802 - 10/09/15 06:44 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I feel your pain.
Well, now that you know what to do to get to the point you got to before you blew (no pun intended) up, try again. This time remember: Blue, GOOD; green, BAD. Actually, it would be better said: Blue, OK; green, NOT OK. Blue is a sign that mycelial or mushroom tissue has been brushed against someway, has been someway stressed, and an oxidation process has been set going. Not a big deal.
Green is a sign of mold. Trichoderma. Sometimes yoiu can cut it out. I have cut out patches of trich and sprayed the hole with pure H202. If the trich infection is pervasive, you have to toss the cake or jar or tub.
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Edited by champinhom (10/09/15 06:47 PM)
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? [Re: Leeper]
#22355844 - 10/09/15 06:52 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Really, you are posting this subject on the wrong forum. Go to Mushroom Cultivation forum with this kind of thing. You will get a better reply ratio.
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? (moved) [Re: Leeper]
#22355878 - 10/09/15 07:00 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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This thread was moved from The Pub.
Reason: Moved to appropriate forum
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? (moved) [Re: Leeper]
#22355879 - 10/09/15 07:00 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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This thread was moved from Mushroom Cultivation.
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Leeper
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? (moved) [Re: DustBunny]
#22355919 - 10/09/15 07:06 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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How do I post to a certain forum? And thank you champinhom!! thank you for moving my thread Dustbunny!
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Leeper
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? (moved) [Re: Leeper]
#22355978 - 10/09/15 07:18 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Figured it out... Sorry!
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Re: Blue "mold" possibly? (moved) [Re: Leeper]
#22356006 - 10/09/15 07:24 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Awesome! If you want to get really good help for any questions you have in the future post some pictures of what we are looking at.
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Leeper
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Will do, Thanks guys!!!
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