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5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures
    #24038581 - 01/25/17 12:49 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Hi mycologist board,
  Im at my first steps with agar and I transferred a clean culture from MEA to 5 different homemade agar of mine, which I ok the recipes from shroomery, here is the picture after incubating



I would like to know if some of them looks not OK to transfer, or if all of them are ok, does the growth visually indicates any of them better than another ?

thanks !

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: alcazabam]
    #24038584 - 01/25/17 12:51 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

It might be the picture but CORN looks bacterial contaminated.
Hard to tell if it's just condensation on the lid of the dish...

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: alcazabam]
    #24038585 - 01/25/17 12:51 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

:neat:

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: mushboy]
    #24038599 - 01/25/17 12:54 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Please describe the acronyms and the ingredients in them.

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: moods.exe]
    #24038637 - 01/25/17 01:13 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

DFA is dog food
FMA is flour mix
corn is cornmeal
AGP is potato broth
APF is potato flakes

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: enlightenment]
    #24038639 - 01/25/17 01:15 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

I though corn was the best one, more rhizomorphic, not fluffy like others, I dont think I have contam in any of them

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: alcazabam]
    #24038870 - 01/25/17 02:54 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

yea like you said the corn looks the best.
The DFA one looks a bit funky.

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: germanauslander]
    #24038972 - 01/25/17 03:35 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Nice to meet you. I am just beginning agar as well, are you posting the ingredients and amounts too or is it an ancient Chinese secret?


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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: Grambo]
    #24038975 - 01/25/17 03:38 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Yeah, what is your corn recipe? That one looks really nice and clean

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: BadaBingBadaBoom]
    #24041099 - 01/26/17 12:01 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

The agar recipe that I used I took from there :
agar recipes

I replaced dextrose with light corn syrup, used tap water and cornmeal recipe is this one :

Cornmeal Dextrose Agar
25 grams yellow cornmeal
3 grams dextrose
9 grams agar agar
500 ml potable or distilled water

Here are pics of individual dishes






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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: alcazabam]
    #24041111 - 01/26/17 12:05 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

Goes to show appearance on agar is meaningless. Looks stronger doesn't mean is stronger.

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: alcazabam]
    #24041122 - 01/26/17 12:10 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

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I though corn was the best one, more rhizomorphic, not fluffy like others, I dont think I have contam in any of them




yes it's the cornmeal that looked suspicious.
I guess those yellow spots are just cornmeal. I thought you filtered the mixture and was concerned about the spots.

I would try to filter it after boiling it with water and add the agar afterwards while it is is still hot. That should give you a clearer dish.
IMO the yellow spots distract too much and possible contaminations are more difficult to spot.

Anyway. Good work :super:

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Re: 5 different agar recipes put to test, in pictures [Re: enlightenment]
    #24041151 - 01/26/17 12:23 PM (7 years, 8 months ago)

yes the cornmeal I used was very chunky, I didnt filter it thats why its does not look very clean
I measured the PH of every one of them and the cornmeal one stuck out of the lot with a PH of 5.5, as for the other they were between 6.0 and 6.5

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