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Bad spores from a reputable vendor?
    #26449015 - 01/23/20 09:15 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

I ordered a spore syringe of psilocybe cyanescens from a highly reputable outfit, who also happens to be one of Shroomery’s fine sponsors. My goal is to get an outdoor bed going here, since I live in the PNW.

I got the spores early December and I have not been able to get them to germinate. I’ve tried grains, wood, mix of wood and grains, cardboard and agar.

I’ve had a set of four agar plates sitting with zero activity for five full weeks. There is nothing growing on them. No contams, but certainly also no mycelium.

How does one know if the spores one received are bunk, and if so, how does one bring it up with the vendor? I know that spore sales of active mushrooms are “for microscopy purposes only,” so I don’t feel like I can say “your spores don’t grow.”

Any advice?


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: ShroombieNoom]
    #26449046 - 01/23/20 09:40 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

What species? Ovoid ?
Nvm I'm dumb right in first sentence.


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: bodhisatta] * 1
    #26449050 - 01/23/20 09:41 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

Tell them they looked unviable as microscopy specimens when viewed on the provided slide with magnification


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26449051 - 01/23/20 09:43 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

Psilocybe cyanescens.

They’re on PDA plates.

I’ve tried alder wood chips with and without a drop of 4% karo, cardboard with and without a drop of 4% karo, wheat berries, etc.

Nothing on any medium after more than a month.


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26449064 - 01/23/20 09:51 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

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Tell them they looked unviable as microscopy specimens when viewed on the provided slide with magnification




Heh. Possibly reasonable. But if they queried me further about it, I have no idea what viable or unviable spores look like, or even how a microscope works. :cool:

Do you think they’d take me at my word?


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: ShroombieNoom]
    #26449069 - 01/23/20 09:53 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

they'll get what you're saying, and should do something for you if they are as reputable as you say


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: yungtoke]
    #26449076 - 01/23/20 09:57 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

They’re reputable in that they’re one of the major spore vendors who are often recommended on this site and others.


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: ShroombieNoom]
    #26449083 - 01/23/20 10:00 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

Or just tell them you received a bad syringe or whatever really they dont care what you say as long as it's not "it wouldn't grow". Tell them to saw mold spores in it. Or multiple different specimens in it. Or you know whatever.
They wont ask you to describe them lol.


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Re: Bad spores from a reputable vendor? [Re: ShroombieNoom] * 1
    #26449103 - 01/23/20 10:00 PM (4 years, 5 days ago)

This thread has been closed.

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" spores not viable under the scope"


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