Iambrownbear said:

There sure is and the fact that my lab is in a grow tent which is highly reflective probably doesn't help.

I was being sincere about taking another pic though. But thank you for believing me.

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Wall.E said:

I’m not seeing bacteria either

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Lectric said:

Yo! Thinking I have some bacteria riding along both these plates

PE t3 has major off white discoloration in middle, also is wispy opposed to outer edge

APE t1 has that film surrounding myc - is that normal or bacterial?

If bacteria’s the case, would it make sense to keep taking transfers until
Culture is clean or is that just a lost cause?

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moshe1 said:

not an expert, but in my experience all my plates start showing first signs of growth as early as 4-5 days, or no later than week.

spore solution took much longer but only tried 1 or 2 varieties swabs are fast for me

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A.k.a said:

Welcome to the wonderful world of ape myc


I spent a lot of time trying to clean up plates just like that and eventually just said fuck it and ran some shitty spawn to get a clone.

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Nichrome said:

moshe1 said:

not an expert, but in my experience all my plates start showing first signs of growth as early as 4-5 days, or no later than week.

spore solution took much longer but only tried 1 or 2 varieties swabs are fast for me

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I've seen spores sprout after months...

A trick if they're slow is to put a wedge of some other live mycelium on the other side of the plate. A lot of the time the live mycelium will "wake" the spores so to speak. This can happen for a variety of reasons like, enzyme reaction, competitiveness, or sexy attraction. Motivation is key to life.

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