QM33 said:

UFOAstro said:

Could I get some opinions on these please?
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First ones wierd, going to need a couple more transfers probably. Hjenstly I've found with those feathery looking cultures they're usually ass also, kind of like scalloped cultures, you might be able to clean and fruit but they usually suck if they don't turn around after a couple transfers.
The second one looks better but makes me wonder the strain and your agar recipe?
LM looks fine, and it actually looks really good, unless it turns absolutely green in the next couple days ha. Looks kinda fluffy for LM but looks good. I'm guessing your transfer was rolling around or something. Looks like an interesting LM strain even, only a couple LM strains I've had forms mycelium like that in the beginning. Unless maybe your colonizing your agar below 69F maybe, in those cases I have seen fluffier LM growth more commonly.

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MysticMycologist said:

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, T2 on grain soak agar.

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MysticMycologist said:

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, T2 on grain soak agar.

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KeyMaker said:

Does this look ok?

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Looks good to me

MysticMycologist said:

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, T2 on grain soak agar.

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UFOAstro said:

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Finally I had an LM culture knocking about (which I didn't manage to grow on grain, and switched in agar in part to find out why) - I'm assuming this is nothing good:

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Well, the above grew into this:



I've got no experience with LM so assuming I can wait a few more days and tx that out to some millet grain

anyway just an update...

Working on my first clones. B+, less than ideal flushes, started with MSS (MSS>A>A>oats), cloned the best 4-5 mushrooms. Transferring these to new plates today. The pics without tomentose are from a few days ago.

Leggy boi:



Shots from today:



Bonus; I also made my first spore prints. I'm stoked.



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UFOAstro said:

Could I get some opinions on these please?

Second dish was another aerial transfer from a germinated dish which also didn't look too hot - the color is concerning me?

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ShroomSavvy said:

Hi Astro! I'm still a newbie so can't offer much advice. I can comment from personal experience on the second photo, though, in regards to the color. If it helps: the mycelium usually sucks the food dye out of my blue agar plates. So if it's specifically the reddish/orange color you're worried about, it looks to me like it's just the food dye being extracted/consumed.

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UFOAstro said:

ShroomSavvy said:

Hi Astro! I'm still a newbie so can't offer much advice. I can comment from personal experience on the second photo, though, in regards to the color. If it helps: the mycelium usually sucks the food dye out of my blue agar plates. So if it's specifically the reddish/orange color you're worried about, it looks to me like it's just the food dye being extracted/consumed.

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Ahh that would make some sense - it hangs about for a while and then gets consumed as the myc goes deeper or sucks it up! thank you. Do other colors suffer less from being eaten?

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