Smellyhobbit said:

You know honestly it’s not getting out to grain anytime soon regardless. I’m germing, cleaning, cloning, and storing my library of 40+ varieties. The line of already germed plates waiting to grow is pretty long. I’ll go back to spore.

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Rusty2096 said:

Tribute to Nichrome

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thehiveatp said:

I think it's been a week, maybe six days. Close enough. Pretty sure I've got some clean myc and as a result, I've been wondering -- when does one start to think about making transfers?

That brings me back to y'all for guidance! I've still not finished the light box so the photos are still meh, and for that I apologize. The condensation on the lids makes things look suspicious but what I can see in person, none of what's going on up on the lids is happening on the surface of the agar, for what that's worth. That condensation is a tricky bastard to contend with... Anyways.

First up is APE. 12 oclock looks interesting, but suspect given its position. Could've been from where the spore solution wandered while wrapping the plate in parafilm. Otherwise, looks like there are some good candidates to go onto T1 plates.




Next is psilocybe cyanescens. This one was trickier to get the admittedly crappy pics of due to the condensation.




My untrained eye doesn't see anything super concerning (aside from the hideous condensation on the lids), but that's very likely due to lack of experience. Any input on where/if either of these plates are viable and or ready for transfers would be awesome!

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Smellyhobbit said:

Just found this at the bottom of a stack of old plates.

I’m doing grain prep today. I think I’ll toss this into a jar and see what happens.

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Nichrome said:

thehiveatp said:

I think it's been a week, maybe six days. Close enough. Pretty sure I've got some clean myc and as a result, I've been wondering -- when does one start to think about making transfers?

That brings me back to y'all for guidance! I've still not finished the light box so the photos are still meh, and for that I apologize. The condensation on the lids makes things look suspicious but what I can see in person, none of what's going on up on the lids is happening on the surface of the agar, for what that's worth. That condensation is a tricky bastard to contend with... Anyways.

First up is APE. 12 oclock looks interesting, but suspect given its position. Could've been from where the spore solution wandered while wrapping the plate in parafilm. Otherwise, looks like there are some good candidates to go onto T1 plates.




Next is psilocybe cyanescens. This one was trickier to get the admittedly crappy pics of due to the condensation.




My untrained eye doesn't see anything super concerning (aside from the hideous condensation on the lids), but that's very likely due to lack of experience. Any input on where/if either of these plates are viable and or ready for transfers would be awesome!

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Decent germ plates. Make transfers pretty soon. You can get nice cultures from both of those.

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Smellyhobbit said:

Just found this at the bottom of a stack of old plates.

I’m doing grain prep today. I think I’ll toss this into a jar and see what happens.

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It's gonna grow water droplets