Shrimps said:

Do you have your Reihsi in a Monotub/Watertub?

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SirPsycho said:

Lmfao "trich appeared".... I see 3 different molds

But it is really weird that none are touching the ovoid myc.

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There are only 2 molds I can see. Anything I'm missing? And yes, the Trich appeared. The penicillium was there before I even placed the Ovoids in there I figured it would go to shit anyway, so may as well put that plate to use.

The Trich is technically"touching" the ovoid myc a bit (it started after the Ovoid grew out slightly), but the bacteria may be inhibiting enough that the enzymes can't dissolve the Ovoid myc. No idea.

huicholstudent said:

Hi everyone,

I have a mystery that I'm hoping you all can help me solve. Perhaps it's not a mystery at all and I am just a poor cultivator/detective. Here's my mystery.

Last year I successfully cleaned and transferred nice looking Ps. Cyan mycelium on agar to many grain jars. I used spore prints from previous wild finds--at least two different patches from different areas. Everything went along swimmingly with grain jars colonizing rapidly and showing no signs of contamination. I then colonized fermented alder chips and grew healthy bricks of mycelium which I then seeded outdoor beds in early spring 2022 (March). I used the standard Stamets lasagna method of layering spawn amongst layers of fermented chips and then sprinkled some potting soil in each layer for good measure. The beds took off and colonized rapidly and in about a month each bed which measured about 4'x4' each (two in total) were a solid mass of mycelium. Fast forward to this fall and the beds seemed to have died back with only sparse amounts of mycelium left here and there.

So my question is this: what do you all think was the culprit in starting from a vigorous colonized outdoor woodchip bed in late spring early summer to non-viable bed that showed large die back?

Environmental factors were these: the beds were in a shaded, north facing area with dappled sun hitting it for parts of the day; I kept it moist but didn't overly water it and in fact for most of August it had to fend for itself as I wasn't around to water it. At first I thought the abnormal fall weather got me but it just doesn't make sense how the mycelium seemed to recede after such a strong colonization initially. Here are some pictures of the blocks of mycelium I started with and the beds I made to give you all an idea. Thank you for any theories/thoughts you may have as to why this happened. I am starting new beds this spring with new spores from a vendor and am hoping that this vector might have been the issue.

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huicholstudent said:

Outdoors all sorts of things will eat myc. Slime molds, Trich, bugs, worms... Sometimes it just happens. I'm pretty sure the myc is still alive and well inside the chips tho.

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huicholstudent said:

Hi everyone,

I have a mystery that I'm hoping you all can help me solve. Perhaps it's not a mystery at all and I am just a poor cultivator/detective. Here's my mystery.

Last year I successfully cleaned and transferred nice looking Ps. Cyan mycelium on agar to many grain jars. I used spore prints from previous wild finds--at least two different patches from different areas. Everything went along swimmingly with grain jars colonizing rapidly and showing no signs of contamination. I then colonized fermented alder chips and grew healthy bricks of mycelium which I then seeded outdoor beds in early spring 2022 (March). I used the standard Stamets lasagna method of layering spawn amongst layers of fermented chips and then sprinkled some potting soil in each layer for good measure. The beds took off and colonized rapidly and in about a month each bed which measured about 4'x4' each (two in total) were a solid mass of mycelium. Fast forward to this fall and the beds seemed to have died back with only sparse amounts of mycelium left here and there.

So my question is this: what do you all think was the culprit in starting from a vigorous colonized outdoor woodchip bed in late spring early summer to non-viable bed that showed large die back?

Environmental factors were these: the beds were in a shaded, north facing area with dappled sun hitting it for parts of the day; I kept it moist but didn't overly water it and in fact for most of August it had to fend for itself as I wasn't around to water it. At first I thought the abnormal fall weather got me but it just doesn't make sense how the mycelium seemed to recede after such a strong colonization initially. Here are some pictures of the blocks of mycelium I started with and the beds I made to give you all an idea. Thank you for any theories/thoughts you may have as to why this happened. I am starting new beds this spring with new spores from a vendor and am hoping that this vector might have been the issue.

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Shrimps said:

QQ to the woodlover pro's:

Just got some beech-woodchips, are they too small or should that suffice for cyans, azzys and ovoids? I would mix it up with a bit peat or wormcasings (ofc pasteurized) to then inoculate them with grainspawn. (first time doing woodlovers so^^)



Or would you recommend an other approach?

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