altford78 said:

PBJ710 said:

Mycodemus said:

Thanks guys, good to know! Will see what I can make from stuff I have at home.

Once you flame it, and it’s cooled, I assume by putting it into the agar, how do the spores stick to it? Is the agar cooling enough of a “glue”?

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Cool it on the edge of the receiving dish.  The loop will be covered in sticky agar that can be used to pick up spores when you drag/touch it to your print.

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I always feel a bit shitty when I put a loop with agar on the print. Feels bad.

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sprocket said:

How long, on average does it take for your agar plates to colonize after a transfer (I know it can be species/variety dependant) just looking for a rough idea how long my cups will take so I can plan my next steps. Have B+, GT, APE6 and Tidal wave going now.

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Smellyhobbit said:

People who use plastic one piece lids - do you have/use a silicone gasket? Mine fell into the spawn. Hasn’t hurt anything, but if I don’t need them I will ditch them to prevent it from being an issue again.

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sprocket said:

HILLBILLY OUTLAW said:

FungiSaves said:

sprocket said:

I find they usually drop well if I leave them overnight.

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Thank you! I've heard that pe can sometimes not drop them?

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Most PE won’t drop spores. They’re best collected via swabs.

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What he said.  I didn't realize you were working with PE.

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Ah okay. I am not familiar with swabbing for spores. I ended up doing a live tissue transfer to lc from the same ones I tried getting spores from.

That leads me to another two questions...

Does it not look like pe?

And

These are both the same exact thing but performing and appearing completely different. Is that normal for mss to lc? Cause I inoculated both tubs with the same lc and I'm getting blobs from the tub that colonized first and I got what you see from the tub that colonized last but I harvested first?

Yahra said:

I've seen prints with sections separated by some kind of grid.

Don't know how these were done but this might solve your problem.

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It's the metal mesh the mushroom caps are sitting on while they are dropping spores. Like a grill mesh you cook stuff on.

No it absolutely does not

burnsmr said:

Made the mistake of breaking up my all-in-one bag and covered with bulk casing a few days ago but will be leaving the country in two weeks for almost a month.  Is there a way to place my mono tub in the refrigerator and delay fruiting until I return?

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Mycoangelo13 said:

Hey another question I just harvested these bad mofo's like 30 minutes ago. I had to go buy a new dehydrator today. I have to run a 10 hour cycle before I can use it according to instructions. I put them in a paper bag and put them in the fridge they should be good until tomorrow, right? Also just making sure. . . max heat 24 hr's right? Cracker crunchy?

214 grams and still more to harvest I don't think is to bad for my first time :-) Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Well 226 minus the 12 I ate last night.

SUCcESS!

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They should be fine in the bag in the fridge. I run mine at max temp (165f) for 24 hours. Yes you want them to crumble when you squeeze them. Mine almost turn to powder. I have had a couple varieties that are spongy even after more than 24hrs. I weigh mine wet and dry to see how much they dry out too. Congratulations on the success!