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Lions mane tincture help
    #28395440 - 07/14/23 01:45 PM (6 months, 12 days ago)

Hi all, brand new to this forum and brand new to mushrooms.

A few months back I decided to have a go at growing some mushrooms after reading a number of books on the medicinal benefits of mushrooms and how to grow them.  I'm hooked!

I used a kit and built a small fruiting chamber and started with Lion's mane.
 
After fruiting, I decided to try my hand at a double tincture extract.  I blended the mushrooms with 190 proof food grade ethanol and let it extract for 2 weeks.  After filtering, I put the mushroom is water for 2 hrs on a simmer.  After cooling I filtered the mushroom with cheese cloth, which was almost impossible and I couldn't physically extract all of the water, however I had enough to do a ratio of around 60:40.

Unfortunately, this is where things went wrong.  After slowly mixing the alcohol into the water solution, it started to form a clear slime like gloop around the spoon.  Eventually this got bigger and now it has separated on the top of the liquid.

I'm a bit gutted to be honest.  I got this far hoping to start my journey with this mushroom, but I think I've blown it.  Can this be saved?

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thanks



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Re: Lions mane tincture help [Re: donwhillmonkey]
    #28395574 - 07/14/23 04:24 PM (6 months, 12 days ago)

Yea lions mane tincture does that if you make it concentrated enough. It means you did a good job. Heat turns it back liquid again and it doesn't take much. Maybe you can try storing it in a warmer spot? Or cut it a little would be what I would do. Add a little more water to the mix. I think this usually happens when theres not enough water to keep the polysaccharides in solution


Also, I get my water separated from my lions mane by putting it on cheese cloth then grab it all up in a ball and squeeze it


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Re: Lions mane tincture help [Re: Stromrider]
    #28395905 - 07/15/23 12:11 AM (6 months, 11 days ago)

Without being too dramatic, you've just made my day.  Thank you for putting my mind at ease :thumbup:

I've spent the past few months nurturing this mushroom and I thought I'd blown it.  The second flush is underway, I will probably just boil this down and thin out what I have now to try and reduce the snot :smile: although I think I'll need to look at a mechanical means of pressing out the juices or cutting the mushroom rather than blending it.

Thanks again


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