CocaineBuffet said:

Popcorn is fine to use as spawn you just need to follow the right tek.

During covid I only had popcorn available for spawn so I followed this tek (I know it is excessive, but it worked the couple times I used it)

Add corn to PC
Add water until there is 2" of water above the corn
Cook for 30min at 15 PSI
Let PC PSI go back down to 0
Strain cooked popcorn
Lay out on a towel (or whatever you got) and let air dry for 20min
Spread the popcorn every 10min to ensure equal evaporation
Jar or bag the hydrated corn
PC at 15psi for 90min

I only needed to use this tek a couple times but I can attest that it worked great for me

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Fantastic, thank you so much!

I’ve added another little project bc why not

I’ve got some little brown mushrooms in my backyard.  Wrote them off as unidentifiable LBMs.  Then I read this:

ArkaNaut said:

Paneolus Cinctulus

• Common little brown lawn mushroom
  
• Makes little blue sclerotia “blue pearls”
  

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There was whitish blue at the base, though the blue might have been my eyes wishing to see blue.   so I have it spore printing, half on white paper half on foil.  If the print is jet black, I may be in business.  Any other color and it’s definitely not cinctulus, but other mushrooms in the patch might be.

Wish I had a microscope.  If I can’t get a print or can’t be certain, I’ll probably try cloning it onto PFsubstrate, try to fruit it.  Even a tiny flush would make it easier to get a good print.

Herme5 said:

Looks like a foe to me, used to have both grow in my yard. I am no expert though.

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