Lilgrower said:

My first pans coming in. This was cased on 3/1, which is jaw-droppingly fast.

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astra said:

Stagger's Bispo finally made it to bulk.. Moldy looking grain jars, hell yeah



Meanwhile, Mojave's MiB Ginger Spore are getting waterboarded twice a day, this is how i deal with frustration, i take it on the trays hence the cropped picture to avoid public embarrassment (yes, the trays are flooded as in drowning) Hopefully these bad boys can take it.



'It rubs the moisture on its stipe or else it gets the hose again'

-astra


ps,
i'm dealing with stuff (broken heart/mind) so my cult work is suffering and may not look as tidy/nice as usual, doing what i can under the circumstances, apologies

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tree frog said:

We all have rough spots.  I had one last spring and lost a bunch of gourmet projects because of it.

Here's some chlorocystis fruiting.  I'm going to try adding some calcium carbonate and gypsum to the casing next time.  I guess they're found where there's a lot of limestone.



I really love the dark brown coloration and morphology.  Hoping the alkaloid profile is similar to bispo.

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Thank you for the kind words, Sister
Truly appreciated.

Now, i'll admit i almost tossed the bispo jars into compost thinking they were actually moldy (several dark spots leaning towards green rather than blue), right after i shook the first on their way to bulk, the grains bruised in a way that left me a little perplexed, (the semper kind of bruising came to mind) but thought 'fuck it'.. i ain't got nothing to lose and if they indeed come out with mold, i can always run another bitch of grain, no biggie.

On the bright side.. such rapid, darkening/bruising made curious about their consolidation, one jar was colonizing for a whole month and other two for nearly 2 months. 9 trays out of 2.5 jars worth of spawn. Pretty sure i went below my typical ratio of 1:3~1:4 but time will tell.

Bispo's worth the effort



ps,
loving your chlorocystis, so pretty

Blufuut180 said:

Don't give up! I have faith they will come back, my first pan grow was a shit show to say the least, I flooded out one of the trays until it was spilling over by accidentally placing under the humidifier. Still flushed pretty well for a cake that went through that kind of abuse. I sincerely hope things get better for you in your personal life, mycology has always been the friend that helped me keep going when life got tough. Something about always having something cool to look forward to helps keep the shitty thoughts at bay.

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Truly appreciate this, my sibling in mycelium

Unholyshite said:

Ok so 0.5% DME and 2% agar agar powder . Did i get that right ?

Do  I  just leave out the Nutrional yeast ?

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SkanskKorv said:

Does anyone know how to get some Copelandia spores sent to Sweden? I've been desperately trying to find a shop but can't find one that ships to Sweden...

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Are you member of the Hårga? If so, DM me.. I travel to Norway every year around Autumn but i'm pretty sure i can send you something while in Japan

si=Z6DiRUE8YY3s9N1B

ps,
Just joking about the Hårga stuff, i'm a Midsommar fan sorry and welcome to the mothership

akapulko said:

Hi all, does anyone know how to send bisporus spores to Russia? I can't find a store with delivery to Russia.

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