AzureCultivator said:

Looking good Psychedelic

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Thank you, AzureCultivator!

Last weekend i made another attempt to save Psilocybe tampanensis, Panaeolus cyanescens Jamaica and Panaeolous tropicalis.
A few grain jars had been inoculated some weeks ago.
These jars looked better than the dishes i made.
I put a few colonized rye berries on agar plates.
Hope to be able to isolate some healthy myc this way.

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The sort of spikey/sickly growth patterns pictured immediately below are not healthy rhizomorphs but likely an attempt by the mycelium to escape a contaminated environment:

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1.Colour and consistency:  Is your mycelium an unnaturally absurd colour of white? does it have bright white splotches or very pronounced, spikey spiderweb like rhizomorphic tendrils? Does the mycelium  have a thick/smooth ice cream like consistency;

Examples of bacterial, thick/creamy white mycelium:

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Not trying to be this guy



It’s just that i feel I learn faster myself too if I express what I’ve read. And I also wanted to share a thread that might make self identifying easier.
Also you might still get something out of these, but you can at least maybe correlate the performance with the spawn now and in the future.

psychedelicmind said:

Thanks for your feedback and the link, eilauver.
Yeah, the pics of your link look very similar to mine.  :-(

I will never again hit spores into grain.
Next experiments will be done with agar first.  :-)

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CatalieMeow said:

Nice looking stuff, wish you lots of luck! (:

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Thank you, CatalieMeow!