ThurmanMurman said:

tryptkaloids said:

What sort of content does everyone like to listen to while working

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Usually Tool. But I listen to Tool enough for my gf to accuse me of being autistic. I'm not one of *those* Tool fans though, so dont worry.🤣 I'm surprised I dont hear more mention of them around here, considering how hard it slaps while tripping. 10/10 would recommend if you're unfamiliar.

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Amongst many activities, Tool is excellent while navigating airports, flying, and napping.  Love Tool while tripping.  Spotify accuses me of being a 1%’r so I guess I am one of *those* fans. 

tree frog said:

Any video recommendations for observing mycelium?  I tried smashing a bit of agar on a plate and all I saw was smushed agar.

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PhenoDreamers said:

I'm curious about this tape method and have to try it. What I do is cut a very very tiny square with a number 11 and then go sideways with my scalpel to shave a very thin layer off the top of that square. And then squash mount. When under the scope, find edges of the mycelium mess and theres more separation between hyphae there and easier to observe.

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nektar61 said:

callmehippie said:

I also found these time lapse specific cameras. That are made minimalistically in order to extend battery life. And can record for like up to 6 days at a time on One battery or something. And indefinitely one plugged in. They've got a couple different price ranges. Not as cheap as the Vivo Sun. but not too bad either depending on the level of resolution.

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For 369 dollars you can get a MUCH better camera used, that can do time lapse but so much more.

Look into a used Canon Rebel T4i or later (T7i Rebel is great). I take most of my photos on here with a T4i Canon Rebel, I bought it 7 years ago for 300 bucks, they're cheaper now. Get that with a kit lens, 18-55 often comes with it. It did with mine, that's what I used below.

Then you can also use it for people, nature, landscape, etc. Used DSLRs (and lenses for them) are getting very cheap since many people are using mirroless cameras now.

Get that and a 15 dollar Intervalometer and you can shoot time lapse. Make sure you get one that's made for that camera brand, they're different.

I shot this with one and here's it set up shooting for about 28 days. To run the camera for 4 weeks taking a photo every hour I had to get an AC adapter for the camera, it fits into the battery slot, was also cheap. I think you could get all in on this, camera, lens, Intervalometer, and AC Adapter for less than 369 plus have an everyday carry camera to boot:


had to cut it short at the end due to file size limits here. Was that or make the resolution worse.

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boxtrotalpha said:

The mycelium you're after grows in a pretty orderly fashion and what you've got there seems to be all over the place

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oghost said:

boxtrotalpha said:

The mycelium you're after grows in a pretty orderly fashion and what you've got there seems to be all over the place

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Even if it's growing from the center out? I thought most of those pictures of nice consistent round growth is growing outward from where it was inoculated. Do you still expect to see that when injecting LC in various spots in the middle?

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In my experience at least yes. It will squirm out in a fairly orderly manner. Lots of straight lines. If they start going wonky and crossing each other its a bad sign

Edit: it's less about the round and more about the lines the myc follows

This was a couple days after a shake and came through the middle

boxtrotalpha said:

oghost said:

boxtrotalpha said:

The mycelium you're after grows in a pretty orderly fashion and what you've got there seems to be all over the place

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Even if it's growing from the center out? I thought most of those pictures of nice consistent round growth is growing outward from where it was inoculated. Do you still expect to see that when injecting LC in various spots in the middle?

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In my experience at least yes. It will squirm out in a fairly orderly manner. Lots of straight lines. If they start going wonky and crossing each other its a bad sign

This was a couple days after a shake and came through the middle

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