SignedinStranger said:

I have an in vitro Ochra fruit that was transferred to another plate a week ago. When I was making the transfer, the damn thing did not want to come off the blade so I was rubbing it all over the agar trying to get it off and in the process ended up with growth starting in different spots around the plate. It left a spore print after a few days, so I am wondering if it left spores all over during the transfer and that is why there is scattered growth.

Did I effectively ruin the clone, as in reset the genetics? Or is rubbing the stipe or cap on agar enough to generate mycelium growth? I know that can happen when an agar wedge of mycelium is rubbed around the dish, but I am not sure about it happening from the mushroom flesh.

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bloodssonnew said:

Id assume the rhizomorphic growth was from clone as spores take longer to germinate n every one I done grew out as tomentose at first n I had to transfer more to get rhizo (haven't done enough agar work to say it's gonna always be like that)

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Awfullotofshrooms said:

What differences have you guys seen, if any, between really stiff agar and softer agar? And the same question goes for high nutrition and low nutrition plates. So far I know I’ve heard a lot about rizo growth happening more often in low nute plates. My first batch I made which is doing the best so far out of all of them was very stiff and higher nutrition then the last two batches. So I made one yesterday the same nutrition but the same softness as the last two batches to see if I notice any difference.

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Anecdotally it feels like temps and nutes are the two key dials, and it's night and day when both get locked in. And it varies which varieties like what. In particular, I've had some yeast+peptone enhanced plates in circulation that ran like absolute dogshit for the first 10-15mm, especially at higher temps. But when I dropped them 10 degrees, ps cyans, ochras, and a couple cubes switched gears hard and started throwin ropes. But lots of wispier things (zaps, pan cyans) hated them and never got on board.

1% agar 1% LMEA feels like the most neutral: least likely to flop, by far, but less likely to surprise with a total banger too. Very watery and low nute mixes have mixed results, as do stiffer or more nute rich ones.

Grain water and wood water enhanced plates have been big hits also.

Lately I've been making batches of all, and doing one of each whenever I transfer. Doesn't feel very scientific, I'm just throwing spaghetti kinda, but it is resulting in some plates I'm very happy with, and that are continuing to be strong on grain, so fuck it.

Edit: some pics. Watermelon color is super light nute, light agar. Jelly texture, almost water agar. Yellow and pink are regular 1% LMEA. Dark is the yeast/peptone enhanced. The dark plates do include red3 which is mildly fungicidal, as somebody else pointed out up-thread (so might retire that one). The other colors don't have that.


White rabbit. Does better on medium everything, but as you can see, a good section matters way more. This and zstrain have loved higher temps so far, way stronger and faster at 80+ compared to 70.


Same variety from a different batch. It's gone super fluffy and basically vertical on the watery mix.


Ochra also very fluffy on the lightest mix. But I've had some plates of this that came around to the dark mix. That one plate was struggling hard at 80, took off at 70. You can see on all of these that the dark high-nute plates are slower moving, they don't need to spread out and hunt as much.


Ps Cyanescens. Doing better on the dark so far.


These are all T4+ (sometimes ++++) except for one, where I got lucky on multispore and lucky again picking a good sample.

Mateja said:

Also these plates of mine were made from several different batches of 2% strength Grain Water, BRF, Honey, Cat Food and MAE, and a batch of 4% MAE, so I gave these spores more than enough and 3 months later only two plates germinated

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Stipe-n Cap said:

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/29391849#29391849

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Archespore said:

i need help ASAP

is there a way to log out of my shroomery account on my mobile device from another device?

The cops got a warrant and searched my house, took my phone mushroom stuff, computer.

I found a laptop that they missed and logged out of my messaging apps remotely but I want to know if it's possible to log out of my account from here?

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Oh fuck

Only thing I can think of right out the box is a self ban.

stringerdell said:

Hello there all, Ive had my first proper flush come in all at once and it has completely overwhelmed my dehydrator.. what should I do with the excess mushrooms for the next day or so? put them in a ziploc and in the fridge? Ive just left them on my desk for now.

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Smellyhobbit said:

stringerdell said:

Hello there all, Ive had my first proper flush come in all at once and it has completely overwhelmed my dehydrator.. what should I do with the excess mushrooms for the next day or so? put them in a ziploc and in the fridge? Ive just left them on my desk for now.

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When you say overwhelmed your dehydrator, can we see? If it’s your first time there’s a good chance there’s still lots of room in there. You can fit more mush in there than you think.

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Archespore said:

i need help ASAP

is there a way to log out of my shroomery account on my mobile device from another device?

The cops got a warrant and searched my house, took my phone mushroom stuff, computer.

I found a laptop that they missed and logged out of my messaging apps remotely but I want to know if it's possible to log out of my account from here?

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