jee3apha said:

jee3apha said:

So I tried to transfer from these two plates (the middle denser spot of the latter), which in the meantime, they too started developing the halo as well:

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Some updates about the transfers.

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Another was some mild but seemingly clean mycelium, while the last one was this very strong, white and tomentose mycelium:



This is the first time I see something like this, but looks legit, what do you guys think? I plan to transfer from this shortly.

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So I did, I transferred to some other plated which basically grown similarly, just a bit less strong, and then today I used them to inoculate some jars. Will keep you posted...

I kept the donor plate of those sent to grain just to see how it went (notice the holes from previous transfers), I also scratched the surface to better appreciate the smell, and it was good mushroom-like, also you can see that it started to bluify a little, which is a good thing, I guess, at least IME.

jee3apha said:

So I did, I transferred to some other plated which basically grown similarly, just a bit less strong, and then today I used them to inoculate some jars. Will keep you posted...

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And here's how the jars look like, will wait a bit more then shake. IMHO they look clean and nice, we'll see... do they look legit in your opinion? Any red flag?

jee3apha said:

jee3apha said:

So I did, I transferred to some other plated which basically grown similarly, just a bit less strong, and then today I used them to inoculate some jars. Will keep you posted...

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And here's how the jars look like, will wait a bit more then shake. IMHO they look clean and nice, we'll see... do they look legit in your opinion? Any red flag?

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So I started a monotub from these jars, and after a month there a are still no pins, and at this point I strongly doubt it will ever grow anything. The mycelium looks white and heavily tomentose, similar to the above jar.

Here's a picture after 5 days:



But eventually some yellow/brown droplets started to appears in a handful of spots, most of the mycelium is stile white and clean. I've never saw anything like this, I immediately thought this is what people call "mushroom piss", or maybe it's just some kind of contamination:



In any case, then I really wonder what's this if it's not cubensis mycelium, can't be some random mold I guess, after all it came from a print. I mean, one thing is some clearly contaminated mycelium, another is this thing. Also it looks awfully similar to my earlier monotub (different spore source), which likewise yielded no good fruits:



Which in turn, is quite different from a good one I had, by looking at the substrate surface:

langten69 said:

You can take a fork, and rake the surface to till it, and then mist the surface to make it have "perfect surface conditions" (ie. Countless water droplets)

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