^{MycoLab overview}

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• Why MycoLab?
  
• Getting started
  
• The basics: strains, cultures, spores
  
• Understanding the codes
  
• Adding things
  
• Working with a record
  
• Lineage: who came from whom
  
• Strains and categories
  
• CONFIG: themes, text size, hide what you don't use
  
• Saving your data
  
• Good to know
  
• Download, Source code & Online version
  
• Credits
  

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1. Download the latest MYCOLAB_vX.Y.Z_EN.html file.
   
2. Open it in any modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
   
3. Add your first strain under STRAINS, then create a culture under + NEW.
   
4. Tap ↓ EXP now and then to save your data to a JSON file. This is the reliable backup (see Saving your data).
   

^{The five tabs and config}

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• STRAINS
      A species or variety you grow, with a short code (e.g. MR) and a name.
  
  
• CULTURE
      Anything you grow: an agar plate, a jar of grain, a PF-Tek cake, a bulk tub.
  
  
• SPORES
      A spore Print or a Swab. Cultures can be started from them.
  

• P — PF-Tek
      Status: COLONIZING → CONSOLIDATION → FRUITING → RESTING → FINISHED (or CONTAMINATED)
  
  
• B — Bulk
      Status: Same as PF-Tek
  
  
• BP — Puck
      Status: Same as PF-Tek
  
  
• A — Agar
      Status: ACTIVE, CONTAMINATED, DISCARDED
  
  
• LC — Liquid culture
      Status: ACTIVE, CONTAMINATED, DISCARDED
  
  
• G — Grain
      Status: COLONIZING → COLONIZED → FINISHED (or CONTAMINATED)
  

• SUMMARY
      a counter for each status, a few statistics and your latest harvests.
  
  
• CULTURES
      every culture as a card. Search by code or strain, and filter by strain, type or status.
  
  
• SPORES
      your prints and swabs, with their own filters.
  
  
• STRAINS
      your strain list, organised in categories.
  
  
• + NEW
      create a CULTURE or SPORES record.
  

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  MR 013  P  3
  │  │  │  └─ generation/transfer
  │  │  └──── culture type
  │  └─────── serial number
  └────────── strain

^{PF-Tek cakes with their codes}

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^{Adding a new culture}

• STRAIN and SUBSTRATE (the culture type). A live preview shows the code that will be created.
  
• GENERATION (or TRANSFER for agar), from 0 to 99.
  
• SOURCE CODE: the culture this one came from. Start typing and suggestions appear. You can also type free text.
  
• SOURCE SPORES: if it grew from a print or swab.
  
• QUANTITY: create from 1 to 50 at once. Codes are consecutive, and the preview shows the range.
  

^{Adding a batch of five}

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^{Viewing the record card}

^{Adding status and correcting dates}

^{Adding a new flush}

• PHOTOS: add pictures from your camera or gallery. They are shrunk (max. 512 px) so a lot of them fit on a phone. Tap a photo to see it larger.
  
• Notes are saved when you leave the field.
  
• ★ Select: mark the best cultures and write your selection criteria (why this one?).
  

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• A culture's page shows its lineage (its ancestors).
  
• A spore record lists its DERIVED CULTURES: everything started from that print or swab.
  
• An agar record also lists its DERIVED CULTURES: every culture started from it, which makes each transfer visible.
  

^{Navigating through lineage}

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• A strain with cultures cannot be deleted.
  
• Deleting a category keeps its strains and leaves them without a category.
  

^{Adding and grouping strains}

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^{Changing settings in config}

• THEME
      NIGHT (default), DAY (light colours) or CUSTOM: pick your own background, text and accent colours. RESET restores the defaults.
  
  
• TEXT SIZE
      SMALL, NORMAL or LARGE.
  
  
• CULTURE TYPES
      Switch off types you never use (say you only do PF-Tek). They disappear from the pickers and from the + NEW screen. A hidden type stays visible in records that already use it, and at least one type always remains active.
  
  
• TYPE BADGE ON CARDS
      Show or hide the small type label on each card.
  

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• ↓ EXP (on the CULTURES tab) downloads everything as a single .json file.
  
• ↑ IMP loads a backup. It replaces the data in the app, so you are asked to confirm first. If the file includes settings they are restored too. Older backups without settings leave yours untouched.
  
• Keep a few recent exports instead of overwriting one, in case you notice a mistake later.
  
• Export before you import, and before you switch to a new version of the app.
  

^{Importing/Exporting}

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• Older backups work. MycoLab reads files from earlier versions. The other way round has limits: versions before 6.6 don't show photos after the data was migrated, before 6.7 they ignore categories, and before 6.10 they don't understand serial numbers with letters (they could repeat a number). If you share files, share the version too.
  
  
• Typing a code by hand in a source field is fine: if it doesn't exist you get a soft warning, and the text is kept.
  
  
• Photos are shrunk to save space, so keep your originals if they matter.
  

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• Option 1 (Direct Download): Download the attached file directly from the header of this post. Note: If the forum renames it to .txt, simply change the extension back to .html on your device for the app to open properly.
  
  
• Option 2 (GitHub): Download the source file or check the full repository on GitHub.
  
  
• Online Version / Live Demo: A hosted web version is also available if you want to try it out instantly or just take a look around without downloading anything.
  

• Source Code (GitHub):
  https://github.com/Belintaf/belintaf.github.io/blob/main/MYCOLAB_v6.10.2_EN.html
  
  
• Online Version:
  https://belintaf.github.io/MYCOLAB_v6.10.2_EN.html
  

• Source Code (GitHub):
  https://github.com/Belintaf/belintaf.github.io/blob/main/MYCOLAB_v6.9.1_EN.html
  
  
• Online Version:
  https://belintaf.github.io/MYCOLAB_v6.9.1_EN.html
  

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• Fonts VT323 and Press Start 2P are embedded under the SIL Open Font License.
  
  
• Thanks to the community, with special thanks to Tri, Reishi Uchiha, and Mashedpotatoes for the feedback that shaped many of these features.