|
Shroomery - Magic Mushrooms Demystified
|
Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!
|
 chubchub22
Stranger
Registered: 10/05/01
Posts: 10
Last seen: 15 years, 10 months
|
 Purple Mold 
#479146 - 12/04/01 08:10 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
AFOF is growing mazz... everything was going great until he introduced some casings in his fruiting chamber. Now some cakes and the caps of his shrooms have a purple color to them? He understands these turn blue from brusing, but he has not touched the cakes recently and the color is purple not blue? Is this a contam...if so should they be thrown out or is it safe? Thanks
PS he cased using straw and verm...
|
chubchub22
Stranger
Registered: 10/05/01
Posts: 10
Last seen: 15 years, 10 months
|
Re: Purple Mold [Re: chubchub22]
#479642 - 12/04/01 04:51 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
or is this from the spores being dropped from open caps? Do the spores come out purple when they are dropped by open caps?
|
tomldp
Shroomeur
Registered: 10/03/01
Posts: 389
Loc: Europe
Last seen: 13 years, 11 months
|
Re: Purple Mold [Re: chubchub22]
#480369 - 12/05/01 05:54 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
I've never seen purple mold, so I cannot help you. As for the spores, I wonder how they could have fallen on the cap !?!
--------------------
 Visit and support the Free Spore Ring Europe
|
 puscle
genius of love
Registered: 01/07/01
Posts: 4,539
Loc: NY
|
Re: Purple Mold [Re: chubchub22]
#480370 - 12/05/01 05:56 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
Yes, spores are purplish-black and can be brushed off, more or less, with your finger.
|
MAIA
World-BridgerKartikeya (DftS)
 
Registered: 04/27/01
Posts: 7,276
Loc: Erra - 20 Tauri - M45 Sta...
Last seen: 4 months, 10 days
|
Re: Purple Mold [Re: tomldp]
#481658 - 12/06/01 06:44 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
Normally because there are shrooms bigger than others, so when the bigger ones drop their spores they fall on the caps of smaller shrooms.
Peace,
MAIA
--------------------
Spiritual being, living a human experience ... The Shroomery Mandala
 
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Voltaire
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Threaded
Previous
Index
Next
Edit 
Reply 
