Sclerotia: Rye Grass Seed or Rice? - Advanced Mycology

Home | Community | Message Board

You are not signed in.
New Account

Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Advanced Mycology

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please 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!

Shop:

Buy Bali Kratom Powder

We’re Not Chasing Unicorns—We’re Building Quality (Olympus Myco Grow Bags)

Mono Tub Substrate

Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale

Red Vein Kratom

Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds

Bulk Substrate

All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck

Jump to first unread post

Pages: 1 | 2 | Next > [ show all ]

Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.

AnArKey
newbie

Registered: 11/26/01
Posts: 36
Last seen: 19 years, 7 months

Sclerotia: Rye Grass Seed or Rice?

#560800 - 02/23/02 04:13 PM (23 years, 3 months ago)

This is for Mexicana Type A.

I know the fellas over at Sporeworks say Rye Grass Seed. But look what I found while reading around:

"RESULTS

It was found Psilocybe mexicana soon formed yellowish to brownish sclerotia on rye grass seed/water. STAMETS & CHILTON (1983) reported similar growth

Fig. 1 - Sclerotia from Psilocybe mexicana Heim on rice grain 40 days after inoculation.

patterns of sclerotia after 3 weeks on the same substrate. Observations on the formation of sclerotia in the highly similar species Psilocybe tampanensis after a cultivation of 4-8 weeks were reported by STAMETS & CHILTON (1983) and by GARTZ et al. (1994). In contrast, Psilocybe natalensis and Psilocybe azurescens under any cultivation only formed whitish mycelium throughout various substrates but no sclerotia.
The dry weights of the slightly blueing sclerotia of Psilocybe mexicana varied significantly during cultivation on rye grass seed/water. It seems that the tendency to lose its moisture is the reason for such a variation.
In addition, the cultivation on soft rice grain/water also soon formed sclerotia after only 2 weeks (Fig. 1). It was found that total darkness is not necessary for the formation of sclerotia on this substrate. Incubation of Psilocybe mexicana in diffuse daylight but without direct sunlight also promote this vegetative form.
Sclerotia formation on rice grain (100 g)/water after 2 months is 15-20 grams dry weight. The alkaloidal levels obtained from these sclerotia were relatively high but varied even in the same batch (Table 1). Larger sclerotia contained more psilocin than smaller agglomerations. It seems that during the growing process of the sclerotia a significant enzymatic decomposition of psilocybin to psilocin (BOCKS, 1968) occurred (Table 1). In own investigations the same reaction was found in old fruit bodies of Psilocybe cubensis (EARLE) SING. (GARTZ, 1989). Only a few sclerotia were obtained on rye grain/water mixture after prolonged incubation (up to 12 weeks). It seems that the substrate based on soft rice grain was the best to promote a regular formation of sclerotia in Psilocybe mexicana."

So.....could it be rice is better? Sporeworks....have you tried rice in addition to rye grass seed?

Another question....what's the germination time?

Extras:

Similar Threads	Poster	Views	Replies	Last post
rye grass seed	Anonymous	1,398	5	02/25/03 04:18 PM by Champion des Champignons
Rye Grass Seed	Azure	3,173	13	06/03/01 05:15 PM by josh6
mexicana/sclerotia/rye grass question	mile69	6,914	2	09/19/02 06:13 AM by mile69
rye grass seed	ChromeCrow	1,056	3	07/27/02 06:25 AM by Olgualion
atlantis sclerotia on grass seed (pics)	Una	1,245	1	07/12/02 10:19 AM by Una
SW: Illustrated Autoclave Bag Tek - Rye Grass Seed	psilocyber	1,890	3	01/26/02 12:22 PM by Sporecloud
Re: Tampanensis on Rye Grass Seed	Anno	2,120	4	03/15/01 08:43 PM by Shroomzilla
Which grass seed?	honeyroasted	1,681	3	02/15/02 02:51 AM by Elektrolurch