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Lumpy
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Is this Cobweb Mold?
#5721987 - 06/07/06 05:08 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hey folks, first-time poster and newbie grower with a possible mold problem.
I'm growing Mexicans using a pre-prepared pack. I'm using a different method to what I've seen here, a bit of a bastardization of what the guy in the grow shop recommended and other techniques. I have a large plastic tub with 2.5-3 inches of water in it and a submerged fish tank heater set at 26.5º Celsius (about 80º F). The cake is raised out of the water and I put a drip shield over it. The humidity is steady, always between 90º and 95º, and I open the chamber and fan it daily. I was doing it 3 or four times daily but I got mycelium on the caps so I cut down to just once.
I mention it because it's worked ok so far, but now I've got almost-white fluff all over the stipes of the 2nd flush, and with a bit of dull grey mold on the cake itself. Is this cobweb mold? The (excellent) FAQ mentions too-high humidity as a cause of cobweb mold, but I was under the impression that 90-95º was the desired range.
If it is cobweb mold, does this mean that the whole crop is a write-off? The first flush had something similar on it - not "hairy", but a soft white coat on the stipes nonetheless. There was pretty strong nausea, but this was controllable by drinking tea with ginger. Is cobweb mold poisonous?
Mildly anxious,
Lumpy


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Tomandjerry58
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold? [Re: Lumpy]
#5722038 - 06/07/06 05:51 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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honestly it doesn't look like cobweb..... but you might be on ur last flush though
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Tomandjerry58
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oh and the nausea is created by the shrooms. i think i overheard the mr roger rabbit saying it wasn't harmful at all. but you might let him chime in on that. in my experience eat away
Edited by Tomandjerry58 (06/07/06 05:57 AM)
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monstermitch
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that fuzz is not cobweb mold. it is mycelium growing on the stipes due to high humidity.
harmless.
the mold you say you have is not good though. mold sporulates greatly and spreads fast.
could infect your whole setup. be careful with mold. first sign, toss it out.
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Thank your whoever put up those pictures and asked that question, you are a life safer, i was flipping out thinking that it was mold but i dont have a single camera to post a picture. A cloud of torment has just been lifted.... thank you!
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LAB
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Lumpy]
#22036332 - 08/03/15 04:06 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Is this Cobweb Mold???????????????
Red Circle: Pleurotus Ostreatus Yellow Circle: Possible Cobweb Mold?
Have been fruiting for 7 days at +90% humidity.
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LAB
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: LAB]
#22036336 - 08/03/15 04:11 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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bump
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Mad Season
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: LAB]
#22037515 - 08/03/15 12:38 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wtf? This is 9 years old. Try making your own thread. It says post on top of the contamination forum. Also no it isn't cobweb. It's most likely healthy mycelium.
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Mad Season]
#22038245 - 08/03/15 04:12 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's all healthy mycelium. Damn you for resurrecting an old thread!
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: bluegill]
#22039229 - 08/03/15 07:33 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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uruguayfree
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Psilosoulful]
#22103352 - 08/17/15 04:04 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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is there any contam so similar to mycelium?fuzzy and not really white at first but when fully colonized jars turned white like snow and compact in 6 days. inoculated jars from a wild mushroom spore print of Uruguay. im asking because it is different to any other mycelium. some pictures:
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22103410 - 08/17/15 04:22 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Jar is fucked
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: PirateSwazey]
#22103431 - 08/17/15 04:28 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Try taking a clearer pic of the bottom of the jar. That mycelium looks bacterial tho.
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uruguayfree
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: PirateSwazey]
#22103434 - 08/17/15 04:28 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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bulk??one of the jars i made it was that one
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uruguayfree
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22103446 - 08/17/15 04:30 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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dont look at jar picture is realy bad, what do u think about the other one??
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: PirateSwazey]
#22103447 - 08/17/15 04:31 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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How so? He didn't even say what species. If it was cubes it's toast, but lots of other mushroom species mycelium can be similar.
Here's 2 different healthy panaeolus species healthy mycelium:

@psilo again it can be bacterial. Definitely is if it's cubensis, but other species can actually make it look like that. It'd be better if he said it wasn't some wild mushroom. Even scarier he said he inoculated with wild spores. I sure hope he cleaned up on agar first.
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22103449 - 08/17/15 04:31 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
uruguayfree said: dont look at jar picture is realy bad, what do u think about the other one??
What species??????
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uruguayfree
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Mad Season]
#22103470 - 08/17/15 04:36 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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psilocybe cubensis from uruguay(south america) i made the prints from wild mushrooms, inoculated the jars and were fully colonized after 6 days, myc wasnt like others i saw(cambodians, golden teacher, b+) maybe because its a different strain??what do you think about bulk picture?
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22103495 - 08/17/15 04:41 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's probably going to be fine, but it's looking bacterial right now.
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uruguayfree
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Mad Season]
#22103573 - 08/17/15 05:01 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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hpe im not loosing my time. in bulk looks like myc but i still see some differences
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22103584 - 08/17/15 05:06 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's normal to look fuzzy and wispy, thick and wispy, thin and rizmorphic, as well as thick and rizmorphic. Hell it can almost look grey. I'd say just have patience. The thing to remember is extremely dark grey is a contamination. A fuzzy light grey is up in the air.
However that extremely thick puffy cottony cottage cheese look is what I'm saying is bacterial.
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Mad Season]
#22104263 - 08/17/15 08:01 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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so different strains of cubensis can show some differences in myc??(always talking about healthy myc)
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22104316 - 08/17/15 08:19 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It can be different types in 1 strain too.
Just like how every human has a set of genetics that make them different, when 2 spores join and make a hyphae, their genetics are different too. Some spore bindings will make tomentose mycelium, whereas others can make rizmorphic. Some thin and wispy, and others not. One thing to note though is there's no type of growth that's better than the other. Tomentose can give great flushes, just like rizmorphic. The reason I like rizmorphic is because it's much easier to tell it's clean and organized. Here's a really cool link showing what I'm saying. I recommend reading it thoroughly: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22020260
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Mad Season]
#22117191 - 08/20/15 03:13 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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in HD now you can chek it better, im i growing some kind of mold?? bulks are 1 part spawn 2 parts substrate, in two days they were like in the green tupper bulk pics. in jars in 5 days they colonize 100%. the red tupper bulk was sprayed with water just before taking the pics. it isn't like any myc i worked with, it is from a spore print of a wild psilocybe cubensis from Uruguay south america. first jars were inoculated with a darky syringe almost an entire medium print. since there g2g transfers. i know wild mushroom spores can have lots of contaminations thats why i want to know if you people are seeing something im not. is it cubensis myc?




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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22117225 - 08/20/15 03:20 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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1st and 2nd look good for now. 3rd is bacterial for sure. 4th looks good, aside from that 1 wet uncolonized grain (bacteria) against the jar wall. When you shake and spawn the 4th (I hope to a tray or mini mono, and like right now, because it's ready), give it a good wiff for any funky smells. In fact do that with every jar you spawn.
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Mad Season]
#22117250 - 08/20/15 03:28 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Mad Season said: 1st and 2nd look good for now. 3rd is bacterial for sure. 4th looks good, aside from that 1 wet uncolonized grain (bacteria) against the jar wall. When you shake and spawn the 4th (I hope to a tray or mini mono, and like right now, because it's ready), give it a good wiff for any funky smells. In fact do that with every jar you spawn.

smell that shizz
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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: Phototropism]
#22118669 - 08/20/15 09:09 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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more pics. bulks with this supposed myc, bulks do smell like wet soil jars dont realy smell..

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Re: Is this Cobweb Mold???????????? [Re: uruguayfree]
#22118799 - 08/20/15 09:25 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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looks good right now
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