DrugFreeMan said:

My next question is how come some of them aren't albino? Could this be bc it's a recessive trait, contam, or did i just mix up my jars again?

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Sorry to keep posting my pics to your thread, but you've struck upon something very interesting here. No one I've talked to about the PFA (Workman's isolate) has had the pigmented fruits appear either. The last time I spoke to Workman on the topic no one else had either. Of course Workman would be able to tell better than my self, but those normal fruits just don't seem quite right. Notice how they are growing faster and much taller than the albinos. They really don't look like the PFC strain. And they seem to be clustered in one place. Almost as if you used a few jars to fill the pan and worked on from one end to the other maybe putting in another strain along with the Albinos.
The pics I've added are of the Falbino (PFA/F+ strain cross). Notice how both albino and pigmented fruiting bodies are all growing pretty much at the same rate and are proportionate to each other. The original PF Halfbreeds were pretty much the same way.
You say you may have mixed your jars again, lol, don't feel bad if you did. It happens to everyone! I hope you didn't but it seems possible. If not this is a significant grow imo.
Workman could give a better opinion being that he's the most familiar with this particular isolate. Hopefully he'll come along soon. Still, there's really only one way to be completely sure and that's grow some of the purple spores out.
This is a great thread! Haha and you thought this was going to be a simple question and answer thread! Now I just gotta keep an eye on this one to see what happens.
Having a stable albino producing strain that gives the ease of working with purple spores is a good thing. It lets the newer people in this hobby enjoy the experience of growing albinos without the difficulties of working with the light and difficult to see deposits of white spores.

Best of luck!!!

Workman said:

My ears are burning.

I am going to have to say that the normal colored mushrooms are the result of mixing a different cubensis strain with the albinos and not a reversion back to normal colored mushrooms.  TCO made some good observations on the form and growth habits of the pigmented mushrooms.  But this doesn't mean the that you shouldn't print and grow out the pigmented mushrooms.  Occasionally, gene exchange can occur between dikaryotic mycelia of different strains.  You might get lucky.

And I haven't done any work with the Falbino so there is no chance it is a result of an accidental release.

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I doubted it would be the Falbino. It doesn't look quite right for that either. Besides you are far too much of a professional to do that my friend!  hehe It's good to see ya man!

Even if we're right in assuming...it would still be cool to see the rare dikaryotic pairing that Workman refers to as I have yet to attempt it with the PFA. The nice thing about working with the PFA in such experiments is that it is so different from other strains it quite obvious when exchange of genetic material occurs. Finally giving us a gauge by which we can determine just how "rare" such a pairing is.

Great stuff now matter how you look at it...keep it coming!