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themycologist
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Mex-A LC --- PICS
#7892239 - 01/17/08 09:37 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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how's this look? lc is malt/dex.
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donpatch
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what are those dark bits? those dont look good.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: donpatch]
#7892428 - 01/17/08 10:43 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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donpatch said: what are those dark bits? those dont look good.
the beginnings of sclerotia?
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sclerotia do not form in lcs.. they form in grain. you've got some nice contam there.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: donpatch]
#7896543 - 01/18/08 08:48 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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it just looks so mushroom-mycelia-like - the way it sprawls outward. i guess i could make a test jar? any easy way to see if this is the real deal or not?
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thats the best way to test them. use a little in a half pint and see what happens.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: donpatch]
#7900212 - 01/19/08 02:30 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Cool pics!
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: atomicblue]
#7900378 - 01/19/08 03:35 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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dman those look fucking fucking good@!!! holy shit you rock man!
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: hunanbomb]
#7900382 - 01/19/08 03:37 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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those are good but next time add an agitator. Good luck extracting that goo ball
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: galadar]
#7900394 - 01/19/08 03:41 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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GALADAR YOU SUCK, I MEAN, NOT.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: galadar]
#7900577 - 01/19/08 05:54 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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galadar said: those are good but next time add an agitator. Good luck extracting that goo ball
If Its hard to get at I just take 10cc of sterile water and shoot it down into the mass. Breaks it into a million little pieces.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: MYSTIQUE]
#7900762 - 01/19/08 08:30 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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the lc was pre-made by mycopath, so i couldn't add an agitator. giving the jar a good swirl actually breaks things up quite a bit. gonna use a 60cc syringe to suck it out.
do i hear some support for this looking like it should? kinda new to lc and sclerotia species.
gonna have to make a few baby food jars to know for sure, i guess. arg, the search for verm begins again...
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Lawn seed... no verm... unless you plan to case. Verm could coat the casing.
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my lc looks pretty similar to that. i used 8g light malt extract and 8g dextrose in 400ml distilled water (4% by weight) and i noticed after PC'ing there was lots of particulate stuff floating around. as the myc have grown they have trapped the particles, slowly cleaning the solution. i was curious about this as i hadn't read of that anywhere. as the myc has grown out i could see the new growth was white, but a quick swirl and they'd pick up all the gunk. i'll be able to test the lc in ~1 week... ps yay only 9 more posts untill i can get to the grow logs
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: drftNV]
#7939892 - 01/27/08 11:52 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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actually came across some verm -- in a few days the test jars should confirm my suspicion.
i am pretty sure these lc's are good. have 4 jars with 3 different strains and they all look pretty much the same. so, unless the exact same contaminent got into all 4 jars and is growing identically, this must be the good white stuff.
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i just noticed that the little air filter on one of the jars has a tiny bit of greenish brown mold (i guess it's mold, trich?) growing on it. it is on the outer-side of the filter, nothing like this is present inside the jar.
can the filter be removed and the jar sealed with silicone or something?
gas exchange is no longer necessary - growth is sufficient. don't wanna wreck the jars cuz of dirty filters that have already done their job...
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: donpatch]
#7940089 - 01/27/08 12:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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donpatch said: what are those dark bits? those dont look good.
Sometimes sediments from the LC get stuck in the mycelium and look like dark specks. But if there's trich on the filter it's probably also in the solution. You should learn to make your own LC, it's real easy. The most complicated thing is probably coming up with good lids. I use a silicon injection port and a piece of tyvek siliconed over a hole for FAE. Just make sure the solution doesn't touch the filter. Agitate daily with a gentle swirling motion.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: Bikerfool]
#7940291 - 01/27/08 01:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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the test jars will tell the story...
2 of the lc air filters are infected.
can i just slice the filter off with a razor blade and tape the hole up? air exchange is not necessary anymore...
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themycologist said: can i just slice the filter off with a razor blade and tape the hole up? air exchange is not necessary anymore...
I'd reuse the jars and filters if that's possible. You're probably better off sarting over. The finished LC should be refrigerated to prevent contamination.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: Bikerfool]
#7944247 - 01/28/08 08:22 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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2 of the jars are clean and look good, so there is no need to fuss with them. the other 2 need their dirty filters removed - one has already been removed and taped up. as long as the test brf jars grow as they should, all jars will be considered viable. they have been sitting at temps in the 50s once significant growth appeared.
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3 test brf jars were noc'd with different lc's - one pf, one braz and one mex-a. after 50%-75% colonization the jars were birthed to confirm what was actually growing in them. all 3 jars looked white and healthy - no visible contams, etc.
both the pf and braz jars had the same very distinct, slightly sweet, earthy, mushroomy smell. from previous cube experience, this odor is unmistakeable and immidiately confirmed that these jars and their respective lc's are good.
however, the mex-a jar did not have this exact odor. it was NOT extremely foul, to the point where it was obviously contam or bacteria. it smelled slightly malty and just a tad sour in comparison to the other jars. it just didn't have that distinct earthy, mushroomy smell the other jars had. visually, it looked practically identical to the other 2 jars.
should the mexicana smell exactly like the cubes do?
sight and (especially) smell combined have proven to be an accurate way to determine what is actually growing. but this mexicana has left me confused. if i had a microscope, i suppose it would be possible to visually confirm what the white stuff is, but i don't.
another test mex-a jar is still colonizing - if, in time, it starts producing stones it is obviously the right stuff. but i am tired of waiting on this mex-a. all the rye bags that were originally noc'd with spore solution turned to a white mass of mold. it's possible the spore syringe could have been bad, but it doesn't look like it is being offered anymore from the only sponser who supplies it.
sclerotia seemed like a no-brainer, easy way to go, no fruiting, etc, but so far both the atl#7 and mex-a have produced nothing but teasingly, mycelium-like white mold.
still crossing my fingers for this mex-a lc. it's possible it could be good, but looking at and even smelling a test jar still doesn't confirm anything to me.
please help!
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: donpatch]
#7982883 - 02/05/08 02:23 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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donpatch said: sclerotia do not form in lcs.. they form in grain. you've got some nice contam there.
True/False
There are no visible contams in that lc. The darker areas are thicker mycelium. The lc looks great. Always do 1-2 test jars first before using it on the whole lot
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: tahoe]
#7984047 - 02/05/08 07:20 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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tahoe said: There are no visible contams in that lc. The darker areas are thicker mycelium. The lc looks great. Always do 1-2 test jars first before using it on the whole lot
so glad to hear this!
2 test jars were made (see two posts up).
what do you make of that?
am i just being too critical of the odor? just never smelled mex-a myc before...
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too many jars here. You just made me read the whole post. You bought these lc's?? How were they kept from splashing and hitting the lid? Haha, I just read mycopaths site about their lc's
Tip #1 Never buy a lc online. Make them. All bets are off now. There is no way to know if that thing is sterile. I like the way that they are airtight and have negative pressure. That lc is just dying to suck in contams. You spent 40 bucks on lc's and you could of bought a pc for that.
Your lc looks good but does it have some sort of filter? Mycopath says that they do not come with filters but you said that the filters contaminated. So what did you do there? Filters have to stay dry. If they get wet the lc will contam. The filter will keep spores out but when they get wet spores can germinate on the outside and the mycelium can grow through the filter.
Make a grass seed test jar and good luck.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: tahoe]
#7985933 - 02/06/08 09:19 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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there are 4 lc jars all of which have filters on them. 2 of the filters are clean, no discoloration, etc. the other 2 filters have a small spot of discoloration on them. none of the filters have gotten wet since i have received them. it is possible that they could have gotten wet during shipping, etc - but that was over 2 months ago - if they got contamed then, i think it would have shown up by now. one of the dirty filters has already been removed with a razor blade and the hole taped up.
the mex-a lc has a clean filter.
the brf test jars were made from the 2 lc's with dirty filters and the mex-a lc. as explained above, the test jars made from the 2 lc's with dirty filters (pf and braz) produced clean results. but the mex-a test jar just wasn't 100% convincing.
the cube mycelia is spot on, both visually and by smell. the mex-a mycelia looks great, but didn't have the same odor as the cube myc did. is it supposed to??
mex-a isn't a cubensis right? i was trying to research this, but i couldn't really find much. i would think the myc would be similar, but perhaps the odors are slightly different? i don't wanna be comparing apples to oranges here, or even granny smiths to red delicious...
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the mex a will have mycelium that looks more like a pan. Its finer maybe greyer, whispier.
What type of filter do the lc's have
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: tahoe]
#7985995 - 02/06/08 09:34 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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tahoe said: the mex a will have mycelium that looks more like a pan. Its finer maybe greyer, whispier.
What type of filter do the lc's have
this is exactly how i would visually describe the mex-a myc.
the filters say .45 micro-m ghp acrodisc 13 on them. they look exactly like the whatman filters in agar's signature.
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Tahoe, I actually have a quick question about LC filters. I made one jar of LC with what I had laying around. I punctured a hole in the metal lid, so that there's a very clear bump on the underside from the metal that was displaced. I'm not sure how clear that is, but if you've ever hit a nail through a metal lid, you know what I mean. I put some micropore tape underneath the hole, then on top of the hole and finally a tyvek lid. So the first layer of Tyvek is separated from the second by a half an inch or so. Do I still have to worry about getting the first layer of tape wet or does it only matter if I can see moistness on the Tyvek, aka where non-sterilized air and whatnot can come into contact with the wet filter?
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that set up will probably work. Still try not to get that tape wet even though it woud have to soak through the tyvek get get completely outside.
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: donpatch]
#12402617 - 04/16/10 08:46 AM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sorry, I don't buy that these arent sclerotia. It would be extremely coincedental if my Mex. A LC and no other LC ever produced these marvellous looking things in there! Then again, I forgot if I inoculated with LC or spores the last time with Mex A but if my mini monotub Mex A with WBS and this here LC succeeds without contam I consider that sort of proof wouldn't you?
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: Solipsis]
#12402648 - 04/16/10 08:56 AM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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Wow!! As I opened this, I was thinking "I wonder if that sort of thing is possible." and low and behold, looks like it is. Amazing!
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Thats potato and karo/organic honey LC by the way. And yeah like I said my money is not on them being peanuts!
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Re: Mex-A LC --- PICS [Re: Solipsis]
#12402684 - 04/16/10 09:08 AM (13 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd like to see you try and get some lc out of that thing though, looks like it's pretty tenaciously held together, hah.
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Tampanensis.
This be an old thread though..no one who posted still around..
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How old is that LC? Just curious.
I don't really keep them for more than a month before I make a freshie.
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If your talking to me, I cant be sure, the pic is probably 4 or more years old. But going by the date, it was made in September of one year, and the pictures name says February so, Id guess around 5 months old. I had that culture going for a while, just sitting in a closet..I know I used it after like 5 months give er take, it worked out again.
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I was askin OP, but your input is appreciated all the same.
5 Months, that pretty old!
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The OP?
themycologist c21h30o2 inhaler Registered: 02/28/07 Posts: 205 Loc: spiritual enlightenment Last seen: 2 months, 16 days
Sorry, dont think youll get an answer. Maybe you meant solipsis.
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Oh shit, woops. yea
Edited by KillaFoRilla (04/16/10 10:07 AM)
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