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Anyone know more about the cause? It’s happened to me a couple times with cultures that proved clean. My best guess is temperature fluctuation, it’s pretty hot here
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Anyone know more about the cause? It’s happened to me a couple times with cultures that proved clean. My best guess is temperature fluctuation, it’s pretty hot here
I’ve been posting this on reddit, so forgive me if you’ve already read about it…...
I am trying to grow Oakmoss lichen (Evernia prunastri) at home, which is a highly valued lichen in the perfume industry due to its woody and sweet odor....
An interview with the world’s leading mycologist
I have been making an effort to actually identify the contaminants that grow in my petri dishes. In this case the contaminants are those dark green spore islands....
It is also possible to do this using store-bought tempeh, which is often easier to find that the tempeh starter!
I recently discovered the AntsCanada YouTube channel. This guy makes amazing terrariums for growing ant colonies (and sometimes other species), and has some very informative videos with high quality macro videography. I have learned a lot about ants watching his videos these past few days....
Usually Shaggy Mane mushrooms are prepared fresh, before they “deliquesce” into a black goo. However, the black goo is edible, and I thought that this recipe was very cool as it shows the black goo being used as an interesting ingredient.
Two of the most common contaminants when growing mushrooms. This is a nice video explaining how to tell them apart.
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/2b9599f5-64dc-4f25-b22f-6492ab481bae.jpeg...
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/214527...
I was experimenting with culture isolation and became a bit distracted with other things. This agar plate was prepared in October and left in a drawer, so it has been about 3 months since then....
This is an interesting review on experiments that attempt to unravel the environmental triggers that cause the button mushroom to fruit.
Burrowed this from reddit: www.reddit.com/r/shrooms/comments/rwp7u9/_/
In my opinion, this video is one of the clearest and most concise explanations of how to grow mushrooms at home.
Personally, I strongly believe it does!...
My first attempt at growing Blue Oyster mushroom...