CYANESCENS GROWING

Started by atinama, November 14, 2005, 12:06:59 AM

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atinama

hello,

I found Eric's Guide to Cultivating Psilocybe Azurescens/Cyanescens http://www.sunshine.net/www/1700/sn1730/pscyangg.htm

my first encounter with spores using this method ;)

anybody has used this method? any references?

anno

They require cold temperatures in order to fruit. So unless you have such a dedicated place, the only other way to fruit them is outdoors.

You should check http://www.fungifun.org/azurescens and http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/23955/

atinama

#2
for substrate I'm using alder sawdust, natural rice flour and wheat flour, vermiculite... cooked in regular pot for 3 h. covered with wiper to keep warm...



the mycelium appeared in the jars after about 7 days... :)

anno

Good so far, let's see if you can get them fruiting indoors.
If not, you can still use them to inoculate outdoor beds in the spring.

atinama

As I read the method of fruiting them I know that they need a temperature about 10C (50F)... Now we have about 0 C (32F) - we have snow :) Under the house I have room and the temperature there now is 11C(51.8F) I think it will drop slightly in january and february, when they will be ready to fruit...

anno

Sounds promissing, make sure you report back if you have sucess.

atinama

#6
that's how the cakes looks now... :) mycelium after 15 days after inoculation

the dark substrate with wheat, others with rice

any contamination???


anno

Doesn't look like contamination.

atinama

I'm not an expert yet, but I think this is a real mycelium... :)

anno


atinama

mycelium still colonizing jars...

atinama

AT THE MOMENT





Does cyanescens mycelium colonizes jars so slowly?

temperature is 26C

anno

Slower than P. cubensis, yes.
I would go down with the temperature a bit, this is not a subtropical species.

atinama

#13
maybe it would be wise to stab a needle into one of the holes of the jar to exchange air?

anno

There should be some air exchange, certainly.

Read http://www.fungifun.org/gas_exchange/

atinama

the jars are colonized and it's time to colonize more wood chips, but according to the long colonization time, which I do not expected, probably I will bring them to the forest and will make a bed... The jar with the wheat is still in colonization process




anno

You still could inoculate pasteurized woodchips now with your spawn.

atinama

#17
Next step was accomplished.
Spawn was shredded and mixed with alder woodchips. The colonization of mycelium continue...




anno

Looks good, with this spawn to chips ratio the colonization should be complete fairly quickly.