hi, me and my friend are new to "amateur mycology" and he's incubating, it's been about two weeks since inoculation, and he sees brown "spots" in the mycelium, he says they don't look like vermiculite, and can't tell what they are, whether they are pins or what, but, they aren't pink black green or blue, and we just aren't sure what to do, i was wondering if anyone knew what was up......please if they are pins, let me know we're being dumb haha. seriously, please give us some good news, thanks guys
put up some pics.... we need to see them to know for sure..
yeah, sorry, i'm workin on it, it'll be up by the end of the night
only pic i have of it right now, it's at my friends house, i'm waiting for more
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Hey, Im the one whose trying to grow these, mycowolf is my buddy so, lol thats the gyst of it.. im sending him more pics to put up, please help us out
help me obi wan kenobi, your my only dope --- <ahem> hope
It is hard to tell from those pics but a wise man told me on here one time "when in doubt, throw them out" (BAPH).
I know it is hard but in the long run it is worth it. That one jar can ruin the entire grow and even future grows.
jr
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the dark spots.... any idea?
thanks man wish it were better news
idk if this might help, but the mycellium appears to be a bit darker than jsut white... when watchin a video for PF Tek, they used brown rice flour, but it was bleached...
for the substrate mix that i used, i literally ground up brown rice in a coffee grinder, so could this impact the color of mycellium? i know that your able to alter the color of plants by putting food coloring in the water theyre growing in... same concept? :huh:
It should be white. I also grind my own rice for flower and it does not make a difference in the color.
i agree with JR. it's hard to tell in thos pics...try to take better pics. but if your not sure dump them outside your house. if that is contams and you open them in the house you expose the whole house.. i would wait to see what they look like in a week. also when you do open they should smell like fresh shroom.
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they should look like this.
thanks trout, i'm going over today, i'll get better pics, and keep y'all appraised
ok, so i just got a chance to personally inspect the jars.... the unidentified spec is a piece of either foil that broke off durring inoculation, or is a shiny piece of vermiculite... in other words, NON ORGANIC
also, on the color of the mycellium, they appear to be white, the only reason why in the pictures they looked brown was due to the lighting in my room and they were set on a wood flood.... i did not have jars available to me so i used my mothers crystal glasswear :wacko: so it looked brown because its reflected off of it...
the mycellium is looking pretty good (i assume) but im wondering on what it should actually look like as it is growing outward. As a solid mass? or something that looks more creeping
thanks for all your help guys, we appreciate it.
Solid mass or creeping, depends on the genetics of the strain. As long as its a rich white your allright.
PW