hello,
I found Eric's Guide to Cultivating Psilocybe Azurescens/Cyanescens http://www.sunshine.net/www/1700/sn1730/pscyangg.htm (http://www.sunshine.net/www/1700/sn1730/pscyangg.htm)
my first encounter with spores using this method ;)
anybody has used this method? any references?
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 (http://www.fungifun.org/azurescens) and http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/23955/ (http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/23955/)
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...
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/preparing.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/after_inoculation.jpg)
the mycelium appeared in the jars after about 7 days... :)
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.
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...
Sounds promissing, make sure you report back if you have sucess.
that's how the cakes looks now... :) mycelium after 15 days after inoculation
the dark substrate with wheat, others with rice
any contamination???
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/15days.jpg)
Doesn't look like contamination.
I'm not an expert yet, but I think this is a real mycelium... :)
Any progress?
mycelium still colonizing jars...
AT THE MOMENT
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/PICT0003.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/PICT0005.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/PICT0006.jpg)
Does cyanescens mycelium colonizes jars so slowly?
temperature is 26C
Slower than P. cubensis, yes.
I would go down with the temperature a bit, this is not a subtropical species.
maybe it would be wise to stab a needle into one of the holes of the jar to exchange air?
There should be some air exchange, certainly.
Read http://www.fungifun.org/gas_exchange/ (http://www.fungifun.org/gas_exchange/)
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
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/Pict0029.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/Pict0032.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/Pict0033.jpg)
You still could inoculate pasteurized woodchips now with your spawn.
Next step was accomplished.
Spawn was shredded and mixed with alder woodchips. The colonization of mycelium continue...
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/PICT0038.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/glotniagalve/PICT0040.jpg)
Looks good, with this spawn to chips ratio the colonization should be complete fairly quickly.