/r/ContamFam
Damn it!! You think you have contam hindering your mushroom grow? Check in here to see if it is actually contam, what kind, what went wrong & what your next step should be. We got you, we feel your pain...we will try to help you if we possibly can!!
Damn it!! You think you have contam hindering your mushroom grow? Check in here to see if it is actually contam, what kind it is, what went wrong & what your next step should be. We got you, we feel your pain...we will try to help you if we possibly can!!
/r/ContamFam
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Cobweb or mycelium looking for air?
Inoculated with McKennaii 12/29 AIO bag. Took forever to start to colonize compared with my other bags including PE varieties. B&s 1/28 and 1/22 then saw this; thinking it might by mycelium looking for air. Put in FC yesterday (1/31) in attempt to save it/see if anything changes, but considering culling. I did have a period where my bags got a bit hot and dry but managed to rehydrate and starting to get 2nd flush out of Koh Samuii and PE7. What do you think? Cull?
16:15 UTC
What is this called?
And are the pins the next step? Or will there be another „thing“ first? :)
12:41 UTC
What is going on??
I left on a ski trip for five days and didn’t really expect to see this when I came home can someone tell me if these are blobs, some crazy overlay, a type of mutation or even mycolgone? I have absolutely no clue and I can’t tell if the bluing spots are just bruising or if it is the forbidden trich? Can someone please help me. Culture is pe6
06:01 UTC
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03:43 UTC
I’m worried about the spots on the stripe of the big guy.
I suspect bruising from condensation/evaporation or maybe strain from hitting the side of the bin. Can’t tell if it’s blue or black. Looking for some comfort.
02:48 UTC
Brown spots on just one mushroom.
Started my second flush about a week ago, and I noticed this one mushroom has these brown spots on the stem. Is that normal??
23:56 UTC
What does it mean?
I see so many yellow drops on my substrate. Is it contaminated? :/
22:26 UTC
Bright Orange on Surface of cake
This was a forgotten cake from a spent grow and im just wondering what this orange contam may be. Mold of some kind?
21:49 UTC
Semi color blind asking for help in identifying if trich or bruising for a grow bag
I got a shrooly device and didn't really had success with their pods they sell. I made my own and had success with the last one but this one i think it might be bruised?
For the last bag i had in the shrooly i used to do cuts in the bag in the places where the mushrooms were growing to keep surface conditions decent and make way for the fruits to grow through the plastic but that was a lot of work and modifications needed to be done almost every day
With this bag i decided to just expose it after some 2 pins started growing as maybe it'd adapt and have things easier
So as seen, i did a q tip test, idk if i did it right but it seems it might be bruising. The surface was kind of hard there and i wasn't super aggresive with the pressure but i put what i thought should be enough without hurting the myc in case it's not trich
I'll also upload a 200mp picture in comments with how it looks in a clear picture(though my phone also processes the pics so it's not RAW but it should give away the idea of why i thought it might be trich)
In case it's only brusing i plan to make a custom mode for the shrooly to start the fae fan much less frequently(their program states something like 15 seconds every 90 seconds), to maybe 15 seconds every 30 minutes, as well as raise the RH from 90 to 95% and start misting it to reinvigorate it a bit
Do you think it's contam or just bruising? Do you agree with my 15sec/30 min 95%RH plan or would you say other parameters would work better?
13:49 UTC
Should I worry
Today I saw this purple spot
07:02 UTC
Is this contam on my agar dish
I used a LC in a SAB to inoculate on the 27th. Is it possibly the food dye being eaten by the mycelium? Its nearly the same hue as the agar. I did one grain jar with the same liquid culture and that’s looking great so far.
04:38 UTC