amazing, checking the videos already - thank youÂĄ
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If starting with spore, especially if youâre not testing them on agar for contamination first, PF tek really is the most forgiving as far as contamination goes. You donât break up the âpuckâ of brown rice flour like you would with grains. So any contamination isnât spread and the mushroom mycelium can grow and get you a few fruits. Ideally, if you want to continue growing, by then you got some basic gear like still air box and agar (order pre made or make âno pourâ agar). That way you can clone a desired mushroom and you can use that to grow much more and put it to grains.
Spore works is known to have consistently clean spore syringes, or find a buddy (or trusted vendor on IG 
) to get some liquid culture so you can just inject directly and not deal with spores. Putting untested spores to grains is a risky and can waste some time/recourse. The rice bags big downfall (past user error) is you canât see most of the colonizing. So if itâs growing mold m, you wonât know unless itâs against the bottom of the bag or until you open the top 
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Those look good.
Seems like a pretty interesting variety, too.
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@Howard.Crane
Looks like you got some wood ears there
Auricularia auricula - judae
Common edible fungus commonly grows off rotten woody material.
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Itâs the same Z strain culture that I grew the first time, this time itâs just one box made from two 90sec rice bags. I know they most likely had bacterial contamination, but still colonized and produced fruit.
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Oh, those look more like âcup mushroomsâ instead of wood ear.
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Oh, that looks right according to image search, thanks!
Iâm trying to find info on them, but âcup mushroomsâ is apparently an umbrella term⊠
My primary questions are whether they are toxic, and whether theyâll out compete more desirable fungi.
Does anyone know?
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I read that one that looks close to yours is edible but only if cooked well. But no idea if theyâre the same as yours.
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Huh. Thatâs kinda cool, but Iâm not that adventurous.
For now I guess Iâll discard any cubes that grow in contact with that stuff just to be on the safe side.
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Oh you donât have to worry about cross contamination.
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Damn! Thatâs a harvest! Great job
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Newb? Haha, newb no longer I would say! At least a journeyman level with that harvest!
I hope you recover soon! 
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I had a couple syringes of P. Amazonia down in a box in my basement for⊠at least 3 years.
Didnât think theyâd still be viable. But for kicks I mixed up 6 little jars for PFTek, and gave them a go.
All 6 jars are colonizing!!
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Making me wanna cultivate some spores!
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So a while back(ok closer to like 2 years give or take) I was given a spore print and kept meaning to make up a couple spore syringes but forgot until recently when I stumbled across the spore print. Would there be a chance its still viable and worth trying or should I consider it a no go?
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Not speaking from first hand knowledge but from everything Iâve read you should be fine. I believe spore prints last much longer than that.
Certainly worth giving it a go, imo.
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If you got it from me itâs still viable. Iâm still using the prints I made when I did the giveaway. I need to scrape some onto Agar tonight.
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