Lol I made a stop there too, I know what ya mean. I almost got Liberty caps but they all say itās impossible and only one person did it indoors
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Well, posted this in my grow report, but belongs here!
ā¦Finally, down at the elephant shit pileā¦you donāt always get what you want! But if you try sometimesā¦you still find beauty! (Itās early yet, rains are a comminā)!
Iām down there before the Sun hits the horizon and still 80% of the mushrooms have āmeltedā. No signs of the cubes yet, but loads of others. Thatās where all that fussin around inside comes out way ahead of āNaturalā grows - you get what you want the first (or second!) time! 
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My current tub is side pin city. Iāll get pics later, but when I was getting it out of the closet to put it into fruiting conditions I put my hand underneath, it pushed up and broke the cake and I think that might have shocked the mycelium network so itās pushing pins away from the trauma. About to break it all up into four sections and stand them on their sides so I donāt have clumps of fucked up shrooms.
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Day by day, more and more poppinā on the poop piles!
Had 2 big rice sacks of rice hulls that I donāt trust to be āmite-freeā for my mix so, into the compost pile they goā¦wondering how & what the fungi will do?
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I know almost nothing about mushrooms but this one looks a lot like Panaeolus cyanescens.
I found this why where am I going to buy my CL from p. cubencis albino has this variety and on the website it says that it only works in manure or earthworm humus.
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Hi @Shanti-ri Iām used to finding a fair amount of Copelandia cyanescens around this area, but usually on horse or cow dungā¦thereās plenty of both in the compost lasagna under the elephant shit, but those appear to be coming directly out of the elephant dung. I have to see if the āPanaeolus/Copelandiaā thing is just a nomenclature āthingā or if there are two different Genusā¦and if so - which I have! Doing a bunch of early morning seed checking so havenāt been down to see whatās popped this morning. Iām also watching for P. samuiensis, the publication type-location of which is about a kilometer down the road from here. Composting is such fun!
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My order arrived yesterdayā¦just opened her up.
Mini-kit will be prepped tomorrow. The 1 pound live mycelium looks really good!!
Process so farā¦
-rinsed rye grains
-let sit in water for about 14 hours
-put into pot and boiled like Satanās teapot for just under 10 mins
-strained and dumped onto large Bach towel so I could kind of flip the grains back and forth for towel to absorb while still steaming
-waited 30 mins to cool
-filled 750ml jars about 2/3 full
-polyfil lids (RIP Mr. Froggy, thanks for your stuffing)
-tinfoil on top
-into pressure cooker for 160 mins (electric tfalā¦hope it works 
)
Thatās where weāre at now.
Mini-kit
1 pound live mycelium closeup
Penis envyā¦yussssss
Editā¦
Just turned on my cloning mat and put everything on a cookie rackā¦should stay warm, but not too warm.
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If you want the absolute best spores you go to Philly golden teachers. His playing cards come with syringe whatever photo of n the card. By FAR the most packed full syringes Iāve ever seen trust me you want to go through Philly golden teacher.
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Pgtmycology.com he also has a reddit phill golden teacher
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Love the wavy tops
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Those mutant tubs look crazy!!
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This one is growing completely upside down, itās attached to the substrate by the cap 
Others remind me of oyster mushrooms
Oh, Iām loving these that grow properly, also theyāre either sporeless or just clear spores (true albinos) so even if I let them mature and open fully, thereās not a mess to be seen 
I cloned this one, but I did it half assed . I tore it open in open air, took a needle biopsy and squirted it onto no pour agar through a injection port
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Wow my mini kit did not look like that. I got fucked
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Are you in Canada? I donāt have enough clout on shroomery or myco stuff to trade with. Canadian mushroom vendors seem pretty good, once I get a colle tion going, would be interested in trading some stuff?
Do you think I could take all the spawn I recieved and mix it 1:1 with coir and do the ābodās easy as eff shoebox tekā? Rather than dicking around with casing and all this. Bod puts his grain spawn mixed with coir straight into growing conditionsā¦thoughts on this?
Are you in Canada? If not, the grain bag may not have been fully colonize yet. But Iām no expertā¦just wondering.
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Iām in US. Yea, do the shoebox, mix 1:1 pack it down and level, then do about 2-3cm of just substrate to cover that mix. Everything Iāve read says PE should get a thick casing layer to prevent blobs. Iāve been putting them straight to fruiting/growing conditions, unless I have too many boxes then Iāll stagger them so I donāt have too much to harvest and dry at once.
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PE cultures can be fruited without a casing layer but they have a tendency to blob and seem to do better with a thick casing layer
Next time round try out Melmac(original homestead PE)
Zero blobs and no casing required
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Yup Iām in Canada it was supposed to be fully colonized when it arrived.
Iām not overly concerned about the kit, I have tidal wave 2 in a grain bag now and I made a couple more orders from myco and sporeslab to get some genetic variety.
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Would a 100w Mars light be too much for a couple shoeboxes? About 3 feet away?
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Sure that would work, but I donāt even light mine, just ambient light is enough. Iāve seen them grow more towards the air flow than the light that spills over from my veg tent.
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