Couple interesting updates in my little world:The last three photos show my contaminated cake of Mega Ochraceocentrata. Numerous pins growing in a line where the cake met the soil (optimal humidity I'... View MoreCouple interesting updates in my little world:The last three photos show my contaminated cake of Mega Ochraceocentrata. Numerous pins growing in a line where the cake met the soil (optimal humidity I'm assuming). I'm also assuming most will abort but I'm going to try to baby it for something to do. I'll probably add more photos later. The first photo shows a dark pin of a wood loving psilocybe species in another patch I installed. I suppose it's impossible to know until I get a mature fruit, but I'm unsure of the species on this one, lol. It's possibly Psilocybe Aucklandiae, but I also did patches of Cyanescens, Azurescens, and Ovoideocystidiata. If anyone knowledgeable has a guess, I'd like to hear it.
Couple photos of Tampanensis truffles with clusters of fruits. They're pretty small but look interesting so thought I'd share. The last photo shows my harvest of Mega Ochraceocentrata fruits that I sa... View MoreCouple photos of Tampanensis truffles with clusters of fruits. They're pretty small but look interesting so thought I'd share. The last photo shows my harvest of Mega Ochraceocentrata fruits that I salvaged from a contaminated cake by burying it outside. They required a good brushing so they're bruised; still kind of dirty but decent sized fruits.
The first photo shows the top of a contaminated cake that I buried outside; a cluster of nice sized pins coming in. The next 3 photos show a single Yellow Gilled Gymnopilus (Gymnopilus Luteofolius) th... View MoreThe first photo shows the top of a contaminated cake that I buried outside; a cluster of nice sized pins coming in. The next 3 photos show a single Yellow Gilled Gymnopilus (Gymnopilus Luteofolius) that I was lucky enough to spot while walking in an area where I've found them before. This is one of the very few naturally occurring/psilocybin containing mushrooms in my area (the Midwest US). Pretty low in alkaloids, but a beautiful lesser known species. Seemed shareworthy; I love that it's in the shape of a heart (kind of)
My first Ovoid pins! I know it's not much, but hopefully more start coming up in the next few days. Kind of jealous with all the posts I've seen in the Pennsylvania/New York area where conditions have... View MoreMy first Ovoid pins! I know it's not much, but hopefully more start coming up in the next few days. Kind of jealous with all the posts I've seen in the Pennsylvania/New York area where conditions have been great for ovoids this year. We haven't had anywhere near enough rain so I wasn't sure if anything would fruit this spring. I've now successfully cultivated 4 wood-loving psilocybe species. Hopefully I'll have more interesting photos to share soon.
Just random paraphernalia photos: First is of a pretty rough looking cake of Mega Ochraceocentrata which I first put into fruiting conditions January 7th and still getting smaller fruits from it. I re... View MoreJust random paraphernalia photos: First is of a pretty rough looking cake of Mega Ochraceocentrata which I first put into fruiting conditions January 7th and still getting smaller fruits from it. I remember first getting into cultivating that contamination would usually set in shortly after my first flush. I'm happy that I've been able to maintain a few cakes for such a long time, although it's hard to say if it's actually worth the extra effort at a certain point. 2nd photo shows some longer Cubensis. 3rd photo is a close up of the top of one of my San Pedro cuttings. 4th photo shows a close up of some truffles looking like walls around a cluster of ATL-7 fruits. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take a break from cultivating soon (WAY overstocked) so hopefully the multiple posts on the same tubs hasn't been too monotonous.
A pretty uninteresting "mushroom shaped character with a face(kinda)" made out of freshly harvested mushrooms.
I call it:
"I didn't say I was artistic"
These disgusting looking jars are all actually healthy Psilocybe Tampanensis (ATL-7) spawn. I know I made a previous post about the method used for the larger jars in these photos, but I have an updat... View MoreThese disgusting looking jars are all actually healthy Psilocybe Tampanensis (ATL-7) spawn. I know I made a previous post about the method used for the larger jars in these photos, but I have an update, as well as an interesting comparison I thought I would share. In the first photo I have 4 jars; 2 larger half gallon jars (created from a G2G transfer on 12/24 but using the method previously described) and 2 smaller quart jars (created from a G2G transfer on 12/21) but I only used grains in these smaller jars. All jars came from the same genetics and all used WBS as grain.Photos 2 and 3 show the larger half gallon jars; I took a photo, then rotated 180° and took another photo. I did the same process with the smaller quart jars for photos 4 and 5.All the jars produced truffles, but some of the truffles in the larger jars are triple the size (maybe grape size) and concentrated in the areas I layered hydrated coir. The other reason why I attribute their size as being connected to the coir is the fact that I'm fruiting a tub right now that also has larger truffles, and this tub was also spawned to coir.The smaller quart jars with just grains have more pea-sized truffles that are probably harder to notice. I attempted to do truffles over a year ago and had the same results as this with just grains. It works, but somewhat disappointing. This method of layering hydrated coir with fully colonized spawn (possibly called Violet's Truffle Tek?) is something I would recommend anyone try if you have an interest in truffles.The interesting update I have on this atrocious and long double post is that I noticed a layer of clear liquid inside the tops of my larger half gallon jars. I was concerned but then I remembered that in the tub I'm fruiting, the truffles would "sweat" so it doesn't seem unordinary. I opened the lids of the half gallon jars to dump off the extra moisture, and to my surprise in both the jars, there were large truffles sticking up to the lid. I took a picture of each open jar. In the photos with my hand visible, chunks of truffle were stuck to the lid and broke off when I opened it. In hand are the pieces I recovered.
This post kind of goes with my previous post about creating outdoor patches. I made over a dozen outdoor patches last spring with Ovoideocystidiata, Azurescens, and Cyanescens spawn. I live in Southea... View MoreThis post kind of goes with my previous post about creating outdoor patches. I made over a dozen outdoor patches last spring with Ovoideocystidiata, Azurescens, and Cyanescens spawn. I live in Southeastern Minnesota within an hour from both Wisconsin and Iowa. I really didn't know if they would survive our Winters because they aren't found here naturally. I just went out and checked, and found healthy mycelium in all of my patches. Feeling grateful, and really hoping to be able to share photos of Ovoid pins in the near future.The photo with my hand visible was fairly surprising to me. Animals kept digging into this particular patch, so last fall I remember digging into it and not seeing anything healthy. So I spread it around in frustration and stopped tending to it. You can see healthy mycelium very close to my fingertips, so it actually survived.
Just random shots since my last post. The last four photos are all Mega Ochraceocentrata. Two of these photos show the same fruit with a thick layer of overlay stuck to the cap that I peeled off. The... View MoreJust random shots since my last post. The last four photos are all Mega Ochraceocentrata. Two of these photos show the same fruit with a thick layer of overlay stuck to the cap that I peeled off. The third photo shows the cap of a Florida wild harvested Cubensis that reminds me of a queen chess piece; it was the only fruit that looked this way. The first 2 photos show my 2nd flush of Melmac. The middle fruit in hand weighed 21 grams fresh.
A few photos of two half gallon jars I have of ATL-7. This species produces truffles. The photos with the red lighter in the middle were taken today, one with flash and one without flash. They have be... View MoreA few photos of two half gallon jars I have of ATL-7. This species produces truffles. The photos with the red lighter in the middle were taken today, one with flash and one without flash. They have been colonizing since Christmas Eve. The other photos are older and give you a better idea of the process I used. I added a couple inches of colonized spawn, followed by a couple inches of hydrated coco coir and repeated, ending with a cap of hydrated coir. I'm waiting longer before harvesting but thought I'd share.
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