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No. If a substrate is uncontaminated I doesn't matter how wet it is. An overly moist substrate can inhibit mycelial growth but it won't be more likely to be contaminated. Using less inoculant merely saves that inniculant.

Thanks. The tech is getting old though. I think we could finally dispense with the pressure cooker with the uncle Ben tech. Never tried it but I expect it would work.

They won't be on top. High humidity will cause the lower stem to get fuzzy. You will know if your fruit is infected with mold. The fruit itself will be brown or black pitted and sunken and the mold will quickly sporulate.

Not really. Syringes may contain spores which, according to general understanding and various state laws contain zero psychoactive. Tissue culture is, effectively, liquid culture. It has actually mycelium in it. Mycelium contains active alkalosis, at times significant amounts. Technically...

Have I gotten them wrong? Yes, I have, the dangerous one is a. Bisporigera. As was posted, the death angel.

I have seen them in many places on many occasions.

Those are deliquiessing mushrooms, I forgot the name. You will see the caps turning to a black jelly. If you decide to eat them for what ever reason make sure you have not had any ethyl alcohol and don't drink during or the day after. You will get sick.

Bad. Use substrates less prone to contamination. Take a look at my tek.

I believe (strangely) that you can get liquid culture in california. I don't understand it because mycelium contains the active compound but I think you can probably get it. This is to your great advantage. It means you have a monoculture (probably) and your grow is quicker.

Coarse is the best. Ot affords the mycelium the tiny nooks where primordial are most likely to form.

Thanks. I believe table sugar caramelized too readily. Keep concentrations at or below 4 percent and it will work just fine, no exotic mixtures needed. But you can add yeast extract, peptones (not meat based) activated charcoal, straw or corn steep and extract of your intended substrate.

The actives are muscimol and ibotenic acid. They are not proper hallucinogenic but some other sort of psychoactive. In refreshing my knowlege of this mushroom I discovered that though poisoning (always a relative term) are relatively frequent, death from overdose is quite rare. It is said...

Some are very very tasty. And of course there are some that are unmistakable like shaggy manes and puff balls. (Save for the fact that a young death cap can look like a puff ball. Of course all you have to do is cut it in half lengthwise. If there is an outline of a traditional mushroom in...

I see no contam there but we can't alway identify early contamination from a few pics. Colonization looks damn good. Though i am a big proponent of casing. And you may have some overlay.

Buy yourself a regional key and follow it closely. Even after you believe you have positively identified your species, try to get confirmation from a local forager. Failing that, leave a sample mushroom on your kitchen table before you taste one. And I mean TASTE. Few mushrooms are...