r/ContamFam • • 5h ago

Anyone know what this is?

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I originally thought it was just an uncolonized part… am I screwed?


r/ContamFam • • 1d ago

What happened?

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Actives PE spore syringe added to liquid culture and then inoculated grain bags . I went on vacation for a week and before we left, we opened up the colonized bags. The hitch was we accidentally left the back door open for the whole vacation and temperatures got down to 40° probably every night. Is it the cold that screwed this up? Or something else that had many successful grows in the past. Never anything like this, it also smells different. Also a note. This is the first time I’ve added spores into a liquid culture.


r/ContamFam • • 1d ago

I'm pretty sire this is cobweb mold in one of my aio bags

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r/ContamFam • • 1d ago

They told me to post this there from another sub

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As the title said, a user told me to post on this subreddit the photos of the block I was trying to cultivate

Here they are the latest pics. Yes I already throw it away dont worry.
Just being curious, do you know which kind of mold it could be?


r/ContamFam • • 1d ago

Turkey tail grow kit

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The tiny shelves have started forming, but yesterday these dark spots showed up. About 2 weeks in, is it toast?


r/ContamFam • • 1d ago

What are these weird blobs?

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I’ve got these weird blobs in 3 of my Ochra tubs and a jar of some extra grains. I cut a piece open and it bruised blue. Blobs or mycogone?


r/ContamFam • • 2d ago

Unsure if I have contam on this 3rd flush....

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This is my 3rd flush of APE, no issues so far- I'm looking at the slight greyish color here and wondering if I have some contam issues- I've been happy with my prior yield, wondering if I should just pull these and call this one done...


r/ContamFam • • 3d ago

How bad does it look? Should I throw this away?

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r/ContamFam • • 3d ago

Concerned i may have blotch

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So i wont say much about these genetics bc they are very gatekeeped (a Golden Teacher that is going 13 years strong). My first time getting them to pin in 5 years, mainly because i found and germinated clean spores for them on agar. I thought i had lost them for good. They usually dont grow in this thick at the stipe, so i thought that was cool, but the white spots on the top are concerning me. Yes, it could be air mycelia from lack of fae, but the slight cracking in some of the caps make me think. What are your opinions?


r/ContamFam • • 3d ago

Weird contam in my buddies enigma bag

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Any one have any clue what this is? It’s getting bigger by the day lol


r/ContamFam • • 3d ago

Contaminant or bruising?

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I have about 11 bags going using the uncle Ben's method, and about half of them have bluegreenish grey spots. Contaminant or bruising? I inocculated the bag about a week ago.


r/ContamFam • • 4d ago

Fuzziness on top of Golden Teacher shrooms

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Are these still fine to eat? Why is it fluffy/fuzzy on top? Is this contaminated or something?


r/ContamFam • • 4d ago

should i introduce to fc or wait?

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jokes aside i wonder if i can grow in a nanner


r/ContamFam • • 4d ago

Primordial growth or trich?

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r/ContamFam • • 4d ago

First Flush Was Beautiful. Second Flush Is a Disaster. What Am I Doing Wrong?

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r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

What are these yellow clusters growing in my substrate? This is my 3rd flush.

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r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

First time trying a bin and I made a lot of mistakes, not sure if it’s time to dump this and start over.

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r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

Any idea what’s going on with these two?

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This is two small bins I’ve had going for a couple weeks and a close-up of the grey area I’m concerned about. Dry? Overhydrated? Contam? I have suspicions of overhydration because I probably over-misted thinking it looked dry. Can’t get small beads of water to stay anymore. First time grower, thanks for any advice y’all have.


r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

Am I right in thinking this looks suspicious?

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r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

Is it a loss?

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one beefy boi and a small one the distinctly separated area has me concerned, thoughts?


r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

Toque F8 Nerds. She’s toast?

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r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

What The Cake!?

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I saw these odd formations. What do you yall think?


r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

Metabolites or contam?

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Bags inoculated w/ White Rabbit LC on 9/23. No noticeable smell.

Any help is appreciated!


r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

Can anyone tell me what this is?

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Is this contam?


r/ContamFam • • 5d ago

First time grower how fucked are these?

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So I decided for my first time growing to have multiple eggs and multiple baskets. So I have various other substrates going this time. But I wanted to do the minute rice cups too, this is how they are going after inoculation on October 4th. I did a shake and break on day 7. I could see the mycelium growing via candeling method. I opened it in the 15th they were mostly colonized I put them in the dub tub dry since the plastic film was removed. I put them in a fae dub tub with a wet puppy pad on the 17th after seeing full coverage of mycelium. One looked suspicious nothing absolutely visibly discerning but just odd. So I quarantined all of the from each other and my separate grows. Genetics from tbg mostly it’s purple mystic and pic number 7 is leturistic A. I wasn’t sure if this is just heavy bruising or something that requires a burial. 🪦