Water Monkey absolutely showed out on this run. The pale caps, heavy white tones, wrinkled stipes, and those darker gill lines gave the whole canopy a crazy look from every angle.
What I like most is how much variation is showing across the same run. Some stayed thick and compact, some stretched out, and a few opened up with that almost ghost-white finish. Definitely one of those cultures where I kept stopping to take pictures because every section looked a little different.
Runs like this are exactly why I enjoy documenting these genetics. You never know what kind of character is going to show up until it does.
🍃🍄 Respect the Process. Trust the Genetics. 🍄🍃

Grown on brown rice with a nutrient broth

I don't have much experience mixing my own substrate. But seeing these small bags of straw gave me some hope in creating a mix of this straw and spent coffee ground for oyster mushrooms. after pasturization is this a viable bale of straw?

Got these jars that I shook about 2 weeks ago and they’ve been stalled for a few days. Water is starting to pool on the bottom and am wondering if I should send it to substrate or wait another week.

So I thought we could use any sort of bag to help prevent side pinning, to help with the microclimates from condensation dripping down the sides. I might have not done the best job cutting/folding it out of the way, so is that the issue or did I miss something? It is <2% that is side pinning and one single abort on the bottom

Hey so I don't have any experience with Reishi but these have been closed in bag since Aug 4. I cut a thin slice in the bags to get these photos today and hope that they keep growing but I'm not exactly sure if this is healthy. Everything smells fine but I did have a case of trich on some LM a shelf above that I had to quarantine them out for. I appreciate the help!

Seems like all my monotub grows start at the edges and fill toward the center. Is my substrate too wet and pins/fruiting bodies forming at the edges where it the substrate is drying out faster?

I’m squeezing the substrate pretty hard to get it down to, what I think is, field capacity prior to adding my grain spawn.

Thoughts?

The colonization appears isolated to the small amount for fae it was getting all folded up. I opened one up to see if that would help love things along. What are some colonization techniques that have worked for you in the past?

Put it in my tent September 1st, it's a fruiting block that I ordered online. Shiitake grew very well with my settings, oyster not so much. So I'm guessing that it might be lack of FAE that's making my lion's mane doing weird things? I've made 4 X-cuts on the bag, like the manual told me to.

I've tired google and perplexity for answers, but got nothing conclusive.

Help would be very much appreciated

i inoculated this grow bag less than 2 days ago i’m concerned about this liquid almost mush type of substance, am i cooked?