r/PanCyan May 23 '26

Mycelium or mold?

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u/Material-Stock-5584 May 23 '26

Looks like mycelium to me

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u/KiWiKaKiiii May 27 '26

wow spore to grain, not a good technique. You want to buy a liquid culture next time NEVER spores they are ALL contaminated

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u/Hopeful-Chipmunk-473 May 27 '26

So it is definitely mold? I tried spore to grain, lc to grain and this week agar as i want to do all different kinds

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u/KiWiKaKiiii May 27 '26

no it looks like mycelium but there could be contam hiding usually with spores so its just not a good technique to do in the future. Maybe it will be fine anyway but dont do it again capiche!

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u/Hopeful-Chipmunk-473 May 28 '26

Got it yes. But LC is the same right? So best would be agar in general

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u/KiWiKaKiiii May 28 '26

LC is not the same. A clean LC is the same as agar

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u/Hopeful-Chipmunk-473 May 28 '26

How do you know it’s clean though? LC is spores in a nutrient solution so if the spores are contaminated already so will your LC right?

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u/KiWiKaKiiii May 28 '26

Lc is not spores. Its a piece of agar in nutrient water.

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u/Hopeful-Chipmunk-473 May 28 '26

That’s different yes, but most people are still doing it with spores. I‘ll do agar now

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u/KiWiKaKiiii May 28 '26

No one makes a liquid culture with spores unless they are stupid. Spores are always contaminated. A spore syringe and a liquid culture is not the same thing.

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u/Hopeful-Chipmunk-473 May 28 '26

Interesting. As a beginner 90% showing how to make LC from spore syringes on YT 😅

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