How's the space mission grains doing? I've eaten mushrooms and went to space for sure/Np but never eaten mushrooms "from" space. 

What were the conditions for the mycelium in space?  Was this the same space trip sporeworks stuff was on?  

Rory has a PRIMUS audition......FRIGGING AWESOME 👌 

I have been struggling with some maitake blocks drying out around the 4th to 5th week in incubation.  I was wondering what kind of moisture level people are shooting for with their maitake blocks.  I work on 61% currently

Is anyone playing with VPD based models for conditioning a grow VS relative humidity based target models? The reasoning being the compensation for temp built into the vpd model...thinking .4kpa target with a .1kpa buffer. 

I just watched the dehydrator on the cheap video. most of the home dehumidification units Ive looked at only go down to 30%. Does the end up being low enough for storing dried mushrooms or marinated and dried mushrooms (jerky).  Any thoughts?

I have a key to one of the Cordy Cult gates.......😈...feeling almost obligated to share a link to this new research paper. 

Funny story,  when I started doing masonry on my own pricing was difficult.  I called another company once and as soon as the guy realized I was not a client and just another mason trying to find out his prices he said "Fuck you,  you piece of shit!" (Click)    lol.  It reminds me of what's happened with cordy breeders n the US. In a way I get it but I also fully believe IF YOU CAN -THEN YOU SHOULD and being helpful/kind is the true enlightenment 

News is  👌 

Workman is going live on Mycogeeky the 27th. 

"We recently had a wonderful conversation with MycoGeeky and look forward to being featured on his Podcast, January 27th! Mark your calendars and pop that corn. It's a good one!" -sporeworks

Hi everyone! 

This is kind of a newbie question but wanted to hear y’all’s input on water filtration. I see many different opinions out there, I’ve been thinking to install reverse osmosis to be used for grain spawn hydration, substrate hydration, in the sterilizer etc, just wanted to get thoughts, I’m in the city and it seems like many people say tap is fine, but I’m concerned about chlorine/chemicals/heavy metals etc but there’s healthy minerals there too, this is for a medium size (actives) farm, do y’all filter your water?

What the Cordy-Cult doesn't want you to know about Cordyceps Militaris Preservation: Peep this very interesting 2024 study that was passed along to me a week or so ago. In essence if you are preserving known mating pairs of CM in their monokaryotic forms (through Deep Freezing/LN/Freeze Drying) and combine once your ready to expand to a round of LC and then fruiting substrate you will never experience "senescence"...as this study points out, our perception of "senescence" might be one thing but in fact in the case of C. Militaris it looks like a dominant monokaryon kicks the other Mon out after a series of expansions essentially rendering a dikaryon, monokaryotic once again. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxqBeIbpvyYTtMGPyu3yiw2vimbfPIfd/view?usp=sharing

A deep dive that follows along this specific protocol is in the works to see if it can be replicated! Stay stoked and share your fungal-finds homies!

-Erik

Hey y'all hope you enjoy our first of many sterile technique videos!! There was a minor yet important detail that wasn't mentioned. So whenever working in front of a HEPA filter be sure to never spray the isopropyl directly at the filter (due to damage). Always keep the spray bottle very slanted or even perpendicular to the filter. Also spraying with a downward angle and close to the object helps prevent the large spread of harmful isopropyl spray. Lastly, with an open culture these rules have to be followed to ensure no damage by isopropyl occurs to our live open cultures. Sorry about that and let me know if any other questions arise!