Let me ask you this, I think it will be an important detail for diagnosing.. how likely is it for that stroma to show up in the fruiting substrate if the spawn did not have any signs of stroma?

Gregor it definitely  helps. I appreciate your time. One thing I am still confused about is the difference between stroma and sclerotia ( that are caused by stressors, such as contaminant) in terms of how it looks and what causes sclerotium to form .

That would be extremely handy!

*I'm pretty sure you meant "band sealer" as opposed to "bad sealer", just in case others get confused.

GregorGotcha thanks!

I thought the video was straight to the point and helpful, thank you.

Gregor Are you sure you use the 3B? I just checked and these are the Codes: B = 5 micronT = 0.5 micronA = 0.2 micron

Gregor Awesome! Thanks for that. So far, pretty intuitive and logical stuff. I tried folding the bag over after hearing about that on your deep dive video and it was still drying out, although that doesn't mean it didn't decrease the drying, I just didn't observe it carefully enough. The specifics parameters that you have tried and tested are very helpful. When the literature states the mycelium tolerates a certain ppm, (over 5kppm), I'm assuming that it is inside the bag so you want to keep it significantly lower in the room, as you do.

So far I captured 1 erinaceus, 1 coralloides and 1 americanus (I believe). Got them on spawn now and excited to fruit my first wild Hericiums. Any tips on substrate, etc. are greatly appreciated.

So far I captured 1 erinaceus, 1 coralloides and 1 americanus (I believe). Got them on spawn now and excited to fruit my first wild Hericiums. Any tips on substrate, etc. are greatly appreciated.