Phillipe Kenny

Modesto, CA, United States

Apr 15 at 10:36 AM

Tyler I heard of this method. I'm curious to see how this is gonna turn out.

Apr 12 at 12:25 PM

Phillipe Kenny and is stroma a lot more common with oyster spawn/ fruiting block? Because it has only showed up on oyster so far.

Apr 12 at 12:23 PM

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?

Apr 11 at 04:59 PM

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 .

Apr 04 at 10:14 PM

That would be extremely handy!

Apr 04 at 10:11 PM

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

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Apr 04 at 09:24 PM

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Does anyone have any guesses as to what is going on here and the cause? This is occurring on master's mix production blocks from the same cook/noc day with blue oyster spawn from two different dates. (the 3 other species noced aren't displaying this). So far, less than 10% of blocks are displaying this, but may find more.
This is our first run doing master's mix with fresh SD and soy hull pellets. 10-20% of the pellets did not break down completely, even after shaking. The blocks in the very back of the container are getting as hot (the front ones got to 203F inside the bag). My guess is that these blocks got an insufficient cooked and developed it sclerotia from stress from being exposed and battling off contaminants.

That mycelium feels EXTREMELY hard to the touch. And when I broke open the 5lb block, it seemed like it was quite hot, although that could be normal and I just might not have noticed the heat as much before. A lot of exudate coming out of those structures and strong sweet mycelial smell, maybe a little funky, but not too bad. 

Incubation temp ranged from 55-mid seventies.
Substrate ended up being too dry 58-60%
Here is a video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1eUdRJL5jbZyPGCt7


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Feb 28 at 10:20 AM

GregorGotcha thanks!

Feb 28 at 10:18 AM

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

Feb 13 at 09:59 AM

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

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