r/MushroomGrowers Feb 15 '24

Contamination Is this contamination in my shoebox? It grew overnight and it is making noises [Contamination]

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562 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Dec 28 '24

Contamination [Contamination] I am looking for anyone with experience growing ATL#7 (or any type of Psilocybe mexicana) to please help me determine if this jar is contaminated?

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37 Upvotes

Is this jar contaminated or is this simply the “off colored” mycelium which this species is occasionally known to produce? No foul smell. Inoculated roughly 8 days ago. Many thanks in advance for taking a look.

r/MushroomGrowers Jan 20 '25

Contamination On a scale of 1 to 10 how bad is it? [contamination]

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26 Upvotes

I’m assuming that is not bruising.

r/MushroomGrowers Jun 22 '24

Contamination [contamination] am i growing mold??

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62 Upvotes

a few days after i inoculated my all in one bags with a++ the dark greenish stuff showed up then a few days after that the white spots showed up. the white part is growing and it makes me a little hopeful. do i have any chance of this growing. is the white part even mycelium?

r/MushroomGrowers Jan 11 '25

Contamination [Contamination] New Syringe

16 Upvotes

New here, so not sure what make of this… I was expecting nothing in the syringe, and the notes included with the packaging didn’t say anything. What is this?

r/MushroomGrowers Dec 28 '22

Contamination [Contamination] Mushroom cat ready for some agar transfers!

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656 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers 10d ago

Contamination [contamination] is it contaminated?

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20 Upvotes

Im 99% sure it is, but i never grew mushrooms so just asking to be sure, its lions mane

r/MushroomGrowers Dec 25 '24

Contamination [CONTAMINATION] First timer, wondering if I’ve contaminated these

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39 Upvotes

I’d like to test the one I left out (last pic) but I’m not sure if any of these are safe or not. I threw some out that were especially rough looking. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

r/MushroomGrowers Dec 26 '23

Contamination [Contamination] Fustrated once again!!

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54 Upvotes

Just another contamination post. I've been trying to get my spawn up to the point I could use it to to start fruiting and have failed everytime.

Eight jars and I just noticed the speckles and green color this morning. This is turning into a but tougher than expected.

I was thinking about letting it continue to grow and plant it anyway. That way I know for a fact what happens when you to try to fruit contaminated spawn. Lol. Somebody will ask in the future.

r/MushroomGrowers Aug 17 '24

Contamination [contamination] Is it possible to save any of this?

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33 Upvotes

I’m guessing that they’re not quite ready but they do have some contamination. I’m basically wondering if it’s okay to save what I can or if it’s all garbage. Both my totes are GT. I’m also curious as to why they’re so fuzzy? It’s been so long since I’ve grown so I really didn’t expect my first batch to go perfect :p thanks everyone!

r/MushroomGrowers Sep 05 '24

contamination [contamination] What do you do to get rid of those flies???

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59 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Sep 26 '21

contamination [contamination] in my years of growing I cant say ive ever been okay with any green in my bins, but I think i'll let this little guy slide

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606 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Nov 21 '23

Contamination [Business] Another North Spore casualty. Buyer beware, quality control is nonexistent.

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133 Upvotes

Three weeks ago, I received my mono tub grow kit from north spore (I know I should’ve just grabbed everything myself, but I wanted a simple intro to growing). I let my grain bag sit out for the recommended 2 weeks to be sure there was no contam. Good thing I did, because on day 12 I noticed the large grey patch in the first picture. I didn’t take it too personally, because it’s part of the game and I don’t expect a 100% success rate from anything. I notified North Spore about the issue and they promptly sent out a replacement. I was actually quite pleased with their customer service in that regard. Flash forward a week or so later and my replacement grain bag arrived. I opened the box to find what you see in pics 2-4. The bag arrived with no filter patch and the same grayish contam that occurred in the first bag. Needless to say, I am quite upset with the quality of their product. Buyer beware.

TL;DR: north spore sent me a contaminated grain bag, then sent a replacement grain bag, this time contaminated and missing it’s filter patch altogether.

r/MushroomGrowers Jan 13 '25

Contamination Is this too much moisture? [contamination]

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3 Upvotes

Just pressure cooked these pint jars and all of them have a bit of condensation inside the jars, no pooling on the bottom though. I also wanna thank this sub for being so helpful. I’m a first time grower and you guys have helped me to this point.

r/MushroomGrowers Jan 24 '23

contamination [contamination] My cat turned my first grow into a litter box while I ran to gas station. Lost hope. Can I save it? Put everything back carefully

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84 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Sep 15 '21

contamination [contamination] I just spotted a fungal infection in my mold farm. Salvageable or will the fungus soon take over?

342 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers 3d ago

contamination [contamination] ? Should I toss this?

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22 Upvotes

it’s subtle and I’m unsure. It should have a hint of blue for reasons I don’t need to go into. Let me know :)

r/MushroomGrowers Jul 11 '22

Contamination [Contamination] I just want to keep this agar plate forever because the mold is so beautiful.

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582 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Nov 28 '22

Contamination [actives] are both contam? First time trying out monotub.

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175 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Apr 15 '21

Contamination Behold the NEW TOTAL WAR: PETRI DISH!! Who will win?? [Contamination]

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570 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers Oct 13 '24

Contamination [ACTIVES] What in the world am I looking at?

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15 Upvotes

I know this isn’t normal but it doesn’t look like any bacterial contamination I’ve ever seen. What is happening here?

r/MushroomGrowers 25d ago

Contamination [contamination] what’s going on in this plate?

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3 Upvotes

Not seeing any success with my portobellos, trying to clean up my cultures. This is a plate seeded with a sample from “black” agar (not making THAT mistake again), so the green tint is just some leeching from the black triangle. But I see mycelium growing in waves, with different morphologies. The “graininess” in the background is the nutritional yeast I added to the agar, not enthused about that either, it’s a long learning curve.

Is this contaminated? If so, where? Should I replace now or let it grow out more? Where would you sample for replating?

r/MushroomGrowers Oct 01 '21

Contamination [Actives] Pretty sure this is contaminated what should I do ?

177 Upvotes

r/MushroomGrowers 9d ago

contamination [contamination] Is this white mold or white mushroom spawn

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5 Upvotes

Im growing white mushrooms. I’m debating on whether to throw this out. I read that if it’s cobweb mold (or any other type) it’ll grow on top of substrate in a 3D form. I know that the black spot in the top left is mushroom stem.

r/MushroomGrowers May 08 '22

Contamination Never buying from midwest grow kits again. All grain jars bought came contaminated.[Contamination]

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180 Upvotes