

This is my first time and I used evil mushroom's pftek.I inoculated on feb 24th and I was fairly confident about my sterilization techniques. I checked my jars individually and had two concerns.



1.)I noticed that my Jar 5 had forest green mold at the inoculation point and I immediately tossed it. But no other jars seemed to show any signs which is good I think. However, due to this green mold problem in this jar i am becoming paranoid about my other jars, which brings me to my second problem.



2.) I noticed that out of my ten jars (excluding #5) that four of my jars were colonizing at EXTREMELY fast rates. They are at about 30-50% already after only 7 days. Which shouldn't be possible with a spore syringe right? If it matters I keep the temp at about 25-26 C at all times in the incubation room. This seems like it is cobweb mold to me. The four jars that are colonizing quickly are Ecuador strain, but one ecuador inoculated jar is still only at ~5% which makes me think that the syringe was fine.



If you have any other questions please ask and i'll answer asap. Thank you!



http://imgur.com/a/Fauix



Theres a few pictures, the first is a comparison between the ones that are colonizing fast and one that isn't



The jar on the right IS NOT grey, i'm not sure why the picture came out like that, but I can say 100% that it is white.



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Also the mold/mycelium is NOT grey on any of the jars really. I'm not sure why but the pictures make it look grey and they are NOT. Which is the main reason i am so confused on if its cobweb mold or not



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That's awful fast for a PF jar. The texture doesn't quite right either. Give it a smell. It should like mushrooms. If it smells like dirt or something it's probably mold.



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yeah, give it a sniff. it should smell like fresh mushrooms. if it isn't gray at all (because the textures on the jars don't help a whole lot) then you're fine.



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The only smell i'm getting from the jars is basically a slightly stronger verm smell. I also noticed when i smelled that the jars in question are becoming a more solid white, so I believe I was just being paranoid about it. I believe i'll isolate the jars in question tomorrow and wait for full colonization to smell again. Also wouldn't cobweb contam eventually form black pins? Thanks for responding! Also, for future reference, I thought the mushrooms smelled earthy and similar to dirt? Like I said though, none of the jars are giving off any smell but a slightly stronger verm smell.



EDIT: It is also worth noting that this smell is consistent throughout every one of my jars, including the once that show slow/dense mycelium growth



Edited by joe.faust (03/03/14 05:13 AM)



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