Pictures Through the Grapevine - help

KungFoo C · 10-21-09, 03:54

Well somehow or another i got recruited to help someone. These jars were perfectly white and healthy three days previous, then the temp got turned up 6-8 degrees and they started discolouring almost immediately. I hope these picture uploads do them justice, you should be able to see light-medium discolouration in the blueish range, along with some other slight colours.
Should they be tossed? Bruising? I don't know, but thats why I'm plugged into this communnity. It also doesn't help that I'm moderately colourblind :P

P4ulada · 10-21-09, 06:18

Ya, I don´t think that it´s a problem...in the first pic I think it´s pretty healthy, in the second is possible to see the yellow color (sometimes it´s normal, not comtamination), but I think is good to wait to see how it goes =]

viewer6922 · 10-21-09, 12:02

Looking good, I would take off the foil so the MYC can get some AE....but as far as I can see, you are cruising.

kcmoxtractor · 10-21-09, 12:05

What is the substrate in the jar?

GadgetGuy · 10-21-09, 14:39

My PF jars have only bruised blue like that when I had really slow colonization and they started to dry out. How long have they been incubating and what temps have they been at? I also agree with taking off the foil or tape or whatever is on the lids. They need some air to breathe or they will stall.

KungFoo C · 10-21-09, 18:40

Substrate is Fine BRF, hippie's super cake (most of the extras). They actually have all been very slow to incubate actually.

Temps 78* F (I believe, will check and correct if wrong)
Lids are on top with the innoc holes taped. Will just untaping the holes create enough AE?

mycowarrier · 10-21-09, 18:52

That looks like sporulating aspergillus to me. Its color looks drab green rather than bluish bruising of cubie mycelium. If and when you birth those jars you could check the spots with a q-tip for spores. I hope my diagnosis is wrong. gluck

viewer6922 · 10-21-09, 19:23

Un tape, turn upside down...I run the incubator much closer to 80 degrees....
See what happens next before any rash actions...

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10-21-09, 03:54	#1 (permalink)
KungFoo C Mycophiliac Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 93	Pictures Through the Grapevine - help Well somehow or another i got recruited to help someone. These jars were perfectly white and healthy three days previous, then the temp got turned up 6-8 degrees and they started discolouring almost immediately. I hope these picture uploads do them justice, you should be able to see light-medium discolouration in the blueish range, along with some other slight colours. Should they be tossed? Bruising? I don't know, but thats why I'm plugged into this communnity. It also doesn't help that I'm moderately colourblind :P Attached Thumbnails

10-21-09, 06:18	#2 (permalink)
P4ulada Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 696	Ya, I don´t think that it´s a problem...in the first pic I think it´s pretty healthy, in the second is possible to see the yellow color (sometimes it´s normal, not comtamination), but I think is good to wait to see how it goes =] __________________ *I don´t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.*

10-21-09, 12:02	#3 (permalink)
viewer6922 Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 351	Nice looking! Looking good, I would take off the foil so the MYC can get some AE....but as far as I can see, you are cruising. __________________ expandable...

10-21-09, 12:05	#4 (permalink)
kcmoxtractor Satan's Helper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,349	What is the substrate in the jar? __________________ "It was the straying that found the path direct" - Austin Osman Spare

10-21-09, 14:39	#5 (permalink)
GadgetGuy Stupid Snowboarder... Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,313	My PF jars have only bruised blue like that when I had really slow colonization and they started to dry out. How long have they been incubating and what temps have they been at? I also agree with taking off the foil or tape or whatever is on the lids. They need some air to breathe or they will stall. __________________ I have to hold on to the grass or I'll fall off the world!

10-21-09, 18:40	#6 (permalink)
KungFoo C Mycophiliac Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 93	Substrate is Fine BRF, hippie's super cake (most of the extras). They actually have all been very slow to incubate actually. Temps 78* F (I believe, will check and correct if wrong) Lids are on top with the innoc holes taped. Will just untaping the holes create enough AE?

10-21-09, 18:52	#7 (permalink)
mycowarrier VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 950	That looks like sporulating aspergillus to me. Its color looks drab green rather than bluish bruising of cubie mycelium. If and when you birth those jars you could check the spots with a q-tip for spores. I hope my diagnosis is wrong. gluck __________________ Everybody is entitled to my opinion

10-21-09, 19:23	#8 (permalink)
viewer6922 Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 351	Un Un tape, turn upside down...I run the incubator much closer to 80 degrees.... See what happens next before any rash actions... __________________ expandable...

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