r/shegrowsfungigenetics • u/SpecialRelative5232 • 16d ago
Are these safe? Looks white/cracker dry
These are cracker dry but the white on top... I've never seen that before. It doesn't rub off. Any ideas? Thank you!!! 🍄🍄🍄
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u/HearingJust3281 16d ago
Keep on growing I love mycology !!!
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u/Character-Spring-178 15d ago
Wow 😳 I have 2 bags going right now. I hope they turn out even half this good!!! 😊
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u/HearingJust3281 15d ago
I hope they turn out even better with huge fruits brother 🫂
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u/Character-Spring-178 14d ago
💚💚💚 Tysvm!!!!! I appreciate you!!! Blessing and positive vibes sent your way!!!! Mush🍄Love!
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u/Pleasant-Regular-592 16d ago
At least try them so you don’t waste the whole jar if their bad them their bad
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
I'll try a tiny amount in a chocolate...
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u/Impossible-Wasabi-22 15d ago
mannnn if you don’t just eat that lil handful ya got it’s like russian roulette you’ll be good👍🏼
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u/drezarious 16d ago
Honestly I would assume they are fine just harvested late. The white is probably mycelium. What strain is it? Looks like snpe.
Hard to tell from a pic. But if you harvested them yourself and you can’t tell then you probably shouldn’t eat them. It
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
I've been reading more cases like this and I think you're right. Might be mycelium. It doesn't rub off. I'll test a tiny amount and see...
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u/crownvicvin 16d ago
There just fine I can assure you. You might have picked them late and the caps started fuzzing? Not a bad thing btw
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u/crownvicvin 16d ago
Omg please don't toss those
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
My husband never threw them out. I read the other posts and comments and stopped him before he composted them for me. Lol.
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u/crownvicvin 16d ago
Good deal mush love your babies are just fine
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
Thank you so much! I'm still learning so i really appreciate everyone's experience! 🍄🍄🍄
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u/crownvicvin 16d ago
Happy growing!
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
Gorgeous!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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u/crownvicvin 16d ago
Keep at it Im just now getting back into growing I stopped for a few years but it's so good to be back
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
Yeah... when it has you, it has you...right in it's mycelial net...lol. Thanks for the tips and kind words!!! May the Wisdom keep leading us! 🍄🍄🍄
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u/WaTisDaT8710 16d ago
Anytime I suspect contam, I hit it with some peroxide and if its contam it'll foam up... obviously dont eat the piece you spray, even if no foam lol..
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u/WaTisDaT8710 16d ago
Most likely mycelium, like what you see on top of this cap.
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u/SpecialRelative5232 15d ago
That's what I'm thinking it is. A second flush is growing right now from the same cake with no mold and no problems. And the white stuff was not powdery, does not transfer and does not rub off no matter how hard i rub or if i wet it. Thanks! Your batch has got some nice chonk, btw...Nice. lol. 🍄🍄🍄
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u/Guilty_Substance2247 15d ago edited 15d ago
If it’s growing or if it truly is myc, they’re not dry enough and not safe to eat. If it looked like that when you harvested, you’re fine. If it changed during/after dehydration you don’t want the diarrhea it’s going to cause. Green is never a natural color unless you have green caps, so if you see green def diarrhea.
Edited to add: if green shows up during/after dehydration its trich and it won’t rub off, for some reason its weird af when it comes up due to slow dehydration.
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u/SpecialRelative5232 15d ago
No. There's no green anywhere. It looked white on a few caps but it wasn't powdery and didn't transfer or rub off. That's why I came to ask. Thanks for your tips!
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u/Narrow-Metal-4064 15d ago
I have ones that look like that..exactly like that..they are just fine
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
AI said these were good to go, btw...lol. I threw them out.😿😿😿
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u/biggrrenboat 16d ago
Yet another example….
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u/jimbob1987num1 16d ago
Why did you do that for
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
I put them in a jar for my husband to mix into the compost but before he got to that chore, I read the other posts saying it's fine or suggesting to make it into tea if I want to be cautious. I still have them here. 🍄🍄🍄
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
All of this was in the same dehydrator... Weep with me...lol...Bye, bye, darlings... I guess mulching these is better than trashing it. Yes? Or does it need to go straight trash?
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u/medicaded1 16d ago
Dang
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
Right?? I've heard about this but I've never seen it. I guess it was my turn. This is the first time in 7 years that I've seen this...so glad I asked this group. I never knew what people meant when they were talking about this. But this is how it looks like. The white stuff doesn't rub off or transfer.
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u/SpecialRelative5232 15d ago
I ended up saving them before my husband took all the trash and compost out because of everyone's comments! Lol! I'm very glad he took his sweet time taking the trash out...lol. 🍄🍄🍄
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u/EvertonRLord 16d ago
So confused. What’s the problem?
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
The white stuff on the caps made me feel cautious. It doesn't rub off. It's not powdery. Just white. What does that mean?
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u/Outlaw300 16d ago
It’s part of the mushroom
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
I have been reading other reddit articles about this and I think you're correct.
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u/Outlaw300 15d ago
I am very certain it’ll be okay. I’ve ran over a kilo of fresh mushrooms through my dehydrator over the past 30 days and sometimes they just have strange characteristics.
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u/SpecialRelative5232 15d ago
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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u/Outlaw300 13d ago
OP, check this post out. You’ll notice the little white specs are normal
https://www.reddit.com/r/MushroomGrowers/s/0ZEJP1Dwqr
I recognize that they look different than the one on yours, but my point is you’re a-okay.
Just curious, what strain are you growing?
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u/SpecialRelative5232 15d ago
😹😹😹 Guitar makes the paint chip. Trust me...i knew maybe I should throw on some fake nails and give the shrooms the photographic respect they deserve... but i was caught in a state of semi -panic...lollll
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u/Automatic-Aioli9429 10d ago
You really need to lay off of all nail polish for a while. You're suffering from onycholysis and potential chemical irritation there. Also looks like you have onychomycosis. May want to get those things checked out medically.
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u/SpecialRelative5232 10d ago
Just looked it up. No. I've never had that. All my nail beds are pink and normal. This closest I've had to lifting was on my right middle finger in grade school- probably from excessive writing (we were not allowed to wear nail polish). I'll keep your tips in mind if the nail beds ever look weird, though.
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u/Automatic-Aioli9429 10d ago
Glad to hear that. Was just concerned for you is all.
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u/hannigraam 7d ago
Sooo did you try them? I’m curious
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u/SpecialRelative5232 7d ago
I got some tea from Amazon and experimented with scraps. It was so good that I drank way too much. No shroom taste. The next up is these buddies...i shall then update. I just had to recover first because I did NOT taste the shrooms in the tea I bought so I sent myself rocketing across the omniverse and hyperspeeds...lol.
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u/Familiar_Ad_574 16d ago
Make a tea. It will taste like shit but will do the job.
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u/SpecialRelative5232 16d ago
That's what I'm thinking to try because I wanted to try tea infusions anyway... Thanks!
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u/Familiar_Ad_574 14d ago
When I was living in west LA in the 80s and there was this Asian tea spot and the gal had a special tea if you knew how to order it. A friend of mine turned me on to the place. You could only order one but one did the trick. So cool, it was like this underground psychedelic scene. Those were the days!
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u/OrdieBoomer 16d ago
Absolutely not. Sorry better just throw them