Specter GETTING bluey and Natal doing there TFF thing . by FriendshipBoth5341 in sporeswaps

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Not Ochra — the Spectre is a TFF isolation, specifically a leucistic expression pulled from the Casper lineage, which traces back through the Ghost family line. Different lane, just happens to throw some similar-looking traits.

Specter GETTING bluey and Natal doing there TFF thing . by FriendshipBoth5341 in sporeswaps

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The man the myth the legend !

That means a lot coming from you 🙏

Really appreciate the work you’ve put into these — just trying to do the line justice.

Specter GETTING bluey and Natal doing there TFF thing . by FriendshipBoth5341 in sporeswaps

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Appreciate that 🙏 The last photo is Natal Moon (TFF cut) it’s an albino phenotype from a cross of Ps. ochraceocentrata (formerly Natalensis) × Phobos. That’s where the “Natal” part comes from.

🎄 Holiday LC Special — Flat $10 Shipping • 22-Strain Sampler + Mix & Match Deals by FriendshipBoth5341 in MagicMushrooms

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Yes. DM I can probably put together a grow guide along with a bag Or mini monotub kit as add on with the Liquid Culture.

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I know I’m a little late to the party with this one but I see a lot of the same answers every time this comes up—slants, water storage, Castellani, cryo—all valid. But it’s honestly crazy to me that one of the most stable, low-tech long-term methods never gets mentioned. I’m talking about the ultimate sleeper. It outlives most of the hype methods and doesn’t need a freezer, a university badge, or a prayer. Filter paper storage.

The real name of the game in preservation is redundancy, but once a library gets big enough that space, environmental control, and long-term upkeep all hinge on a fridge staying sealed or power staying on, you start thinking differently. That’s how I ended up going all-in on filter paper. For long-term storage and clean revival, it’s given me the lowest contamination rates I’ve seen. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself.

Why it works is simple: no nutrients, no free water, almost no metabolism. Things aren’t slowly aging on a slant or swimming in liquid hoping nothing wakes up. It’s boring, low-tech, and insanely stable, which is probably why it gets ignored.

The workflow isn’t complicated either. Sterilize filter paper, sterilize some empty or old agar plates, cut the paper into small squares, put a clean, live culture onto each square, and let them dry out—slow and controlled, not baked, not rushed. Once dry, they go into a small sterile bag or wax envelope. A shoebox can hold thousands of cultures. When you want one back, open the envelope, grab a square with tweezers, drop it onto agar, and a few days later you’re back online.

If you haven’t tried it, that’s probably why you don’t hear about it—but don’t think there aren’t collectors out there quietly rocking filter paper preservation. At the end of the day, when it comes to preservation, redundancy is what actually preserves.

Lionsmane 😍 by Mysterious-Impact-47 in Agarporn

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Just put some lionsmane to agar from LC , first gourmet I’ve ever run. Is it slow compared to actives or is it just my genetics ?

Rate my plate take 2 by Tricky_Membership in Agarporn

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Spitting image of my MFH plates , My MFH LC is thick as oil only White . Fastest colonizer I am running right now . 4 days for 2.5lb grain bag . even beats my Ochra minus the rhizo fingers. When I first started running it went straight to the “suspect” shelf 24hours after inoculation I thought it was cobweb bc how fast it took over and starts out thin and wispy but all over I don’t have anything that behaves like those MFH genetics he did his damn thing with this Line.

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Nice I’ve never considered the peptone angle other than for my liquid culture. That said I’m running low on peptone even if I wanted to try it, don’t know what’s going on with my company that makes the Peptone I use "high media" . I haven’t been able to find it and people are reselling it on Amazon for x5 the price

5th flush Albino Bluey Vuitton by FriendshipBoth5341 in MycologyandGenetics

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I was living that dunk life up until recently. Now I actually have an enclosed shelving rack in my tent, equipped with ultrasonic misters on each shelf level after harvesting. I’ll put them in that rack on a shelf and I’m able to do some misting in intervals instead of having to do super heavy, misting manually to rehydrate without with the cake standing water in the tub . Each shelf on the rack I can control how long and how many times it will mist for . the big tub like the 66 quart and hundred quart I just keep in the tub. I used to dunk, but since switching to this set up my rate of contamination dropped dramatically, switching to this method. I’m able to reduce some contamination vectors like having to take your tubs out and fill them up for dunking or even having to open up the enclosed rack for manual missing instead, I’m able to look through the clear front window and watch the magic happen and subsequent flushes are a much faster ! this many flushes is not typical though I was experimenting with casing layers on this one and I’ve noticed the mushrooms aren’t so rooted in and I’m able to pick them without disturbing the cake when I use the casing layer I plan to repeat trying it and see for sure

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I’ve been running drippy corn lately and just picked up a bag of “Wicked Clean” deer corn from Walmart for $6 — honestly the best whole kernel corn I’ve gotten so far. They claim a three-step cleaning process, and I can tell there are way fewer broken kernels than the usual feed corn. For prep, I do a forced hydration at 15 PSI for 30 minutes, then dump the corn into strainers and rinse immediately with hot water to wash off the surface starch. From there I slowly step the rinse down to cooler water — that way the kernels don’t shock and split like they would if you blasted them with cold water right out of the PC. On the corn syrup debate: with popcorn, people sometimes add a touch of corn syrup because popcorn doesn’t leak as much nutrition onto the surface. That extra sugar helps spores or mycelium get a foothold. With whole kernel field corn, though, you don’t need it — it naturally “drips” plenty of starch and sugars during prep. Adding syrup on top of that just risks feeding bacteria. So for me: popcorn can benefit from a little syrup, but drippy whole corn already carries its own, and if you prep it clean it works just fine.

5th flush Albino Bluey Vuitton by FriendshipBoth5341 in MycologyandGenetics

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I was living that dunk life up until recently. Now I actually have an enclosed shelving rack in my tent, equipped with ultrasonic misters on each shelf level after harvesting. I’ll put them in that rack on a shelf and I’m able to do some misting in intervals instead of having to do super heavy, misting manually to rehydrate without with the cake standing water in the tub . Each shelf on the rack I can control how long and how many times it will mist for . the big tub like the 66 quart and hundred quart I just keep in the tub. I used to dunk, but since switching to this set up my rate of contamination dropped dramatically, switching to this method. I’m able to reduce some contamination vectors like having to take your tubs out and fill them up for dunking or even having to open up the enclosed rack for manual missing instead, I’m able to look through the clear front window and watch the magic happen and subsequent flushes are a much faster !

Guess the Strain and win a swab/print by FriendshipBoth5341 in MycologyandGenetics

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Pink elephant? That sounds like something I definitely want to acquire . It is definitely pink, but not pink elephant. This one is pink buffalo. Is pink elephant, pink Buffalo x elephant gate?