You can take a sample from a full grown cap. Don't cut it, rip it apart with with your hands under a flow hood or a glove box. I sterilize with iodine instead of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide kills and cleans too good..........LOL.
You are better off making a spore print from a cap that has just broken its vale.
To really do mushrooms right, you need a flow hood. You can use a sterile box with rubber gloves, but I like the manuverability of a flow hood.
I get about 4-5 flushes from cakes and pans.
Let's grow mushrooms is an excellent video. If you have an addy you can PM me, I'll send a copy of the video.
The Godfather of mushrooms though is Paul Stamets.
Last edited by Jack Daw : 08-15-2009 at 03:27 AM.
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