Kushcrossers "Make your own spore print"

[Kushcrosser]

First off you need a freshly picked mushroom, and a sterile container to take the print. I use zip-loc twist n loc containers most of the time.

Next you need a piece of foil(steralize first..oust) and fold it in an L shape and set it in your container(I always use gloves) Now pick a cap to print

You want it to be totally open, and flat...now with a sterile knife cut the stem right where it meets the cap..and place cap on the foil and close up for 8hrs....

8hrs later its done! Take your knife and holding at a 45degree angle...carefully poke and lift off the cap. There is going to be moisture in the container, so let it air out for a couple min before puttin the lid back on. Now you are done, you can leave it in the container til ready to use, or fold up and place in a zip-loc in a dark cool place.

here is the rest of the prints I took...

Just remember when making your syringe you let the spores re-hydrate in the syringe for 8hrs before using.

 

[Stoney McFried]

Awesome........great to know.I shall be experimenting come spring...Does it work the same with morels?They're a little differently shaped.

 

[Kushcrosser]

Awesome........great to know.I shall be experimenting come spring...Does it work the same with morels?They're a little differently shaped.

morels are almost impossible to grow indoors, and you have to take tissue culture from what I hear.

 

[Stoney McFried]

I guess I'll just have to settle for psilocybes then.Sigh.

morels are almost impossible to grow indoors, and you have to take tissue culture from what I hear.

 

[Kushcrosser]

I guess I'll just have to settle for psilocybes then.Sigh.

you can buy morel syringes..here is a link I found from sporeworks...

Cultivation Difficulty: Difficult
Type: Edible
Substrate: Grass seed, hardwood sawdust
Colonization/Fruiting Temperatures: 70-75F/40-60F
Sclerotia Formation Temperature: 60-65F

Avilable In: Culture Syringe, Culture Slant The Morchella elata group includes M. angusticeps and M. conica, which are difficult to distinguish from each other and may not exist as truly separate species.
Currently there is no reliable method of fruiting morels under laboratory conditions. We only offer this species for experimental purposes and make no guarantees beyond the viability of the culture and its ability to form sclerotia. Outdoor cultivation is recommended for the highest chance of success.
The formation of sclerotia (pictured below) is widely accepted as the preliminary stage to the formation of morel mushrooms. A morel sclerotium is a hard mass of compressed mycelium that forms underground during the late spring and summer. It is thought to be a dormant structure in the morel lifecycle that allows it to over-winter. The sclerotium can then quickly spring to life with the warm spring rains.
The morel strain provided here was isolated from a wild Oregon, USA specimen and successfully fruited in a disturbed garden habitat in March 2004. We hope to duplicate this fruiting next spring and refine the outdoor cultivation method.
Current successful cultivation method:
Using a presealable MycoBag(TM) with self-healing injection port, place a cup or so of soaked and well drained grass seed on the bottom near the injection site and a thick layer of moist hardwood sawdust on top. Seal with an impulse sealer and sterilized at 15psi for 2-3 hours. After cooling, inject the culture syringe into the grass seed and let it colonize at 60-65F for at least 3 weeks. Do not mix the grass seed with the sawdust. The morel mycelium will feed on the grass seed and use that energy to grow sclerotia in the nutrient poor sawdust. There should be plenty of the small orange sclerotia visible before planting outside. In November-January, dig a small depression in a shady garden area and sprinkle it heavily with garden lime. Dump out the sawdust layer into the depression and cover it with garden soil mixed with a few handfuls of lime and ignore it. With luck, morels will appear in the spring. Alternative methods recommend mixing wood ash with the sclerotia as black morels are often associated with burn sites. This was not attempted with this strain.
The above method can be attempted with jars but the grass seed should be placed on top of the sawdust instead of the bottom.
We would be interested in any reports of success with this culture.
Details

Weight0.20 lbsAvailability Culture Syringe, Culture Slant Price:$18.00

 

[Stoney McFried]

Thanks!Pretty cool.They go for 25 bucks a pound around here during mushrooming season.Bet I couldn't grow that much though.

you can buy morel syringes..here is a link I found from sporeworks...

Cultivation Difficulty: Difficult
Type: Edible
Substrate: Grass seed, hardwood sawdust
Colonization/Fruiting Temperatures: 70-75F/40-60F
Sclerotia Formation Temperature: 60-65F

Avilable In: Culture Syringe, Culture Slant The Morchella elata group includes M. angusticeps and M. conica, which are difficult to distinguish from each other and may not exist as truly separate species.
Currently there is no reliable method of fruiting morels under laboratory conditions. We only offer this species for experimental purposes and make no guarantees beyond the viability of the culture and its ability to form sclerotia. Outdoor cultivation is recommended for the highest chance of success.
The formation of sclerotia (pictured below) is widely accepted as the preliminary stage to the formation of morel mushrooms. A morel sclerotium is a hard mass of compressed mycelium that forms underground during the late spring and summer. It is thought to be a dormant structure in the morel lifecycle that allows it to over-winter. The sclerotium can then quickly spring to life with the warm spring rains.
The morel strain provided here was isolated from a wild Oregon, USA specimen and successfully fruited in a disturbed garden habitat in March 2004. We hope to duplicate this fruiting next spring and refine the outdoor cultivation method.
Current successful cultivation method:
Using a presealable MycoBag(TM) with self-healing injection port, place a cup or so of soaked and well drained grass seed on the bottom near the injection site and a thick layer of moist hardwood sawdust on top. Seal with an impulse sealer and sterilized at 15psi for 2-3 hours. After cooling, inject the culture syringe into the grass seed and let it colonize at 60-65F for at least 3 weeks. Do not mix the grass seed with the sawdust. The morel mycelium will feed on the grass seed and use that energy to grow sclerotia in the nutrient poor sawdust. There should be plenty of the small orange sclerotia visible before planting outside. In November-January, dig a small depression in a shady garden area and sprinkle it heavily with garden lime. Dump out the sawdust layer into the depression and cover it with garden soil mixed with a few handfuls of lime and ignore it. With luck, morels will appear in the spring. Alternative methods recommend mixing wood ash with the sclerotia as black morels are often associated with burn sites. This was not attempted with this strain.
The above method can be attempted with jars but the grass seed should be placed on top of the sawdust instead of the bottom.
We would be interested in any reports of success with this culture.
Details

Weight0.20 lbsAvailability Culture Syringe, Culture Slant Price:$18.00

 

[Thundercat]

Excellent detail with the pics Kush, always breakin it down. The morals are cool, legal is nice, but just not as fun if its not magical

 

[Stoney McFried]

Well...I could smoke some nice magical pot, and EAT the morels!

Excellent detail with the pics Kush, always breakin it down. The morals are cool, legal is nice, but just not as fun if its not magical

 

[Kushcrosser]

If they cant grow them in lab conditions...Im not wasting my time!

 

[Thundercat]

Lol ya I'm sure they are tasty, but I'm not that big a fan of mushrooms to just grow them to eat them. But more power to ya!

 

[mauichronic808]

thanks for the help!