Indeed. If he has a true hepa and a whole room air management system it could be deemed sterile.
But the art is in doing sterile work quickly, keeping that which must be sterile in unitized containers like bags or jars or dishes and then constructing your substrates to be resistant to...
Looks like trich. Can't be sure tho. it's in a sealed bag. Take it to your trash bin and chuck it still sealed. Just one puff into the atmosphere of your home will permanently alter your ability to grow more.
Trich spores are adhesive and so they don't tend to spread on their own through...
I have yet to see a study to this effect. I have personally had mushrooms that blue in the extreme AND those that show only the lightest bruise and their potency was near identical. There is rarely a significant difference in similarly grown, similarly picked potency if fruit.
The varying...
Not if it's not completely sterile. Expose your grain to the air for a few seconds and you will get green or blue or red or pink or black or gray in short order.
Ok. It should grow even on corn mushrooms. If you can shake the jar, it is likely ok.
Wait.
Hang on. I once got a batch of corn that I found would not grow anything. Turns out that the popcorn was treated with fungicide. Don't use that corn, try a different brand. I recall I was...
I'm sorry, but it is possible that your syringe is bad. Are there any particles evident in it?
The failure can be:
Bad syringe
Substrate too hot at inniculation
Too little air in the jar (not likely)
Substrate too dry.
If you have NOTHING growing in the jar, you can use the jar again.
If...
Correct, no one would have that right. Of course the particulars depend on the government we are talking about.
The default is legal, not illegal. Perhaps that is where you are confused.