Quick question from a First time mushroom grower

mo841

mo841

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Taco740 said:
Is this one ready to be picked?
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Yea pick it, the one to the right of that big one looks ready too.

Take some aluminum foil, wipe it with alcohol. Place the cap on it gills down, drip a couple drops of water on the cap from about 8inches over it so the drop breaks instead of rolling off. Cover it with a jar and let it sit over night. Then u will have a spore print.you csn knock up agar with a print or make your own spore syringes.
 
Taco740

Taco740

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mo841 said:
Yea pick it, the one to the right of that big one looks ready too.

Take some aluminum foil, wipe it with alcohol. Place the cap on it gills down, drip a couple drops of water on the cap from about 8inches over it so the drop breaks instead of rolling off. Cover it with a jar and let it sit over night. Then u will have a spore print.you csn knock up agar with a print or make your own spore syringes.
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So I just got home and saw this on my mushrooms... what is it? And is it bad? Will it hurt my ability to eat them?
 
canndo

canndo

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Try wiping it off with a damp paper towel, you will see the most beautiful gold color on the dried cap. Mo81 is right, a micro waft of air carried the spores whichare actually explosively shot from the gills up and over the cap where they floated down
 
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