Easy Method For Good Mycology?

Okay. Someone who IS NOT me is interested in easy and accessible ways to grow psilcybin mushrooms. He’s done a bit of research, and ultimately decided that he simply wants the easiest method for good mycology.

Now, this same guys also knows someone who has ventured down this path in the past, but bought a much more extensive and thorough system for mycology. He heard it was a big hassle because of sterility and general housekeeping issues.

So, someone who isn’t me’s question is this: Do you think a Mycodome is fine? Sure, it’s a bit on the expensive side and apparently the yield isn’t the greatest (<1 oz,) but by this same token, the person interested isn’t trying to take shrooms every weekend or to any kind of absurd amount.

Keep in mind this person also is not doing this for personal profit or anything like that, but more to enjoy the finer pleasures in life that aren’t always readily accessible. Also, keep in mind this person has a good amount of shit going on and can’t / won’t always be around to mess with PH and temperature regulation, and whatever else have you.

So, any opinions out there???

Bump?


I got nothing on grow systems. My hobby is collection wild edibles. Season starts soon!

I have no interest in the subject of psilocybin mycology, and in fact spend most of my time snacking on plain celery sticks and clinching my buttocks instead of partaking in hallucinogens, but this guy I know (“Billy”) might advise staying away from canned, all-in-one mushroom kits, and instead might head to a local hardware/home store for a bunch of 250ml mason jars, a pressure cooker, some vermiculite, some disposable tin baking pans, and a large rubbermaid container.

He might also buy an inexpensive 60 watt clamp light with a blue bulb. At a health food store, he would perhaps pick up some brown rice powder, or if he wanted bigger yields might have gotten some birdseed from the home store, knowing full well that manure would be best but also much messier and labour-intensive.

He would also buy some 5% H202 (Hydrogen Peroxide) and put it in a spray bottle, sterilizing everything he comes in contact with thoroughly, knowing that mushroom mycelia are not damaged by it, unlike other chemicals such as bleach.

He would finally suggest to check the legality of psilocybin spores in your state, and might point out that several of the top suppliers of spores have online sites and are located in the Pacific Northwest. There might be several strains to choose from, but “B+” would probably be the best for a beginner. A very forgiving strain…so they say.

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
I got nothing on grow systems. My hobby is collection wild edibles. Season starts soon!

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oo morels (sp?) Ive wanted to try them for a while. good eats haha

[quote]Petermus wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
I got nothing on grow systems. My hobby is collection wild edibles. Season starts soon!

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oo morels (sp?) Ive wanted to try them for a while. good eats haha[/quote]

hehehe :}

[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
I have no interest in the subject of psilocybin mycology, and in fact spend most of my time snacking on plain celery sticks and clinching my buttocks instead of partaking in hallucinogens, but this guy I know (“Billy”) might advise staying away from canned, all-in-one mushroom kits, and instead might head to a local hardware/home store for a bunch of 250ml mason jars, a pressure cooker, some vermiculite, some disposable tin baking pans, and a large rubbermaid container.

He might also buy an inexpensive 60 watt clamp light with a blue bulb. At a health food store, he would perhaps pick up some brown rice powder, or if he wanted bigger yields might have gotten some birdseed from the home store, knowing full well that manure would be best but also much messier and labour-intensive.

He would also buy some 5% H202 (Hydrogen Peroxide) and put it in a spray bottle, sterilizing everything he comes in contact with thoroughly, knowing that mushroom mycelia are not damaged by it, unlike other chemicals such as bleach.

He would finally suggest to check the legality of psilocybin spores in your state, and might point out that several of the top suppliers of spores have online sites and are located in the Pacific Northwest. There might be several strains to choose from, but “B+” would probably be the best for a beginner. A very forgiving strain…so they say.
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Yes… Someone who isn’t me has heard this kind of information before. Just out of curiosity, why doesn’t Billy recommend all-in-one kits such as the Mycodome? My friend has heard good success stories with them, although as was aforementioned, don’t necessarily produce the highest yields.

My friend has a very good friend who has partaken in a “real” psilocybin-growing system, and didn’t have a lot of success. He did yield some, but had more failures than successes. Seems as though a sure (but smaller) yield is better than an iffy large yield, perhaps? This good friend is also extremely intelligent, and far more knowledgeable on the subject than my other friend.

Anyway, my friend was planning on starting of with B+ spores no matter which way he went. Anyway, he does appreciate your input and will take into account this opinion when making his ultimate decision.

Nothing inherently wrong about items like the mycodome. They do work, and offer an all-in-one solution for someone looking to grow, but the yields aren’t great and the unit is way overpriced ($150).

Your friend should look into growing out of casings instead of cakes. When you use cakes, you’re limited by the outer surface area. Even though the mycelia has colonized the entire cake, they only pin out and grow one the surface, which dramatically reduces your yields.

Casings are unbelievably easy to do, and can increase yields 2-3x. All you do is crumble the cakes and put some vermiculite (some use coco coir) on top. This has several advantages…a.) greater surface area = more pins, b.) moist layer on top serves as a barrier for invasive microorganisms and c.) it’s easily transportable.

The thing you have to be most concerned with is sterility. Sanitize everything, from the rubbermaid container to the mason jars. Spray H202 on your hands before opening the fruiting container. If your home has a lot of mold in the air you’re going to need another place to grow, simple as that.

Pimpbot knows what’s up. Ditto to everything he’s said.