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Setting up the brand new 5 gallon stainless keg |
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Starting of the siphon |
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Filling of bottles |
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Capping of bottles and will sit for further CO2 production |
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Microscopic view of yeast cells growing isotropically |
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Evidence of pure active yeast culture |
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Evidence fermentation is working | properly, CO2 production |
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Pansy plugs showing chlorotic foliage and crown rot submitted to TPDDL |
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Crown tissue embedded in corn meal agar with hymexazol grown at 26C |
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Classic "lacy" growth habit of a Phytophthora sp. on V8 agar |
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Phytophthora sp sporangia stained with lacto-fuchsin |
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Humidity tent for pearl oyster mushroom kit continuous misting for 2-3 weeks |
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Addition of spring water for soaking (2-4hours) for the shitake mushroom kit. Create a humidity tent and continue misting for 2-3 weeks |
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Oyster mushroom growth right out of the kit (Tasty!!! ) |
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Shitake mushroom growth one week later |
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Specific gravity was 1.014 at the 1st rack The specific gravity prior to fermentation was 1.052 Therefore, after fermentation the ABW was 3.6% and 4.59% ABV (excellent results!!) |
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Sample of the different straw textures as the raw straw on the left begins to compost and render ready for inoculation of the mushroom mycelium. |
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Composting straw |
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Raw straw bales |
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Conveyer moving composted straw to pasteurizer |
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Tray with spawn and peat moss layer |
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Mushrooms ready for harvest |
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Initial growth of spawn into mushrooms |
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Mushrooms ready to be delivered to retail stores |
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Neurospora crassa conidia |
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Crosses of Neurospora crassa resulting in perithiucia formation on minimal Vogel's media |
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Squash mount of Neurospora crassa perithicium showing asci and ascospores |
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Basidiomycete |
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Basidiomycete |
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Basidiomycete |
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Basidiomycete |
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Ascomycete |
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Ascomycete |
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Basidiomycete |
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Basidiomycete |
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Basidiomycete |