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