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Originally Posted by Doctor Pot
I think regular brown rice is a better substrate for fungus because it has a lot of gaps between the grains that the mycella can move through, whereas flour produces a goo that can be hard for the filaments to penetrate. Also, bacteria would have a tougher time colonizing rice because they can't move through the gaps like fungi can.
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That's a good tip. I was going to try rye grain for that very reason actually. Plus I've heard rye makes for more potent mushrooms. I've also noticed that Brown Rice Flour creates a goo and mycella has a really hard time colonizing dense BRF regions.
Yeah, my first batch got lost to Lipstick mold. Really slow growing mold, which is why I had my fingers crossed the mycella would beat it out. But it ended up being that the cores of all my jars were more greatly infected then the visible out areas. So what I thought was getting beaten, was actually waging war inside my cake. I tossed them in the best interest of myself and others that may partake in my fruits. But my next batch is coming along very nicely. Check out my grow in my signature.