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Making mycelium on liquid culture

Test 1 - 22/01/2023 to the 21/02/2023

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Recipe

Material & ingredients Details
Ingredient for liquid culture substrate Distilled Water, extract of malt powder, honey
Specific material for sterilisation Jar with perforated cover, Aluminium paper, autoclave
Specific material for post traitement Ethanol, tumeric, iron, glycerol
In the pot distilled water 
Boil it 
Add honey 
Add Extract of malt
Mix it 
Wait till the preparation is cold

Add the mixture insine the jar with the perforated cover and add the aluminium paper for cover it 
Add the jar in the autoclave cooker during 20min
Wait till the preparation is cold
Ready for be innoculate

Fungal species Feedstock Sterilisation method Innoculation and packing method Growth condition Dying Drying method, Post traitment
Grown bio kit Reishi 900ml of distilled water + 18g of honey + 12g of Extract of malt 20min autoclave cooker Innoculated into a jar, camping gaz Yogurt maker with towel on top, 28-30°, 21 days, in the dark Tumeric ethanol ink with iron Natural drying with adding glycerol
In the pot mixing ethanol with tumeric
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  • 10/02/2023 After an accident to moving the jar, the mycelium make flop inside it looked back. I decided to put it outside for drying it.

  • 21/02/2023 Adding some tumeric ethanol ink and iron on it. We notice with Lauriane during the test on the SCOBY, mixing tumeric ethanol with iron make a color reaction to create a purple.

Results and remarks

The mycelium take well the color, is really soffness, transparency but fragile.


Credit picture/ video:

With Lauriane Beaumont


Last update: 2023-10-21