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Blue-Green Mold (Penicillium) gallery on Shroomok

Photos of Penicillium mold contamination in mushroom growing also known as blue-green fungi. Signs of Penicillium contamination on different steps of mushroom cultivation: agar, grain spawn, mushroom cake/block

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Just wanted watch it grow and photograph it blue-green mold

Blue green mold appeared on agar cup

I believe it’s penicillium contamination, but no way to verify it. It grows extremely fast, the mycelium is slower. So I’m just watching it

The battle rages on - mushroom mycelium vs mold contamination #2

Mycelium vs mold contamination

This what a mold and mycelium look like in the same spawn jar

Blue-green contamination on mushroom cake

Agar plates contamination for id

Contaminated mushroom block - green powder on mycelium

Healthy! 1-2 days later. If was trich it would've turned green by now?

This is what I got last time - green mold contam #3

This is what I got last time - green mold contam #2

This is what I got last time - green mold contam

It's combo mold with bacteria contamination

I suspect the worst with these green specs in the middle

Does anything here look like cordyceps myc? 🤣 Ive got dirty grain that Im attempting to clean

Did I get contamination? Update - has color now

Contaminated liquid culture - signs of mold on top #2

Contaminated liquid culture - signs of mold on top

Help please! Contamination? #2

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