From 84f18e3662ff0ae06908a5bc64e6eaeefbb54de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JoYo <> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:17:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] minor --- README.mdown | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.mdown b/README.mdown index d437be3..047f37b 100644 --- a/README.mdown +++ b/README.mdown @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ As a result of the above hubris we triple our efforts. - Make one extra of the above as a control for testing your sanitation. It is OK. -Seed spawn, agar, and sugar water are inexpensive. +Bird seed, agar powder, and sugar water are inexpensive. All other equipment can be reused. Saving a [control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_control) will help you test for contamination introduced through your technique. @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ The end of this document has a combined checklist. Newbies should start with grocery store mushrooms. This will allow you to walk through the methods without fear of wasting a sample. -Getting other samples should not be difficult but it is quite frustrating to discover all the precautions were made in vain when a contaminated sample was the source. -Of course there is always the risk of contaminated grocery store mushrooms. +Finding other kinds of mycelium samples is not particularly difficult but it is frustrating to discover all the sanitary precautions were made in vain when a contaminated sample was the source. +There remains the risk that grocery store mushrooms are contaminated. -Online shopping can get you all sorts of sample types ranging from spawn grains and liquid culture to spores and dried mushrooms. +Online shopping can get you all sorts of mycelium sample types, ranging from spawn grains and liquid culture to spores and dried mushrooms. When paying good money for a sample try to find liquid culture as they have a pretty good colonization rate. Eventually you will want to make your own cultures from your harvested mushrooms.