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This is the first time I tried to grow mushrooms and I'm not sure if things are still on track as it going pretty slow and would appreciate someone having a look.
I needle biopsied some store bought button mushroom and made a liquid starter with dry malt. Then I made grain spawn with some chicken feed and finally it went into coco coir in small "shoe box" containers.
Can anyone see based on the attached photo if I am likely to get any mushrooms?
This is good! I can't really tell you more other than what I see, but all I see is a bunch of "normal".
What you are seeing is hyphal knots. Once the mycelium fully colonizes the substrate, and the environment is correct, the mycelium will form knots on the surface like this.
These knots will form smaller blobs that are known as primordia, which will then (hopefully) transition into pins.
Also, read back in my profile a bit as I recently posted a pic of a grow that I am doing. You can see knots and their transition into pins on a larger scale.