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Cbenesch: Beneschtech Myco Wiki; list all grow supplies; add PsilocybinMyco

2026-10-24T19:50:45Z

Beneschtech Myco Wiki; list all grow supplies; add PsilocybinMyco

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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	Welcome to the '''Myco Wiki''', a free mushroom-cultivation knowledge base hosted by [https://beneschtech.com Benesch Tech]. It collects the techniques, recipes, and hard-won lessons of growers along the Front Range, written for people cultivating at altitude in dry Colorado air. It began as the wiki of the Pikes Peak Myco League.		Welcome to the '''Beneschtech Myco Wiki''', a free mushroom-cultivation knowledge base hosted by [https://beneschtech.com Benesch Tech]. It collects the techniques, recipes, and hard-won lessons of growers along the Front Range, written for people cultivating at altitude in dry Colorado air. It began as the wiki of the Pikes Peak Myco League.

	Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.		Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.

	<div class="mainpage-featured">		<div class="mainpage-featured">
	'''Ready to grow? ~~Order~~ spores and ~~cultures online:~~''' [[Resources/Equipment#Denver Spore Company\|Denver Spore Company]] ~~carries spore syringes~~, ~~spore prints, and live~~ culture ~~syringes, shipped to your door~~. ~~Browse the catalog and place your order at~~ [https://www.denversporecompany.com denversporecompany.com]		'''Ready to grow? Get your supplies from vendors we trust''': spores and liquid culture, grain, substrate, grow bags, and complete kits. See [[Resources/Equipment#Where to buy\|where to buy]] for details.
			* '''[[Resources/Equipment#Denver Spore Company\|Denver Spore Company]]''' (Denver): grow bags in abundance, plus kits that come with spores or liquid culture. [https://www.denversporecompany.com denversporecompany.com]
			* '''[[Resources/Equipment#PsilocybinMyco\|PsilocybinMyco]]''' (Seattle): clean, isolated genetics in liquid culture, spores, and agar. [https://psilocybinmyco.org psilocybinmyco.org]
	</div>		</div>

Cbenesch: Rebrand to Myco Wiki; point supplies to Denver Spore Company

2026-10-24T18:36:33Z

Rebrand to Myco Wiki; point supplies to Denver Spore Company

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	Welcome to the '''~~Pikes Peak~~ Myco Wiki''', ~~the~~ knowledge base ~~of the Pikes Peak Myco League, founded~~ by [~~[Staff~~/~~Chris Vinci\|Chris Vinci]~~]. It collects the techniques, recipes, and hard-won lessons of growers along the Front Range, written for people cultivating at altitude in dry Colorado air.		Welcome to the '''Myco Wiki''', a free mushroom-cultivation knowledge base hosted by [https://beneschtech.com Benesch Tech]. It collects the techniques, recipes, and hard-won lessons of growers along the Front Range, written for people cultivating at altitude in dry Colorado air. It began as the wiki of the Pikes Peak Myco League.

	Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.		Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.

	<div class="mainpage-featured">		<div class="mainpage-featured">
	'''~~Get supplies~~ and ~~hands-on help locally~~:''' [[Resources/Equipment#~~Colonizing Colorado~~\|~~Colonizing Colorado~~]], ~~2314 E. Platte Ave.~~, ~~Colorado Springs~~. ~~The league's home base for cultivation supplies, classes,~~ and ~~in-person questions.~~ [https://~~colonizingcolorado~~.com ~~colonizingcolorado~~.com]		'''Ready to grow? Order spores and cultures online:''' [[Resources/Equipment#Denver Spore Company\|Denver Spore Company]] carries spore syringes, spore prints, and live culture syringes, shipped to your door. Browse the catalog and place your order at [https://www.denversporecompany.com denversporecompany.com]
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	* [[Reference/Glossary\|Glossary]] — FAE, G2G, field capacity, and the rest of the jargon		* [[Reference/Glossary\|Glossary]] — FAE, G2G, field capacity, and the rest of the jargon
	* [[Reference/Pressure Cooking at Altitude\|Pressure cooking at altitude]]		* [[Reference/Pressure Cooking at Altitude\|Pressure cooking at altitude]]
	* [[Resources/Equipment\|Equipment by stage]] and [[Resources/Equipment#~~Local suppliers~~\|~~local suppliers~~]]		* [[Resources/Equipment\|Equipment by stage]] and [[Resources/Equipment#Where to buy\|where to buy]]

	== Computers ==		== Computers ==
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	* Write in your own words. If you learned something from a video or another site, cite it with <code><nowiki><ref>…</ref></nowiki></code> after the sentence it supports, and put <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> under a '''References''' heading at the bottom.		* Write in your own words. If you learned something from a video or another site, cite it with <code><nowiki><ref>…</ref></nowiki></code> after the sentence it supports, and put <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> under a '''References''' heading at the bottom.
	* Add <code><nowiki>{{Cultivation}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom of cultivation pages so readers can find their way around.		* Add <code><nowiki>{{Cultivation}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom of cultivation pages so readers can find their way around.

imported>Claude: Batch 2: spores, cloning, culture storage, smash tek, drying, local suppliers; convert sources to footnotes

2026-10-22T20:00:00Z

Batch 2: spores, cloning, culture storage, smash tek, drying, local suppliers; convert sources to footnotes

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	Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.		Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.

			<div class="mainpage-featured">
			'''Get supplies and hands-on help locally:''' [[Resources/Equipment#Colonizing Colorado\|Colonizing Colorado]], 2314 E. Platte Ave., Colorado Springs. The league's home base for cultivation supplies, classes, and in-person questions. [https://colonizingcolorado.com colonizingcolorado.com]
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	== New to growing? Start here ==		== New to growing? Start here ==
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	== Culture work ==		== Culture work ==
			=== Spores ===
			* [[Tutorials/Spores/Prints and Syringes\|Spore prints and syringes]] — collecting spores and making syringes

	=== Agar ===		=== Agar ===
	* [[Tutorials/Agar/Making Plates\|Making agar plates]] — recipes, pouring, storage		* [[Tutorials/Agar/Making Plates\|Making agar plates]] — recipes, pouring, storage
	* [[Tutorials/Agar/Three-Transfers\|The three-transfer method]] — isolating a clean, fast genetic		* [[Tutorials/Agar/Three-Transfers\|The three-transfer method]] — isolating a clean, fast genetic
			* [[Tutorials/Agar/Cloning from Tissue\|Cloning from tissue]] — keeping a great mushroom's genetics
			* [[Tutorials/Agar/Storing Cultures\|Storing cultures]] — slants, water storage, and backups

			=== Genetics ===
			* [[Tutorials/Genetics/Smash Tek\|Smash tek]] — crossing two strains to make a new one

	=== Liquid culture ===		=== Liquid culture ===
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	* [[Tutorials/Fruiting/Monotub\|Monotub fruiting]]		* [[Tutorials/Fruiting/Monotub\|Monotub fruiting]]
	* [[Reference/Contamination\|Contamination ID]]		* [[Reference/Contamination\|Contamination ID]]

			== After the harvest ==
			* [[Tutorials/Harvest/Drying and Storage\|Drying and storage]]

	== Reference ==		== Reference ==
	* [[Reference/Glossary\|Glossary]] — FAE, G2G, field capacity, and the rest of the jargon		* [[Reference/Glossary\|Glossary]] — FAE, G2G, field capacity, and the rest of the jargon
	* [[Reference/Pressure Cooking at Altitude\|Pressure cooking at altitude]]		* [[Reference/Pressure Cooking at Altitude\|Pressure cooking at altitude]]
	* [[Resources/Equipment\|Equipment by stage]]		* [[Resources/Equipment\|Equipment by stage]] and [[Resources/Equipment#Local suppliers\|local suppliers]]

	== Computers ==		== Computers ==
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	Anyone can edit. A few house conventions keep things tidy:		Anyone can edit. A few house conventions keep things tidy:
	* Put tutorials under <code>Tutorials/</code> and recipes or lookup tables under <code>Reference/</code>.		* Put tutorials under <code>Tutorials/</code> and recipes or lookup tables under <code>Reference/</code>.
	* Write in your own words. If you learned something from a video or another site, ~~link~~ it in a '''~~Sources~~''' ~~section~~ at the bottom.		* Write in your own words. If you learned something from a video or another site, cite it with <code><nowiki><ref>…</ref></nowiki></code> after the sentence it supports, and put <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> under a '''References''' heading at the bottom.
	* Add <code><nowiki>{{Cultivation}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom of cultivation pages so readers can find their way around.		* Add <code><nowiki>{{Cultivation}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom of cultivation pages so readers can find their way around.

imported>Claude: Wiki rebuild: cleanup and new cultivation articles

2026-10-22T19:00:00Z

Wiki rebuild: cleanup and new cultivation articles

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	~~== Our Founder ==~~		__NOTOC__
	[[Staff/Chris Vinci\|Chris Vinci]]		Welcome to the '''Pikes Peak Myco Wiki''', the knowledge base of the Pikes Peak Myco League, founded by [[Staff/Chris Vinci\|Chris Vinci]]. It collects the techniques, recipes, and hard-won lessons of growers along the Front Range, written for people cultivating at altitude in dry Colorado air.

	~~== Resources ==~~		Everything here is free to use and share (CC0). If you have a recipe, a tek, or a photo of something going right or wrong, add it.
	~~[[Resources/Amazon\|Amazon Links]]~~

	== ~~Tutorials~~ ==		== New to growing? Start here ==
			Read these in order. Together they take you from an empty kitchen to a first harvest.
			# [[Tutorials/Basics/Sterile Technique\|Sterile technique]] — why most grows fail, and how to keep yours clean
			# [[Reference/Pressure Cooking at Altitude\|Pressure cooking at altitude]] — the one thing sea-level guides get wrong for us
			# [[Tutorials/Spawn/Grain Spawn\|Grain spawn]] — preparing and colonizing grain jars
			# [[Tutorials/Substrate/Coir and CVG\|Coir and CVG substrate]] — the bulk material your mushrooms fruit from
			# [[Tutorials/Fruiting/Monotub\|Monotub fruiting]] — spawning to bulk, conditions, harvest
			# [[Reference/Contamination\|Contamination ID]] — what's growing in your tub, and what to do about it

			== Culture work ==
	=== Agar ===		=== Agar ===
	[[Tutorials/Agar/Three-Transfers\|~~Three Transfer Procedure~~]]		* [[Tutorials/Agar/Making Plates\|Making agar plates]] — recipes, pouring, storage
			* [[Tutorials/Agar/Three-Transfers\|The three-transfer method]] — isolating a clean, fast genetic

	=== Liquid ~~Culture~~ ===		=== Liquid culture ===
			* [[Tutorials/LiquidCulture/Making and Using LC\|Making and using liquid culture]]
			* Recipes:
			** [[Reference/LiquidCulture/Recipes/PGT\|Philly Golden Teacher LC]]
			** [[Reference/LiquidCulture/Recipes/ClemGrows\|ClemGrows LC]]

	==== ~~Recipes ====~~		== Spawn and substrate ==
	[[~~Reference~~/~~LiquidCulture~~/~~Recipes~~/~~PGT~~\|~~Philly Golden Teacher LC~~]]		* [[Tutorials/Spawn/Grain Spawn\|Grain spawn]]
			* [[Tutorials/Substrate/Coir and CVG\|Coir and CVG]] (includes the bucket tek)
			* [[Tutorials/Substrate/Manure-Based Substrates\|Manure-based substrates]]

	[~~https:~~//~~wiki.pikespeakmycoleague.org/index.php?title=~~Reference/~~LiquidCulture/Recipes/ClemGrows ClemGrows LC~~]		== Fruiting and troubleshooting ==
			* [[Tutorials/Fruiting/Monotub\|Monotub fruiting]]
			* [[Reference/Contamination\|Contamination ID]]

	==~~= Substrate =~~==		== Reference ==
	[~~https:~~//~~wiki.pikespeakmycoleague.org/images/8/89~~/~~PGTCVG.jpg Bucket Tek Substrate~~]		* [[Reference/Glossary\|Glossary]] — FAE, G2G, field capacity, and the rest of the jargon
			* [[Reference/Pressure Cooking at Altitude\|Pressure cooking at altitude]]
			* [[Resources/Equipment\|Equipment by stage]]

	Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients, seal lid. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.		== Computers ==
			* [[Tips-And-Tricks/Computer/Linux/Shell-Commands\|Linux/macOS shell command reference]]

	~~[https~~://~~www~~.~~youtube~~.~~com~~/~~embed~~/~~wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo PGT Bucket Tek Youtube tutorial]~~		== Contributing ==
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			* Add <code><nowiki>{{Cultivation}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom of cultivation pages so readers can find their way around.

	~~[[Tutorials/Substrate/General Notes]]~~

	~~=== Computers ===~~
	~~==== Linux/MacOS ====~~
	~~[[Tips-And-Tricks/Computer/Linux/Shell-Commands\|Shell Command Reference]]~~


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Cbenesch at 08:37, 9 August 2026

2026-08-09T08:37:41Z

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	Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients, seal lid. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.		Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients, seal lid. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.

	~~<nowiki>~~[https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo PGT Bucket Tek Youtube tutorial]~~</nowiki>~~		[https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo PGT Bucket Tek Youtube tutorial]

	[[Tutorials/Substrate/General Notes]]		[[Tutorials/Substrate/General Notes]]

Cbenesch: /* Substrate */

2026-08-09T08:36:59Z

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	Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients, seal lid. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.		Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients, seal lid. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.

	<~~iframe width="560" height="315" src="~~https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></~~iframe~~>		<nowiki>[https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo PGT Bucket Tek Youtube tutorial]</nowiki>

	[[Tutorials/Substrate/General Notes]]		[[Tutorials/Substrate/General Notes]]

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2026-08-09T08:35:09Z

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			[[Tutorials/Substrate/General Notes]]

	=== Computers ===		=== Computers ===

MDOT: /* Substrate */

2026-06-20T06:38:55Z

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	[https://wiki.pikespeakmycoleague.org/images/8/89/PGTCVG.jpg Bucket Tek Substrate]		[https://wiki.pikespeakmycoleague.org/images/8/89/PGTCVG.jpg Bucket Tek Substrate]

	Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.		Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients, seal lid. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.

	<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>		<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

MDOT: /* Substrate */

2026-06-20T06:38:09Z

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	Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.		Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.

	"~~<nowiki>~~https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=~~oqAG40mBlK4AAmIs~~</~~nowiki~~>"		<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=PyEkfVLjOfHpGKgo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

	=== Computers ===		=== Computers ===

MDOT: /* Substrate */

2026-06-20T06:37:20Z

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	Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.		Add dry ingredients to bucket (an ice chest or 5 gallon igloo work much better) boil water and add to dry ingredients. Keep above 170 degrees for at least 2 hours to pasteurize. Makes ~11 pounds of CVG.

	<~~iframe width="560" height="315" src="~~https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=oqAG40mBlK4AAmIs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></~~iframe~~>		"<nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzMRjEDMdfs?si=oqAG40mBlK4AAmIs</nowiki>"

	=== Computers ===		=== Computers ===