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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.
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'''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.



Revision as of 14:00, 22 October 2026

Welcome to the Pikes Peak Myco Wiki, the knowledge base of the Pikes Peak Myco League, founded by 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.

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.

New to growing? Start here

Read these in order. Together they take you from an empty kitchen to a first harvest.

  1. Sterile technique — why most grows fail, and how to keep yours clean
  2. Pressure cooking at altitude — the one thing sea-level guides get wrong for us
  3. Grain spawn — preparing and colonizing grain jars
  4. Coir and CVG substrate — the bulk material your mushrooms fruit from
  5. Monotub fruiting — spawning to bulk, conditions, harvest
  6. Contamination ID — what's growing in your tub, and what to do about it

Culture work

Spores

Agar

Genetics

  • Smash tek — crossing two strains to make a new one

Liquid culture

Spawn and substrate

Fruiting and troubleshooting

After the harvest

Reference

Computers

Contributing

Anyone can edit. A few house conventions keep things tidy:

  • Put tutorials under Tutorials/ and recipes or lookup tables under Reference/.
  • Write in your own words. If you learned something from a video or another site, cite it with <ref>…</ref> after the sentence it supports, and put <references /> under a References heading at the bottom.
  • Add {{Cultivation}} to the bottom of cultivation pages so readers can find their way around.