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@ -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.