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 I'm not a very good blogger since i do this sporadically, but i do tend to take a ton of photos which is basically how i document my life. So i'll add these photos w comments.... This 1st image is of a few blue meanies i harvested in a hurry this morning. This is the underside of a meanie w the veil still attached. This is a veil that i pulled away myself.   Its not until the veil drops that the spores can be released to propgate more.   I, personally, think the underside of shrooms are so pretty.   This is a stem after the veil has dropped on its own.  This is when the spores can drop.   I tend to pull the shrooms just before or as the veil has dropped. Otherwise, if left in the substrate too long the spores will drop & it gets messy. I have been dumping my contaminated mycelium into a garden bed.   Now & then i find a lovely little shroom that fought its way to sirvive.  This is an example.  Though i have z...