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Just wondering what a technoplast tube is? Is it a screw lid test tube? thanks

At tafe there are two types of plastic petri dishes. Polystyrene ones that melt in the autoclave and polypropelene ones that are autoclavable. I am not saying that all polypropelene ones are fine but I'd say these ones are ok if they say they are autoclavable. A pressure cooker at 15psi gets no hotter than an autoclave.

Yeah I'd keep them from touching the bottom but yes, fully autoclavable means they can handle 15psi 121 C

i just saw this tasty number on there too for anyone near here in SA http://cgi.ebay.com.au/big-cactus-plant-pick-up-delivery-within-30ks-/200526231407?pt=AU_Plants_Seeds_Bulbs&hash=item2eb04b776f

i'd snap that up if i was in melbs, $10 for 90cm. Hell yeah!!!!

There are 4 editions and you can buy them here direct from the csiro here: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/22/sid/25.htm ive been considering it for a while now but havent brought myself round to spending the cash yet

I got a new book today. Australian Fungi Illustrated, By I. R. McCann here is the first link i found on google: http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/Australian-Fungi-Illustrated/Ian-McCann/book_9780975078006.htm It seems ok, I have Bruce Fuhrer's companion to Australian fungi and it seems quite similar. Ie lots of nice pics but little to no info. It basically just gives a name of genus and where possible species and then where it was seen and when. I would say it is a bit better than fuhrers book in that it covers quite a few more shrooms, it crams a lot of pics into a little book. Does anyone have any of the CSIRO's publications? Australian Fungi 1a, 1b, 2a, or 2b. I was thinking of investing in these soon, its a pretty big investment though at $80 each.

Haha awesome man, congrats. He is too cute. When he is not fighting in the arena he can be chewing up your shoes or crapping on the carpet. Take all the photos you can man, I wish i had got more flicks of my other half when she was that age

yeah same here, I asked one of the workers in the garden section and they told me they restock the cacti from hamiltons every second thursday. I try to go there every second friday. I have found Pachs, peruvianus, and a 30 cm bridge, and once i found a nice little TBM so immediatly i drove to another bunnings bout 20 min away and found another two there They pretty much have something everytime, just gotta be first in

would love some.

^^^^^ awesome thanks, VVVVVVVV gets a copy of TIKHAL VVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Damn there cheap tripsis. I much prefer the idea of being able to pour the plates and then autoclave them again.

Polystyrene dishes are def not pc'able. SOME polypropylene dishes are Glass def are.

i'll take the knuthian, macro and mike. pm you

I've always had a dream of making a place out of em. Pile them two high around the perimeter of a property then fit them out as rooms. So they act as a wall as well as a house. have a nice big yard in the middle.

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp163/sharxx101/Nosei.jpg does anyone know what the middle cactus in this photo? there is a huge one growing near my place and i have always been curious thx

I heard from a mate today that there are still plenty of fungi in the mountains, Katoomba to blackheath. I dont think Oberon would be too different.

Yes Please!

The mushroom cultivator by Paul Stamets and J.S Chilton. Tihkal the continuation by Alexanda and Ann Shulgin. Both in Absolutley perfect condition. Not a crease or mark on them. PM me if your interested, I will sell them if no one wants to trade, but i'd rather swap for something interesting. Cheers

ha ha i went to that cactus and succulent society show. Musta been there before costa rocked up though. managed to shoot off these flicks quick before they kicked me out cos the show wasnt open yet. Was some prety cheap cactus for sale there too. Picked up a nice loph and a really really fat TBM for very little

Avatar !!! just kidding, you can polish a shit but it still stinks I just saw 'the imaginarium of doctor parnassus' thought it was pretty cool and 'defendor' is pretty funny

I noticed those two a few days ago, but had to leave for work too early this morning to keep an eye on em, they where both around $53 when i left. i never would have thought they would get that high. Nice score!! I think i'll check out this cactus meet they are having tomo. I got a nice loph from a guy from the cactus and succelent society a while back

i had a mushroom grow from a crack in a lino floor at an old house. The fridge i had at the time was a heavy old beast and cracked the lino under it. It was always moist cos the thing leaked a little water too. pretty funny

I saw these weeds growing out of moss at a major train station not long ago. I like them enough to take a flick

When i'm drying edible musrooms i usually spread them on a peice of newspaper in front of a fan for between 12 and 24 hours. After this time they are much drier. To remove the last of the moisure i get a large jar with airtight lid and put about 10cm of damprid in the bottom. You can get it from the hardware store. It is just calcium chloride powder and costs about $10 for 1kg. I them put some flyscreen on top of that. i usually use about 2 layers. This is just to stop the mushrooms from touching the damp rid. The mushroom is dry enough once the stem cracks instead of bending.