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LF Acromyrmex versicolor fungus (Bay Area)

Started By mmcguffi , Oct 31 2023 10:29 AM

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#1 Offline mmcguffi - Posted October 31 2023 - 10:29 AM

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I recently purchased a young Acromyrmex colony and the fungus has not faired well during shipping

Does anyone in the Bay Area have Acromyrmex fungus that I could purchase from them? Thanks so much

#2 Offline raydr - Posted October 31 2023 - 6:29 PM

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Buy the leaves/flowers and provide neccessary humidity if there is still some fungus.

#3 Offline mmcguffi - Posted October 31 2023 - 6:48 PM

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Buy the leaves/flowers and provide neccessary humidity if there is still some fungus.

Thanks, I have extensive experience with attines. I am a mircobiologist so I am also culturing the fungus on agar plates, but it is very slow growing

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#4 Offline raydr - Posted November 1 2023 - 4:06 PM

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I don't have any experience with attines. Microbiologist as a job that's cool. I think Antopia or something has the leaves neccessary to grow. If its slow growing then I'm not sure how to grow it? Maybe adding more leaves/flowers would help it grow faster?

#5 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted November 1 2023 - 5:51 PM

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I recently purchased a young Acromyrmex colony and the fungus has not faired well during shipping

Does anyone in the Bay Area have Acromyrmex fungus that I could purchase from them? Thanks so much

I've got a little bit but I won't claim it's the healthiest ever. How much do you need? I don't have a lot so I can't supply much. I've seen Acromyrmex rebuild their fungus from tiny pieces the size of bread crumbs.