How To Make Your Own Spore Syringe. Remove the needle and close the protection cap. Once empty, put the syringe needle into the water spore mixture and pull the plunger back to collect the contents of the shot glass.
To harvest mushroom spores by making a spore print, you need edible mushrooms — any variety will do but, as mentioned, the gill types are easiest and most available at the local grocers. Your syringe should also have instructions for storage. Purge the water out of the syringe into the shot glass.
Purge the hot water from the syringe into a sink, not back into the saucepan.
(if your syringe was sterility packaged, skip steps 4 and 5). Your syringe should also have instructions for storage. If necessary, carefully move the tray to a secure area, and leave it untouched for 36 hours. When doing the first syringe it’s a good idea to fill it once or twice and then empty it again into the jar.