On 14 Jun 2004 16:41:49 -0700 in
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(simy1) graced the world with this thought:

Did you bleach and rinse the stems to sterilize the surface before
blending? I wonder if UV would work also, since I have access to a UV
machine.

I think you'd do better just to peel the stem with a sharp knife than
to use bleach, so you're just using the heart of the stem/mycelia