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Our ABM is a first-generation Agaricus blazei murrill isolate, the almond mushroom from the Piedade region of Brazil. It's a close relative of the Portobello and grows by similar methods, but it carries a sweet, marzipan-like aroma no other mushroom we sell can match.
A sweet, marzipan-like aroma that gets stronger as it dries, which is why most growers dry it for powder and tea.
Colonizes rye quickly, then runs on hardwood or manure-based bulk, so it fits whatever you already have on hand.
Himematsutake and Royal Sun Agaricus. Same species, same culture.
Let the syringe reach room temperature, then shake it gently to break up and spread the mycelium through the broth.
Flame the needle until it glows, let it cool a few seconds, and wipe the injection port with the included alcohol pad.
Use 2–3cc per quart jar or 3–5cc per 3–5 lb grain bag. One 10cc syringe inoculates about 2–4 containers.
Keep it at 68–77°F in the dark. Shake once at about 30% colonization to speed things up.
Keep it warm and wet: ABM wants 90–95% humidity during colonization, higher than almost anything else we carry, and it needs a casing layer to pin properly, just like Portobello.
From our lab to your grainRun it into jars with wide-mouth cultivation lids or your own lids with self-healing injection ports. Spare 16G needles and sterile Luer Lock syringes are sold separately.
Use 2–3cc per quart grain jar and 3–5cc per 3–5 lb spawn bag. One 10cc ABM syringe inoculates roughly two to four containers. Using more doesn't speed colonization much; it just uses up the syringe.
About 18 days at 68–77°F. After spawning to bulk and casing, expect 20–26 days from mature mycelium to harvest.
Rye berries or other grain for spawn, then either hardwood or manure-based bulk substrate. Both work; pick based on what you already run. Add a casing layer on top either way.
Yes. Like Portobello and other Agaricus species, ABM pins best under a casing layer over the colonized bulk. Without one, pinning is sparse and uneven.
Refrigerate it at 35–45°F in the bag it shipped in and never freeze it; freezing ruptures the cells and kills the culture. Bring it to room temperature and shake gently before you inject.
Liquid culture is living mycelium from an isolated culture, so it skips germination, colonizes days faster and gives genetically consistent fruits. Spores have to germinate and pair up first, which is slower and more variable from grow to grow.
Liquid culture is living mycelium, so every syringe leaves our lab in a foil-lined insulated mailer. The insulation buffers it against summer heat in a delivery truck and against sub-freezing winter temperatures, so it arrives viable either way.
When it arrives: refrigerate the syringe at 35–45°F until you're ready to inoculate. Never freeze it. Bring it to room temperature and shake gently before use.
Sold as a mycological culture for cultivation. ABM is the subject of ongoing scientific research, but nothing on this page is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Price: $12.50
Price: $11.50