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A first-generation Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) culture from the Myco Labs lab, for growers working with mycorrhizal species. Fly agaric is the red-capped, white-spotted toadstool of northern forests, and it doesn't behave like a gourmet mushroom: it grows mycelium on grain and agar, but it only fruits in partnership with the living roots of a host tree such as birch or pine.
That makes this a long-term outdoor project, not a monotub grow. Read the expectations below before you buy.
The culture grows on grain and agar in the lab, but there's no reliable method for fruiting fly agaric indoors. Fruiting needs a living host tree.
Growers introduce colonized grain or mycelium to the roots of young birch, pine, spruce or fir. Forming the root partnership takes time, and fruiting can take years.
Mycorrhizal species are hard to establish, and no supplier can promise a flush. It's for patient growers, researchers and anyone building a culture library.
Let the syringe reach room temperature and shake gently to spread the mycelium through the broth.
Flame the needle, let it cool, and wipe the injection port with the included alcohol pad.
Inoculate sterilized grain or agar plates at 2–3cc per quart jar. Expect a much slower run than gourmet species.
Introduce colonized grain at the root zone of young host trees, ideally when planting seedlings, and keep the area mulched and moist.
Not for consumption: Amanita muscaria is poisonous. It contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, and this culture is sold for cultivation and research only.
For expanding the cultureRun it onto grain 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.
Not reliably. The mycelium grows on grain and agar, but Amanita muscaria is ectomycorrhizal and needs the living roots of a host tree to fruit. There's no proven indoor fruiting method.
Expand it onto sterilized grain first, then introduce the colonized grain at the root zone of young birch, pine, spruce or fir, ideally when planting seedlings. Keep the area mulched and moist so the mycelium can reach the feeder roots.
It can take years for the root partnership to form and produce fruit, typically in autumn, and success isn't guaranteed. Treat it as a long-term planting rather than a single grow.
No. It's poisonous and contains ibotenic acid and muscimol. This culture is sold for cultivation and research only.
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Refrigerate it at 35–45°F in the bag it shipped in and never freeze it. Bring it to room temperature and shake gently before use.
Liquid culture is living mycelium, so every syringe leaves our lab in a foil-lined insulated mailer that buffers it against summer heat and sub-freezing winter temperatures.
When it arrives: refrigerate the syringe at 35–45°F until you're ready to use it. Never freeze it.
Sold as a mycological culture for cultivation and research. Not for human consumption.
Colonized my grain spawn quickly and incoulated a 2'x3' area under my pine tree in a bed in my yard and just looked today and I can see little pins! This process takes awhile but I am coming back here 6 months later to post this!
Finally the real deal after getting cultures that dont take or grow from countless vendors
I decided to attempt to grow this mushroom just for the challenge. I know they say these don't grow well indoors but so far so good with my experiment. You can start these in any grain jar or bag, but the real challenge is fruiting them! I followed this blog and I am really close! https://cosmyic.com/blogs/news/how-to-grow-amanita-muscaria The tub I mixed in pine shavings into the Select bulk casing mix and seems to be doing much better then the one without. I have some pins forming but I am not counting my chickens yet! For anyone looking for a challenge, this legal mushroom is pretty cool!
Price: $12.50