Agar plates for germinating Mushroom Spores and general mycelium growing. These are sterile poured nutrient agar plates.
These plates are perfect for growing out mycelium to make grain spawn, germinating spores etc. They are also suitable for growing yeast and bacteria.
Perfect for school experiments like culturing fingerprint swabs—grow anything on these agar plates and discover what thrives!
Please note:
- 5 & 20 pack options come in a sealed sterile bag, each plate is not individually wrapped. Only open these packs inside a Still Air Box or in front of a >> Laminar Flow Hood
- Individual Plates come individually wrapped in plastic film.
Green wrapping film will wrap about 250-300 * 90mm plates - it is simple to apply and much cheaper and easier to use than parafilm. We strongly recommend wrapping plates after adding your culture or spores for best results.
Agar mix is Sabouraud Dextrose and is suitable for all commonly-cultivated species of mushrooms in NZ: wood-lovers and dung/ compost-loving species both grow well on this agar mix.
Will not work for mycorrhizal fungi such as porcini or truffles.
Customers also buy:
> Agar Plates infused with Antibiotics - minimise contamination risk
Agar Plates - Sabouraud Dextrose
SporeShift ships by NZ Post courier - shipments are trackable.
Shipping is a flat rate of $10 NZ-wide - or FREE for orders over $75.
If you see a cracked plate any growth on the agar plates before you have opened and used them, please send me a photo and we will choose to refund or replace the contaminated plates -- while our contamination rates are very low, there will be the odd plate that does contaminate. This guarantee ends as soon sterile bag has been opened or plate unwrapped.
