Colonized agar culture for making grain spawn or adding to your own culture library. Price is per cultured agar plate. Plates are generally made fresh for order and are ready within 2 weeks of order.
We offer both imported commercial strains as well as NZ Mushroom Cultures.
Imported Commercial Culture Selection:
These are all imported commercially-viable strains -- selected for optimum fruiting characteristics, best yield and disease tolerance while maintaining robust flavour and texture:
- Grey Oyster (Pleurotus Pulmonarius)
- Pink Oyster (Pleurotus Djamor)
- Shiitake (Lentinula Edodes)
NZ-Native Mushroom Culture Selection:
- Velvet Oyster (NZ Oyster) - Pleurotus Parsonsiae
- Coral Tooth (NZ Relative of Lions Mane) - Hericium Novae Zelandiae
- Turkey Tail - Trametes Versicolor (Found globally - local wild clone)
- Tawaka (also known as Poplar Mushroom) - Cyclocybe parasitica
- Golden Enoki (Flammulina Velutipes)
We are continually working with our mushroom strains to improve and maintain their vigour, regularly updating our library with better or unique NZ-native strains as we find them.
Mushroom Cultures are for non-commercial use.
Comercial customers please see our >> Commercial use slants here
Customers who buy Mushroom Cultures on Agar often also purchase:
>> Mushroom Grain Spawn Starting Cultures (8 Species options)
>> Dowel (Plug) Spawn - for mushrooms logs (8 Species options)
>> Mushroom Liquid Culture Syringes (7 Species options)
*** Please note this is a product for more experienced growers: it does not come with instructions and it is assumed you know how to use it when purchasing. :)
Mushroom Cultures on Agar (8 Species)
Cultures are sent out on 90mm Agar Plates as pictured. Agar colour may vary, we use colouring to keep track of strain lines and agar mixes.
SporeShift ships by NZ Post courier - shipments are trackable.
Shipping is a flat rate of $10 NZ-wide - or FREE for orders over $100.
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