Beginner Liquid Culture 5 Pack | Mushroom Liquid Culture

About This Mushroom Liquid Culture Our Beginner 5 Pack is a premium mushroom liquid culture: live, lab-verified mycelium suspended in sterile nutrient broth and ready to inoculate your grow medium. Each set ships with sterile needles for clean, reliable transfers. Beginner Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes Includes: Blue Oyster (Pleurotus columbinus), Pink Oyster (Pleurotus djamor), White Enoki (Flammulina velutipes), King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii), Shiitake Warm Weather (Lentinula edodes) Each syringe contains viable mycelium in sterile nutrient broth Store liquid culture syringes at normal room temperature in the original packaging for 6 or more months. Ships with sterile needles Beginner Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview The Beginner Mushroom Cultures 5 Pack is where we tell first-time cultivators to start. Every species here was chosen for contamination resistance, fast colonization, forgiving fruiting requirements, and reliable results even when technique is imperfect. After years of talking to new cultivators about where things went wrong, these are the five species we would put in front of anyone just getting started. Beginner Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species Blue Oyster (Pleurotus columbinus) Liquid Culture The number one recommendation for first-time cultivators. Blue oyster colonizes quickly, pins reliably, and tolerates the minor temperature swings and humidity inconsistencies that are part of every beginner's first few grows. It is the benchmark against which everything else gets measured for accessibility. Blue Oyster — Out-Grow Lab Notes Parameter Out-Grow Notes Culture medium LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water Difficulty Beginner — our top recommendation for first grows Fruiting temp 55 to 72°F Substrate Straw, hardwood sawdust, supplemented sawdust, grain — very adaptable Inoculation rate 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate Storage life 6 or more months at normal room temperature Blue Oyster Taxonomy Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Pleurotaceae Genus: Pleurotus Species: Pleurotus columbinus Pink Oyster (Pleurotus djamor) Liquid Culture Pink oyster is the warm-weather beginner species, aggressive colonization, fast fruiting, and visually dramatic results that keep new cultivators motivated. If your grow space runs warm, pink oyster outperforms blue oyster and is equally beginner-friendly. The fast turnaround makes it satisfying for anyone getting started. Pink Oyster — Out-Grow Lab Notes Parameter Out-Grow Notes Culture medium LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water Difficulty Beginner — ideal for warm spaces Fruiting temp 70 to 85°F Inoculation rate 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate Storage life 6 or more months at normal room temperature Pink Oyster Taxonomy Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Pleurotaceae Genus: Pleurotus Species: Pleurotus djamor White Enoki (Flammulina velutipes) Liquid Culture White enoki is the beginner species for cultivators with cold spaces. It fruits at near-refrigeration temperatures where other species stall. In a cool basement in autumn or winter it is one of the most reliable producers you can run, and we recommend it specifically to beginners who have struggled with warm-weather species in naturally cold environments. White Enoki — Out-Grow Lab Notes Parameter Out-Grow Notes Culture medium LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water Difficulty Beginner — ideal for cool spaces Fruiting temp 45 to 60°F — one of very few species that fruits at near-refrigeration temps Inoculation rate 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate Storage life 6 or more months at normal room temperature White Enoki Taxonomy Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Physalacriaceae Genus: Flammulina Species: Flammulina velutipes King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii) Liquid Culture King Oyster is a step up from blue oyster in complexity but still firmly in beginner territory for cultivators who understand FAE management. The thick meaty stem and clean flavor make the extra attention worthwhile, and the grow guide covers the technique in detail. King Oyster — Out-Grow Lab Notes Parameter Out-Grow Notes Culture medium LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water Difficulty Beginner to intermediate Fruiting temp 55 to 65°F Key technique Restrict FAE during pinning for stem elongation Inoculation rate 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate Storage life 6 or more months at normal room temperature King Oyster Taxonomy Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Pleurotaceae Genus: Pleurotus Species: Pleurotus eryngii Shiitake Warm Weather (Lentinula edodes) Liquid Culture Shiitake is the logical next species after oyster mushrooms, slightly more demanding but still accessible. The warm weather strain included here covers a wide fruiting temperature range and produces the familiar flavor most people associate with specialty mushroom cultivation. Shiitake Warm Weather — Out-Grow Lab Notes Parameter Out-Grow Notes Culture medium LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water Difficulty Beginner to intermediate Fruiting temp 55 to 85°F Pinning trigger Cold shock required Inoculation rate 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate Storage life 6 or more months at normal room temperature Shiitake Warm Weather Taxonomy Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Omphalotaceae Genus: Lentinula Species: Lentinula edodes Beginner Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview The Beginner Mushroom Cultures 5 Pack covers three main environmental scenarios, warm spaces (pink oyster), cool spaces (white enoki), and moderate temperatures (blue oyster, king oyster, shiitake). All five species colonize supplemented hardwood sawdust with standard grain spawn methodology. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate. 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