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Agar Recipes

Mushroom Growing Guide

Types of agar media and over 60 agar recipes for mushroom cultivation. Choose the right media for your needs: spore germination, strain isolation, long-term storage. Get tips on how to speed up mycelium, prevent culture aging, inhibit contams on agar

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Agar Recipes
3rd of October 2023

Agar Slants

Mushroom Growing Guide

Agar slants in test tubes allows you to save mycelium for 1-3 years. No pour agar and tips on how to store mushroom culture in agar slants for longer: low nutrient agar media, using wooden sticks, mineral oil or liquid paraffin for long term storage

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Agar Slants
1st of October 2023

Dung Agar for Panaeolus

Mushroom Growing Guide

Dung agar media recipes based on dry manure (horse, cow, elephant, camel, zebra, turtle etc.) for cultivation of Panaeolus aka Copelandia mushrooms and other species that love manure substrates

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Dung Agar for Panaeolus
21st of September 2023

DIY Mold Test on Agar

Mushroom Troubleshooting

Mold spores are everywhere. But how do you know what airborne contaminants are present in your home? Make a simple air sampling test on agar to check the air quality in your workspace for mycology or any other places

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DIY Mold Test on Agar
29th of July 2023

Natalensis: fruiting & overlay issues

Mushroom Troubleshooting

All-in-one grow bag is not a magic pill, especially, when it comes to Natalensis cultivation. Aggressive behaviour of mycelium leads to overlay which is a common issue for Natal. Here we talk about what can be done if growbag already suffers from overlay

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Natalensis: fruiting & overlay issues
28th of July 2023
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