Alcohol Swabs
$4.00Antiseptic Isopropyl Alcohol Pad 70% v/v. Wipe down and sterilize injection ports and needles before injecting liquid culture.
Face Mask
$3.00Pack of ten surgical face masks for sterile lab work. Comfortable elastic ear loops for easy donning. Mask has flexible nose piece that allows closure with better protection. Latex Free
Hairnets
$3.00Pack of ten hair nets. 3M Brand. Universal size.
Injection Port
$1.00 – $20.00Make your own injection port lids out of canning jar lids. Insert a sterile liquid culture syringe through the injection port to expand your culture onto sterile grain or more liquid media.
Injection Port Filter Patch Mushroom Bags
$4.00 – $247.60Autoclavable bags with injection port and filter patch for mushroom growing. Fill with substrate and sterilize in pressure canner. Once cool inoculate with a liquid culture syringe through the injection port with your mushroom culture.
Liquid Culture “AirPort” Lid
$8.00 – $50.00This liquid culture (LC) “airport” lid is equipped with a super heavy duty injection port and a 0.22 µm syringe filter (13 mm diameter) inserted into a reusable Tattler brand canning lid. Designed to keep contaminants out, while allowing for adequate gas exchange your cultures. Includes gasket and band.
Nitrile Gloves
$5.50
Petri Dishes
$14.00 – $59.00Packs of 20 vented petri dishes in sealed sterilized bag (100mmx15mm). Purchase with or without enough parafilm to seal them.
Sterile Needle
$4.00 – $10.00Sterile 18 gauge needles 33 mm long (1.5″). Attach to a liquid culture syringe with the luer lock tip, and inject into a substrate for inoculation.
Synthetic Filter Discs
$1.75 – $170.00Filter disks allow for gas exchange while providing 99.97% efficiency filtration down to 0.3 microns. Autoclavable. They are 100% reusable. Fits a wide mouth mason jar.
Syringe 10mL
$10.00 – $20.00Sterile 10 ml syringe with luer lock tip for liquid culture. Purchase needles separately.
Syringe Cap
$4.00 – $10.00Prevent contamination of your liquid culture with these sterile individually sealed syringe caps that screw onto a luer lock syringe.
Syringe Filter
$1.75 – $40.00Syringe filter (13 mm diameter, 0.22 µm). Installed into a canning jar lid, the filter will keep contaminants out, while allowing for adequate gas exchange your liquid cultures.
Light Malt Extract
$7.00 – $17.00Light malt extract is a great nutrient base for mushroom mycelium. Use in recipes for liquid culture or on agar petri dishes. Food grade.
Malt Agar Mix
$20.00 – $50.00This mix of light malt extract with agar is a great nutrient base for culturing fungal mycelium in a petri dish. Ingredients: 50% Light Malt Extract, 50% Agar Agar
Reusable Canning Jar Lid for Liquid Culture
$1.75 – $3.00Tattler Lids are the best option for DIY liquid culture and grain spawn lids. Drill two holes in lid, insert injection port in one, syringe filter. Includes rubber gasket to form an airtight seal. Purchase with or without rings (band) that screws onto jar.
Dextrose
$17.00Dextrose is a great nutrient base for mushroom mycelium. Use in recipes for liquid culture or on agar petri dishes. Food grade.