Mushroom Spawn
Mushroom Spawn From Out Grow
Below you can find our mushroom spawn collection, ready to inoculate substrate the day it arrives. Every jar is first generation, started from our own agar cultures in our northwestern Illinois lab and vacuum sealed before it ships. One quart holds roughly two pounds of colonized rye, enough to expand into twelve more quart jars or to run five pounds of bulk substrate.
Oyster Mushroom Spawn
King, Blue, Pink, Pearl, Golden, Phoenix, Brown, and Black Pearl King. Fast colonizers with wide temperature tolerance, and the group to start with if you are new to bulk substrate work.
Gourmet Mushroom Spawn
Shiitake, Maitake, Enoki, Beech, Nameko, Chestnut, Black Poplar, Morel, and Cauliflower. Longer spawn runs than oysters, higher market value at the other end.
Medicinal Mushroom Spawn
Reishi, Antler Reishi, Turkey Tail, Cordyceps, and Lion's Mane. Antler Reishi is Ganoderma multipileum, a separate species from Reishi, and fruits to a different form.
Outdoor Mushroom Spawn
Wine Cap and Chicken of the Woods, for garden beds, wood chip mulch, and stumps. Both establish outdoors and produce across multiple seasons once set.
Storage, expansion ratios, and contamination questions are answered in our mushroom spawn FAQ. If you would rather sterilize and inoculate your own, see our grain spawn bags, and our mushroom substrate is ready to use on arrival.