Description

Concentric Bracket (Cubamyces menziesii) is a pantropical polypore with handsomely zonate brackets, and this liquid culture delivers verified living stock of a genus most collectors have never seen offered. Out-Grow's liquid culture syringe contains live, actively growing Cubamyces menziesii mycelium in sterile nutrient solution.

The species is saprotrophic on dead wood, so it faces no mycorrhizal barrier; it has simply never attracted cultivation research. The culture maintains easily, and what you do with it, enzyme work, decay studies, or first-ever fruiting trials, is open territory.

Why Work With Concentric Bracket?
Trametoid polypores are engines of lignin degradation, and pantropical taxa like C. menziesii extend that toolkit into warm-climate genetics. For the cultivator, an undocumented saprotrophic bracket is the definition of a pioneer species: hardwood substrate, warm incubation, and nobody's protocol ahead of yours.

Working Conditions:
Expand on MEA or PDA at 75 to 85 F. Expect assertive, felty polypore growth that holds plates well. Liquid expansion on malt broth is uncomplicated. Hardwood blocks or supplemented sawdust are the natural media for bracket formation attempts.

Key Characteristics of Concentric Bracket (Cubamyces menziesii):

• Ecology: Pantropical saprotrophic bracket fungus with concentrically zoned fruiting bodies on dead hardwood.
• Culture Behavior: Vigorous, tenacious growth on standard agar; an easy keeper among rare cultures.
• Pioneer Value: No published cultivation work exists, leaving fruiting trials entirely open to the experimental grower.

Taxonomy of Concentric Bracket (Cubamyces menziesii):

• Kingdom: Fungi
• Phylum: Basidiomycota
• Class: Agaricomycetes
• Order: Polyporales
• Family: Polyporaceae
• Genus: Cubamyces
• Species: Cubamyces menziesii

Storage and Usage Tips:
Store your Concentric Bracket liquid culture syringe in a cool, dark location and use within six months for peak vigor. It expands willingly to agar and wood-based media.