{"product_id":"geastrum-mirabile","title":"Geastrum mirabile Liquid Culture Syringe","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeastrum mirabile is a miniature earthstar that splits its outer wall into a star around a perched spore sac, and this liquid culture delivers verified living stock from a genus almost never seen in culture. Out-Grow's liquid culture syringe contains live, actively growing Geastrum mirabile mycelium in sterile nutrient solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo Geastrum species has been fruited reproducibly in artificial conditions, but the reason is instructive: the genus is saprotrophic, not mycorrhizal, and the obstacle is recreating the slowly developed forest floor microhabitat it fruits from, not a missing host tree. The mycelium itself can be maintained and studied on standard media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Work With Geastrum mirabile?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarthstars are among the most charismatic fungi on the forest floor, and living cultures of them are nearly nonexistent. G. mirabile stock supports developmental and ecological study of a spectacular fruiting mechanism, and offers the long-game experimentalist a fruiting puzzle built around litter beds and time rather than host trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorking Conditions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpand on MEA or PDA at 72 to 80 F. Expect fine, slow, pale growth. Fruiting attempts are a long-horizon project: aged litter and woody humus beds kept undisturbed are the closest analog to its natural microhabitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Characteristics of Geastrum mirabile:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEcology:\u003c\/strong\u003e Litter saprotroph of tropical and subtropical forest floors, fruiting as small star-form earthstars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCulture Behavior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine, slow, pale mycelial growth on standard media.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRarity Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Living Geastrum cultures are almost never offered; a true collector's holding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaxonomy of Geastrum mirabile:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKingdom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fungi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhylum:\u003c\/strong\u003e Basidiomycota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClass:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agaricomycetes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrder:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geastrales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFamily:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geastraceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenus:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geastrum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecies:\u003c\/strong\u003e Geastrum mirabile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorage and Usage Tips:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStore your Geastrum mirabile liquid culture syringe in a cool, dark location and expand promptly onto fresh agar, keeping backup plates from the first transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"og-internal-links\" style=\"margin-top:16px;padding:16px;background:#f7f4ef;border-top:2px solid #c8d4c4;font-family:'Source Serif 4',Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:'Libre Baskerville',serif;color:#1a2e1a;margin:0 0 10px;font-size:1.1rem;\"\u003eRelated Resources\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:6px 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/geastrum-mirabile\" style=\"color:#4a6e42;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eGeastrum mirabile Species Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/geastrum-mirabile-mushroom-culture\" style=\"color:#4a6e42;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eGeastrum mirabile Mushroom Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/liquid-culture\" style=\"color:#4a6e42;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eLiquid Culture Syringes Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Out-Grow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513889788097,"sku":"OG1000GM","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/7287\/5201\/files\/geastrum-mirabile.jpg?v=1792645096","url":"https:\/\/www.out-grow.com\/products\/geastrum-mirabile","provider":"Out Grow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}