Description
About This Mushroom Liquid Culture
Our Hericium Genus 5 Pack is a premium mushroom liquid culture: live, lab-verified mycelium suspended in sterile nutrient broth and ready to inoculate your grow medium. Each set ships with sterile needles for clean, reliable transfers.
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary
- Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes
- Includes: Lion's Mane Warm Weather (Hericium erinaceus), Lion's Mane Standard (Hericium erinaceus), Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides), Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum), Bear's Head (Hericium abietis)
- Each syringe contains viable mycelium in sterile nutrient broth
- Store liquid culture syringes at normal room temperature in the original packaging for 6 or more months.
- Ships with sterile needles
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview
The Hericium Genus Cultures 5 Pack brings together all five major Hericium species we carry in a single complete genus collection. The Hericium genus is defined by tooth-bearing, white fruiting bodies that grow on hardwood and produce the hericenone and erinacine compounds that have attracted significant research interest in cognitive health. We include two Lion's Mane strains, standard and warm weather, because they have different fruiting temperature ranges that make them useful together, plus three distinct Hericium species that look completely different from each other and from Lion's Mane despite all belonging to the same genus. Yes, Lion's Mane appears in our Pack 7 as well. It is an enormously popular species that fits many collections, and having it in both packs alongside different companions serves different cultivators.
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species
Lion's Mane Warm Weather (Hericium erinaceus) Liquid Culture
The warm weather Lion's Mane strain anchors the high-temperature end of this pack. It fruits at 65 to 80°F and is the strain we recommend most often to cultivators who want to grow Lion's Mane in conditions that the standard strain finds challenging. The all-white cascading fruiting body, the seafood-like flavor, and the functional compound profile all make this the flagship species of the genus.
Lion's Mane Warm Weather — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 65 to 80°F — selected for warm-weather performance |
| Substrate | Supplemented hardwood sawdust; masters mix |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Lion's Mane Warm Weather Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium erinaceus
Lion's Mane Standard (Hericium erinaceus) Liquid Culture
The standard Lion's Mane strain fruits at the traditional 60 to 75°F range and is the genetic reference point for the species. Including both standard and warm weather strains in this pack gives cultivators the ability to cover a wider temperature range and run side-by-side strain comparisons from the same genus collection.
Lion's Mane Standard — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 60 to 75°F — traditional range |
| Paired with | WW strain for temperature range coverage and strain comparison |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Lion's Mane Standard Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium erinaceus
Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides) Liquid Culture
Coral Tooth is the branching Hericium, a white, highly branched fruiting body that looks like coral rather than the cascading icicle-like teeth of Lion's Mane. Hericium coralloides grows on dead and dying hardwood throughout temperate North America and produces a genuinely beautiful fruiting body that is edible and has a texture similar to Lion's Mane when cooked. It is one of the species that demonstrates how visually diverse the Hericium genus actually is despite sharing the same white tooth-bearing character across all species.
Coral Tooth — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Visual | Highly branched, coral-like — completely different form from Lion's Mane despite same genus |
| Substrate | Dead and dying hardwood; supplemented hardwood sawdust |
| Edible | Yes — mild flavor, similar texture to Lion's Mane |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Coral Tooth Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium coralloides
Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) Liquid Culture
Bear's Head Tooth occupies a visual middle ground between Lion's Mane and Coral Tooth, it branches like Coral Tooth but each branch terminates in a cluster of downward-hanging teeth rather than the single continuous cascade of Lion's Mane. Hericium americanum grows on dead and dying hardwood in eastern North America and is edible with good flavor. It is the species most often confused with both of its Hericium relatives by foragers in the field.
Bear's Head Tooth — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Visual | Branched with pendant teeth at each branch tip — intermediate between H. erinaceus and H. coralloides |
| Substrate | Dead and dying eastern hardwood |
| Edible | Yes — good flavor; often confused with relatives in the field |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Bear's Head Tooth Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium americanum
Bear's Head (Hericium abietis) Liquid Culture
Bear's Head is the western North American Hericium, the species on conifers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain forests rather than the hardwood-associated eastern species. Hericium abietis produces a large, shaggy white fruiting body on dead conifers, particularly fir and spruce, and rounds out this pack as the fourth distinct Hericium species alongside the two erinaceus strains. It completes the genus collection with the conifer-adapted western representative.
Bear's Head — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Host trees | Conifers — fir, spruce, and other western conifers; western North America |
| Visual | Large shaggy white fruiting body — similar to Lion's Mane but on conifers |
| Geographic range | Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain forests |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Bear's Head Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium abietis
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview
All five Hericium species in this pack colonize hardwood substrate, H. abietis can also be cultivated on conifer sawdust to better replicate its natural substrate. All five produce white, tooth-bearing fruiting bodies though the overall morphology differs dramatically across the genus. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate.
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Description
About This Mushroom Liquid Culture
Our Hericium Genus 5 Pack is a premium mushroom liquid culture: live, lab-verified mycelium suspended in sterile nutrient broth and ready to inoculate your grow medium. Each set ships with sterile needles for clean, reliable transfers.
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary
- Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes
- Includes: Lion's Mane Warm Weather (Hericium erinaceus), Lion's Mane Standard (Hericium erinaceus), Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides), Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum), Bear's Head (Hericium abietis)
- Each syringe contains viable mycelium in sterile nutrient broth
- Store liquid culture syringes at normal room temperature in the original packaging for 6 or more months.
- Ships with sterile needles
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview
The Hericium Genus Cultures 5 Pack brings together all five major Hericium species we carry in a single complete genus collection. The Hericium genus is defined by tooth-bearing, white fruiting bodies that grow on hardwood and produce the hericenone and erinacine compounds that have attracted significant research interest in cognitive health. We include two Lion's Mane strains, standard and warm weather, because they have different fruiting temperature ranges that make them useful together, plus three distinct Hericium species that look completely different from each other and from Lion's Mane despite all belonging to the same genus. Yes, Lion's Mane appears in our Pack 7 as well. It is an enormously popular species that fits many collections, and having it in both packs alongside different companions serves different cultivators.
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species
Lion's Mane Warm Weather (Hericium erinaceus) Liquid Culture
The warm weather Lion's Mane strain anchors the high-temperature end of this pack. It fruits at 65 to 80°F and is the strain we recommend most often to cultivators who want to grow Lion's Mane in conditions that the standard strain finds challenging. The all-white cascading fruiting body, the seafood-like flavor, and the functional compound profile all make this the flagship species of the genus.
Lion's Mane Warm Weather — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 65 to 80°F — selected for warm-weather performance |
| Substrate | Supplemented hardwood sawdust; masters mix |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Lion's Mane Warm Weather Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium erinaceus
Lion's Mane Standard (Hericium erinaceus) Liquid Culture
The standard Lion's Mane strain fruits at the traditional 60 to 75°F range and is the genetic reference point for the species. Including both standard and warm weather strains in this pack gives cultivators the ability to cover a wider temperature range and run side-by-side strain comparisons from the same genus collection.
Lion's Mane Standard — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 60 to 75°F — traditional range |
| Paired with | WW strain for temperature range coverage and strain comparison |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Lion's Mane Standard Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium erinaceus
Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides) Liquid Culture
Coral Tooth is the branching Hericium, a white, highly branched fruiting body that looks like coral rather than the cascading icicle-like teeth of Lion's Mane. Hericium coralloides grows on dead and dying hardwood throughout temperate North America and produces a genuinely beautiful fruiting body that is edible and has a texture similar to Lion's Mane when cooked. It is one of the species that demonstrates how visually diverse the Hericium genus actually is despite sharing the same white tooth-bearing character across all species.
Coral Tooth — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Visual | Highly branched, coral-like — completely different form from Lion's Mane despite same genus |
| Substrate | Dead and dying hardwood; supplemented hardwood sawdust |
| Edible | Yes — mild flavor, similar texture to Lion's Mane |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Coral Tooth Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium coralloides
Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) Liquid Culture
Bear's Head Tooth occupies a visual middle ground between Lion's Mane and Coral Tooth, it branches like Coral Tooth but each branch terminates in a cluster of downward-hanging teeth rather than the single continuous cascade of Lion's Mane. Hericium americanum grows on dead and dying hardwood in eastern North America and is edible with good flavor. It is the species most often confused with both of its Hericium relatives by foragers in the field.
Bear's Head Tooth — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Visual | Branched with pendant teeth at each branch tip — intermediate between H. erinaceus and H. coralloides |
| Substrate | Dead and dying eastern hardwood |
| Edible | Yes — good flavor; often confused with relatives in the field |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Bear's Head Tooth Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium americanum
Bear's Head (Hericium abietis) Liquid Culture
Bear's Head is the western North American Hericium, the species on conifers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain forests rather than the hardwood-associated eastern species. Hericium abietis produces a large, shaggy white fruiting body on dead conifers, particularly fir and spruce, and rounds out this pack as the fourth distinct Hericium species alongside the two erinaceus strains. It completes the genus collection with the conifer-adapted western representative.
Bear's Head — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Host trees | Conifers — fir, spruce, and other western conifers; western North America |
| Visual | Large shaggy white fruiting body — similar to Lion's Mane but on conifers |
| Geographic range | Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain forests |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Bear's Head Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Hericiaceae
- Genus: Hericium
- Species: Hericium abietis
Hericium Genus Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview
All five Hericium species in this pack colonize hardwood substrate, H. abietis can also be cultivated on conifer sawdust to better replicate its natural substrate. All five produce white, tooth-bearing fruiting bodies though the overall morphology differs dramatically across the genus. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate.