{"product_id":"honey-mushroom-liquid-culture-4-pack","title":"Honey Mushroom Liquid Culture 4 Pack | Mushroom Liquid Culture","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Mushroom Liquid Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Honey Mushroom 4 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHoney Mushroom Liquid Culture 4 Pack — Product Summary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour 10–12cc liquid culture syringes of distinct Honey Mushroom species and varieties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes: Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea), Bulbous Honey (Armillaria gallica), Armillaria nabsnona, Ringless Honey (Desarmillaria caespitosa)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach syringe contains viable mycelium in sterile nutrient broth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStore liquid culture syringes at normal room temperature in the original packaging for 6 or more months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShips with sterile needles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHoney Mushroom Liquid Culture 4 Pack — Pack Overview\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Honey Mushroom Cultures 4 Pack brings together four species in the Armillaria and Desarmillaria genera, the honey mushrooms that are among the most widely eaten wild edibles in Europe and the most ecologically significant wood-decay fungi in temperate forests. Here is the part that stops people: the individual organism of Armillaria ostoyae known as the Humongous Fungus in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon is estimated to cover over 2,000 acres and weigh in the millions of pounds. It is considered the largest individual organism on earth. Honey mushrooms are fascinating in ways that go well beyond their table value, and this pack gives cultivators access to the full range of the genus in verified liquid culture form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHoney Mushroom Liquid Culture 4 Pack — Included Species\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHoney Mushroom (Armillaria mellea) Liquid Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmillaria mellea is the classic honey mushroom, the golden-capped, ring-stemmed Armillaria that grows in dense clusters at the base of hardwood stumps and on buried roots in late summer and fall. It is one of the most widely consumed wild edible mushrooms in Europe, where it is preserved and pickled in enormous quantities each autumn. It is also a significant wood pathogen, spreading through forest soil via black rhizomorphs that look like bootlaces and infect living and dead hardwood roots. Cultivating it from liquid culture involves supplemented hardwood substrate and produces the same dense clusters foragers know from wild harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHoney Mushroom — Out-Grow Lab Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"624\" style=\"width:6.5in;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eParameter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eOut-Grow Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eCulture medium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eLME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSubstrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSupplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood logs and stumps\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eGrowth habit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eDense clusters at substrate base — characteristic of the genus\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eEdible status\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eWidely eaten in Europe; must be thoroughly cooked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eInoculation rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eStorage life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e6 or more months at normal room temperature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHoney Mushroom Taxonomy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdom: Fungi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivision: Basidiomycota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClass: Agaricomycetes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrder: Agaricales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily: Physalacriaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenus: Armillaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecies: Armillaria mellea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBulbous Honey (Armillaria gallica) Liquid Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmillaria gallica is the honey mushroom species most likely to be what you find in eastern North American forests, and the one connected to some of the largest single-organism discoveries in mycology. A single A. gallica clone in a Michigan forest was estimated to be over 1,500 years old and spread across 37 acres. The bulbous base of the stem, the gallica of the species name, is the easy identification character. It behaves similarly to A. mellea in cultivation and produces edible clusters of good quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBulbous Honey — Out-Grow Lab Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"624\" style=\"width:6.5in;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eParameter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eOut-Grow Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eCulture medium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eLME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSubstrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSupplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood substrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eIdentification\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eBulbous stem base — characteristic of this species\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eNotable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSingle clones documented at 1,500+ years old and 37 acres in Michigan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eInoculation rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eStorage life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e6 or more months at normal room temperature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBulbous Honey Taxonomy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdom: Fungi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivision: Basidiomycota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClass: Agaricomycetes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrder: Agaricales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily: Physalacriaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenus: Armillaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecies: Armillaria gallica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eArmillaria nabsnona Liquid Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmillaria nabsnona is one of the less commonly discussed North American Armillaria species, occupying a range in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia and associated with conifers in that region. It is a genuine rarity in the cultivation market and we carry it for the same reason we carry the full range of any genus we work with, because complete collections matter and because researchers and serious cultivators working with Armillaria should have access to the full range of North American species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArmillaria nabsnona — Out-Grow Lab Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"624\" style=\"width:6.5in;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eParameter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eOut-Grow Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eCulture medium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eLME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eRange\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003ePacific Northwest and British Columbia — associated with conifers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eRarity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eRarely available in liquid culture format outside research contexts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eInoculation rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eStorage life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e6 or more months at normal room temperature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArmillaria nabsnona Taxonomy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdom: Fungi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivision: Basidiomycota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClass: Agaricomycetes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrder: Agaricales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily: Physalacriaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenus: Armillaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecies: Armillaria nabsnona\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRingless Honey (Desarmillaria caespitosa) Liquid Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRingless Honey is the honey mushroom that grows without the characteristic ring on the stem, the annulus that identifies most Armillaria species. Desarmillaria caespitosa was recently moved out of Armillaria into its own genus based on molecular work, making it evolutionarily distinct from the other three species in this pack even though it shares the common name and similar ecology. It grows on hardwood stumps and buried roots in clusters and is a genuinely unusual find for cultivators who know honey mushrooms primarily through A. mellea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRingless Honey — Out-Grow Lab Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"624\" style=\"width:6.5in;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eParameter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"312\" style=\"background:#4A7C59;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:white;\"\u003eOut-Grow Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eCulture medium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eLME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eKey character\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eNo ring on stem — distinguishes it from all three Armillaria species in this pack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eTaxonomy note\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eRecently moved from Armillaria to Desarmillaria — evolutionarily distinct from the other three\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSubstrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eSupplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood substrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eInoculation rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:white;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003eStorage life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background:#F9F9F9;padding:4pt 6pt;\"\u003e6 or more months at normal room temperature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRingless Honey Taxonomy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdom: Fungi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivision: Basidiomycota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClass: Agaricomycetes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrder: Agaricales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily: Physalacriaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenus: Desarmillaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecies: Desarmillaria caespitosa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHoney Mushroom Liquid Culture 4 Pack — Cultivation Overview\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll four honey mushroom species in this pack grow on supplemented hardwood sawdust substrate with the same general methodology as other wood-decay species. All four produce dense cluster-forming fruiting bodies and must be thoroughly cooked before eating, raw honey mushrooms cause gastrointestinal distress in most people. 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