Description

Beige Horsehair (Marasmius tubulatus) is a delicate litter-decomposing marasmioid, and this liquid culture makes a rarely offered taxon available as verified living stock. Out-Grow's liquid culture syringe delivers live, actively growing Marasmius tubulatus mycelium in sterile nutrient solution.

This species is saprotrophic, which removes the fundamental barrier to culture work: no living host is required. No fruiting protocol has been published, and the fruitbodies are tiny, so the value here is the culture itself: clean expansion to agar, liquid biomass, and study of a genus the production literature has ignored.

Why Work With Beige Horsehair?
Marasmius is a huge, ecologically vital genus that research has barely touched beyond taxonomy. A maintained living culture of M. tubulatus supports litter-decomposition studies, secondary metabolite screening, and comparative growth work across the marasmioid fungi, with the practical upside that saprotrophs are forgiving in culture.

Working Conditions:
Expand on MEA at 70 to 80 F. Expect fine, low-density, whitish mycelium that can look sparse on the plate while still advancing steadily; that thread-like habit is characteristic of the horsehair fungi. Liquid expansion is achievable with standard malt-based broths.

Key Characteristics of Beige Horsehair (Marasmius tubulatus):

• Ecology: Saprotrophic litter decomposer producing wiry, horsehair-like stipes on forest debris.
• Culture Behavior: Fine, low-density mycelium on agar; expandable to liquid culture on standard malt media.
• Research Value: A rarely cultured marasmioid suited to decomposition ecology and metabolite screening work.

Taxonomy of Beige Horsehair (Marasmius tubulatus):

• Kingdom: Fungi
• Phylum: Basidiomycota
• Class: Agaricomycetes
• Order: Agaricales
• Family: Marasmiaceae
• Genus: Marasmius
• Species: Marasmius tubulatus

Storage and Usage Tips:
Store your Beige Horsehair liquid culture syringe in a cool, dark location. Fine-threaded cultures like this one reward prompt expansion onto fresh agar, where clean growth is easiest to verify.