Description

Metarhizium anisopliae Mushroom Plate Culture

Metarhizium anisopliae Mushroom Plate Culture.

Each culture plate is a 100x15mm petri dish inoculated with fresh Metarhizium anisopliae mycelium growing on malt extract agar (MEA), and will arrive actively colonizing.

Metarhizium anisopliae Mushroom Plate Culture Lab Notes

At Out-Grow's mycology lab, we have observed the following traits of this mushroom plate culture:

Metarhizium anisopliae mycelium appears white with a white marginal zone on culture media, rapidly developing into dark herbage-green to olivaceous colonies as dense, powdery conidia form across the surface. Growth is fast, typically colonizing a 100mm plate in approximately 5-7 days at an optimal temperature of 75–82°F. Note: heavy sporulation quickly converts plates to conidial carpets — for mycelial-phase work such as metabolite assays, subculture early from young, lightly pigmented margins before dense conidial layers develop.

Mushroom Plate Culture Use

Mushroom plate cultures, typically on MEA culture plates, are used to grow and preserve mycelium. In most cases, sterile transfers of agar wedges from this plate are used to inoculate fresh culture media or sterilized grain spawn.

Mushroom Plate Culture Storage

Your mushroom plate culture can be wrapped in parafilm and stored at normal room temps, in a sealed baggie, for up to 6 months. Out-Grow recommends you replate your mushroom plate culture every 6 months to ensure longevity of your purchase.

Store fully colonized plates at 35–43°F in darkness, sealed. Plate shelf life is approximately 3-4 months, but slants are preferred for longer-term storage.

Mushroom Plate Cultures Are Made to Order

All mushroom culture plates are made to order. Once your order is received, Out-Grow will inoculate your plate within 1-3 days. Your mushroom plate culture will then be incubated in our mycology lab for approximately 7-14 days, or until clean healthy mycelium has been verified by our mycologist. Once verified, your order will be shipped promptly. Please allow an additional week for your mushroom plate culture to fully colonize upon arrival, as colonization time varies by species.