Description
About This Mushroom Liquid Culture
Our Polypore 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.
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary
- Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes
- Includes: Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), Maitake (Grifola frondosa), Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus), Artist Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)
- 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
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview
The Polypore Mushroom Cultures 5 Pack brings together five of the most significant polypore species in the world, bracket and shelf fungi that produce on hardwood and have attracted attention from researchers, foragers, functional mushroom practitioners, and cultivators across multiple disciplines. Every species in this pack produces fruiting bodies without gills, breaking down wood through white rot or brown rot enzymatic processes. Together they cover the full range of what polypore cultivation looks like from fast-fruiting turkey tail to multi-year artist conk establishment.
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) Liquid Culture
Turkey Tail is the most scientifically studied medicinal mushroom in North America and one of the most common wood-rot polypores in temperate forests worldwide. The PSK and PSP polysaccharide compounds have been through serious clinical trial programs, and the species colonizes hardwood so aggressively that it is genuinely difficult to fail with this culture. It is the easiest producer in this pack by a significant margin.
Turkey Tail — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Substrate | Supplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood logs |
| Difficulty | Beginner to intermediate — easiest in this pack |
| Functional compounds | PSK and PSP polysaccharides; extensive clinical research |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Turkey Tail Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Polyporaceae
- Genus: Trametes
- Species: Trametes versicolor
Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) Liquid Culture
Reishi is the most celebrated polypore in traditional medicine and the species most people picture when they hear the word medicinal mushroom. It produces slowly, requires months from inoculation to harvest, and rewards patience with large, lacquered bracket fruiting bodies that contain some of the most studied bioactive compounds in the functional mushroom category.
Reishi — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Substrate | Supplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood logs |
| Timeline | Months from inoculation to harvest |
| Functional compounds | Triterpenoids, beta-glucans; over two thousand years of TCM use |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Reishi Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Ganodermataceae
- Genus: Ganoderma
- Species: Ganoderma lucidum
Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Liquid Culture
Maitake is the polypore that forms massive overlapping frond clusters at the base of oak trees, a single specimen can weigh over 50 pounds in the wild. Outdoor oak stump inoculation gives the most consistent results. It is worth the patience the species demands, both for the culinary quality and the functional compound profile.
Maitake — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Best approach | Outdoor oak stump inoculation near living trees |
| Wild specimens | Can exceed 50 pounds per cluster — one of the largest single fungal fruiting bodies |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Maitake Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Meripilaceae
- Genus: Grifola
- Species: Grifola frondosa
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) Liquid Culture
Chicken of the Woods is the most visually striking polypore in temperate forests, vivid orange and yellow shelves that are unmistakable from a distance. Fresh oak log inoculation produces the best results. The name comes from the flavor and texture of young specimens when cooked, which genuinely resembles chicken.
Chicken of the Woods — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Substrate | Fresh oak logs and stumps |
| Identification | Unmistakable vivid orange and yellow — no similar edible species |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Chicken of the Woods Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Polyporaceae
- Genus: Laetiporus
- Species: Laetiporus sulphureus
Artist Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Liquid Culture
Artist Conk is the large, flat-capped Ganoderma that gets its name from the white pore surface underneath, you can scratch drawings and text into the pore layer and it turns brown as it dries, permanently preserving the artwork. Ganoderma applanatum produces perennial conks that grow for years on dead and dying hardwood, adding a new layer each season. It colonizes hardwood substrate reliably and is one of the longer-term cultivation projects in this pack, with fruiting bodies that persist and grow over multiple years.
Artist Conk — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Cultivation | Perennial conk — grows a new layer each season; long-term project |
| Unique character | White pore surface can be drawn on; drawings preserved permanently as tissue dries |
| Substrate | Hardwood logs; stumps; supplemented sawdust |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Artist Conk Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Ganodermataceae
- Genus: Ganoderma
- Species: Ganoderma applanatum
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview
The Polypore pack spans beginner-accessible turkey tail to multi-year maitake and artist conk establishment projects. All five colonize hardwood substrate and perform well on logs. Turkey tail is the most accessible. Maitake requires outdoor oak methodology and patience. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate.
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Description
About This Mushroom Liquid Culture
Our Polypore 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.
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary
- Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes
- Includes: Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), Maitake (Grifola frondosa), Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus), Artist Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)
- 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
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview
The Polypore Mushroom Cultures 5 Pack brings together five of the most significant polypore species in the world, bracket and shelf fungi that produce on hardwood and have attracted attention from researchers, foragers, functional mushroom practitioners, and cultivators across multiple disciplines. Every species in this pack produces fruiting bodies without gills, breaking down wood through white rot or brown rot enzymatic processes. Together they cover the full range of what polypore cultivation looks like from fast-fruiting turkey tail to multi-year artist conk establishment.
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) Liquid Culture
Turkey Tail is the most scientifically studied medicinal mushroom in North America and one of the most common wood-rot polypores in temperate forests worldwide. The PSK and PSP polysaccharide compounds have been through serious clinical trial programs, and the species colonizes hardwood so aggressively that it is genuinely difficult to fail with this culture. It is the easiest producer in this pack by a significant margin.
Turkey Tail — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Substrate | Supplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood logs |
| Difficulty | Beginner to intermediate — easiest in this pack |
| Functional compounds | PSK and PSP polysaccharides; extensive clinical research |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Turkey Tail Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Polyporaceae
- Genus: Trametes
- Species: Trametes versicolor
Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) Liquid Culture
Reishi is the most celebrated polypore in traditional medicine and the species most people picture when they hear the word medicinal mushroom. It produces slowly, requires months from inoculation to harvest, and rewards patience with large, lacquered bracket fruiting bodies that contain some of the most studied bioactive compounds in the functional mushroom category.
Reishi — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Substrate | Supplemented hardwood sawdust; hardwood logs |
| Timeline | Months from inoculation to harvest |
| Functional compounds | Triterpenoids, beta-glucans; over two thousand years of TCM use |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Reishi Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Ganodermataceae
- Genus: Ganoderma
- Species: Ganoderma lucidum
Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Liquid Culture
Maitake is the polypore that forms massive overlapping frond clusters at the base of oak trees, a single specimen can weigh over 50 pounds in the wild. Outdoor oak stump inoculation gives the most consistent results. It is worth the patience the species demands, both for the culinary quality and the functional compound profile.
Maitake — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Best approach | Outdoor oak stump inoculation near living trees |
| Wild specimens | Can exceed 50 pounds per cluster — one of the largest single fungal fruiting bodies |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Maitake Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Meripilaceae
- Genus: Grifola
- Species: Grifola frondosa
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) Liquid Culture
Chicken of the Woods is the most visually striking polypore in temperate forests, vivid orange and yellow shelves that are unmistakable from a distance. Fresh oak log inoculation produces the best results. The name comes from the flavor and texture of young specimens when cooked, which genuinely resembles chicken.
Chicken of the Woods — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Substrate | Fresh oak logs and stumps |
| Identification | Unmistakable vivid orange and yellow — no similar edible species |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Chicken of the Woods Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Polyporaceae
- Genus: Laetiporus
- Species: Laetiporus sulphureus
Artist Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Liquid Culture
Artist Conk is the large, flat-capped Ganoderma that gets its name from the white pore surface underneath, you can scratch drawings and text into the pore layer and it turns brown as it dries, permanently preserving the artwork. Ganoderma applanatum produces perennial conks that grow for years on dead and dying hardwood, adding a new layer each season. It colonizes hardwood substrate reliably and is one of the longer-term cultivation projects in this pack, with fruiting bodies that persist and grow over multiple years.
Artist Conk — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Cultivation | Perennial conk — grows a new layer each season; long-term project |
| Unique character | White pore surface can be drawn on; drawings preserved permanently as tissue dries |
| Substrate | Hardwood logs; stumps; supplemented sawdust |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Artist Conk Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales
- Family: Ganodermataceae
- Genus: Ganoderma
- Species: Ganoderma applanatum
Polypore Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview
The Polypore pack spans beginner-accessible turkey tail to multi-year maitake and artist conk establishment projects. All five colonize hardwood substrate and perform well on logs. Turkey tail is the most accessible. Maitake requires outdoor oak methodology and patience. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate.