{"product_id":"stump-puffball-apioperdon-sp","title":"Stump Puffball (Apioperdon sp.) Liquid Culture Syringe","description":"\u003cp\u003eStump Puffball (Apioperdon sp.) is our lab's maintained puffball isolate, offered at genus level as an honest identification, and this liquid culture delivers verified living stock from a group rarely seen in any collection. Out-Grow's liquid culture syringe contains live, actively growing Apioperdon mycelium in sterile nutrient solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApioperdon puffballs are wood-loving saprotrophs, the group famous for fruiting in crowds on rotting stumps. That lignicolous ecology means no host dependency, standard media, and a legitimate, if unpublished, target for fruiting trials on well-rotted wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Work With Stump Puffball?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePuffball cultures of any kind are scarce, and a genus-level isolate is working material for the taxonomy-minded: sequence and key it and the identification tightens. For the experimentalist, a crowd-fruiting wood puffball is one of the more plausible gasteroid fruiting candidates available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorking Conditions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpand on MEA or PDA at 70 to 80 F. Expect whitish, even growth with the occasional cordlike organization wood puffballs show on richer media. For fruiting attempts, deeply rotted hardwood kept consistently moist mirrors the natural stump habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Characteristics of Stump Puffball (Apioperdon sp.):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEcology:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood-inhabiting saprotrophic puffball, fruiting gregariously on rotting stumps and logs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCulture Behavior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Even, unfussy growth on standard media, occasionally forming mycelial cords.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eResearch Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e A sequencing-ready genus-level isolate from a group nearly absent in culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaxonomy of Stump Puffball (Apioperdon sp.):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKingdom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fungi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhylum:\u003c\/strong\u003e Basidiomycota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClass:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agaricomycetes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrder:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agaricales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFamily:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lycoperdaceae\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenus:\u003c\/strong\u003e Apioperdon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecies:\u003c\/strong\u003e Apioperdon sp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorage and Usage Tips:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStore your Stump Puffball liquid culture syringe in a cool, dark location and use within six months for peak vigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"og-internal-links\" style=\"margin-top:16px;padding:16px;background:#f7f4ef;border-top:2px solid #c8d4c4;font-family:'Source Serif 4',Georgia,serif;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:'Libre Baskerville',serif;color:#1a2e1a;margin:0 0 10px;font-size:1.1rem;\"\u003eRelated Resources\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:6px 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/stump-puffball-apioperdon-sp\" style=\"color:#4a6e42;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eStump Puffball (Apioperdon sp.) Species Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/stump-puffball-apioperdon-sp-mushroom-culture\" style=\"color:#4a6e42;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eStump Puffball (Apioperdon sp.) Mushroom Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/liquid-culture\" style=\"color:#4a6e42;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eLiquid Culture Syringes Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Out-Grow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513895915713,"sku":"OG1000AS","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/7287\/5201\/files\/stump-puffball-apioperdon-sp.jpg?v=1792645147","url":"https:\/\/www.out-grow.com\/products\/stump-puffball-apioperdon-sp","provider":"Out Grow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}