Description
Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus) is a delicacy across Africa and Asia and an obligate partner of fungus-farming termites, and this liquid culture delivers verified living stock from one of mycology's most extraordinary symbioses. Out-Grow's liquid culture syringe contains live, actively growing Termitomyces microcarpus mycelium in sterile nutrient solution.
No artificial system has reliably fruited any Termitomyces: the termites build, groom, and regulate the fungus comb in ways no chamber yet replicates. The mycelium itself cultures on standard media, which is exactly the material the domestication research race is run with.
Why Work With Small Termite Mushroom?
Termitomyces domestication is a standing grand challenge with real economic stakes: these are among the most valued edible mushrooms in the world where they grow wild. Living T. microcarpus stock supports symbiosis research, comb microbiology, and the long experiment of fruiting the unfruitable, and simply holding the genus in culture is a distinction.
Working Conditions:
Expand on MEA or PDA at 78 to 86 F; comb temperature in nature is warm and stable. Expect slow to moderate, dense growth. Treat as research and preservation stock, with fruiting understood to be an unsolved problem, not a shipped feature.
Key Characteristics of Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus):
- Ecology: Obligate mutualist of fungus-farming termites, fruiting in prolific troops from comb material.
- Culture Behavior: Cultures on standard media at warm, stable incubation despite the wild symbiotic dependency.
- Research Value: Material for one of applied mycology's grand challenges: Termitomyces domestication.
Taxonomy of Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus):
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Lyophyllaceae
- Genus: Termitomyces
- Species: Termitomyces microcarpus
Storage and Usage Tips:
Store your Small Termite Mushroom liquid culture syringe in a cool, dark location without hard chilling and expand promptly at warm incubation, keeping backups from the first transfer.
Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus) Liquid Culture Syringe
Description
Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus) is a delicacy across Africa and Asia and an obligate partner of fungus-farming termites, and this liquid culture delivers verified living stock from one of mycology's most extraordinary symbioses. Out-Grow's liquid culture syringe contains live, actively growing Termitomyces microcarpus mycelium in sterile nutrient solution.
No artificial system has reliably fruited any Termitomyces: the termites build, groom, and regulate the fungus comb in ways no chamber yet replicates. The mycelium itself cultures on standard media, which is exactly the material the domestication research race is run with.
Why Work With Small Termite Mushroom?
Termitomyces domestication is a standing grand challenge with real economic stakes: these are among the most valued edible mushrooms in the world where they grow wild. Living T. microcarpus stock supports symbiosis research, comb microbiology, and the long experiment of fruiting the unfruitable, and simply holding the genus in culture is a distinction.
Working Conditions:
Expand on MEA or PDA at 78 to 86 F; comb temperature in nature is warm and stable. Expect slow to moderate, dense growth. Treat as research and preservation stock, with fruiting understood to be an unsolved problem, not a shipped feature.
Key Characteristics of Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus):
- Ecology: Obligate mutualist of fungus-farming termites, fruiting in prolific troops from comb material.
- Culture Behavior: Cultures on standard media at warm, stable incubation despite the wild symbiotic dependency.
- Research Value: Material for one of applied mycology's grand challenges: Termitomyces domestication.
Taxonomy of Small Termite Mushroom (Termitomyces microcarpus):
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Phylum: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Lyophyllaceae
- Genus: Termitomyces
- Species: Termitomyces microcarpus
Storage and Usage Tips:
Store your Small Termite Mushroom liquid culture syringe in a cool, dark location without hard chilling and expand promptly at warm incubation, keeping backups from the first transfer.