Description
About This Mushroom Liquid Culture
Our Tropical 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.
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary
- Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes
- Includes: Paddy Straw (Volvariella volvacea), Milky Mushroom (Calocybe indica), ABM (Agaricus blazei-murrill), Cup Fungus (Cookeina sulcipes), Giant Macrocybe (Macrocybe crassa)
- 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
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview
The Tropical Mushroom Cultures 5 Pack brings together five species from tropical and subtropical regions that most North American cultivators have never worked with. Every species in this pack prefers warm to hot growing conditions, and several are staples in South and Southeast Asian culinary traditions that rarely appear in the specialty mushroom market in the United States. This pack is for cultivators who want to explore what mushroom cultivation looks like in the tropics and for anyone growing in genuinely warm conditions year-round.
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species
Paddy Straw Mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) Liquid Culture
Paddy Straw is the most commercially important tropical mushroom species in the world. Volvariella volvacea accounts for a significant share of global mushroom production in Southeast Asia and is the species in most canned mushroom products. It requires genuine heat, 85 to 95°F, to fruit reliably, which makes it a challenge in most North American climates outside of summer. Fresh paddy straw mushrooms are a completely different culinary experience from what comes out of a can.
Paddy Straw Mushroom — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 85 to 95°F — requires genuine tropical heat to fruit |
| Substrate | Rice straw, paddy straw, pasteurized straw blends |
| Commercial significance | Major commercial species throughout Southeast Asia |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Paddy Straw Mushroom Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Pluteaceae
- Genus: Volvariella
- Species: Volvariella volvacea
Milky Mushroom (Calocybe indica) Liquid Culture
Milky Mushroom is one of the most important commercially cultivated species in India and grows in conditions that most North American cultivators consider too hot for mushrooms. Calocybe indica fruits at 25 to 38°C, which is 77 to 100°F, making it one of the most heat-tolerant cultivated edibles we carry. In India it is cultivated on paddy straw and agricultural residues. The white, firm-fleshed fruiting bodies have a mild flavor and excellent shelf life relative to oyster mushrooms.
Milky Mushroom — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 77 to 100°F — among the most heat-tolerant cultivated edibles we carry |
| Substrate | Paddy straw, agricultural residues |
| Commercial importance | Major commercial species in India |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Milky Mushroom Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Lyophyllaceae
- Genus: Calocybe
- Species: Calocybe indica
ABM (Agaricus blazei-murrill) Liquid Culture
ABM is the Brazilian medicinal mushroom, native to the Sao Paulo highlands, that has been extensively researched by Japanese scientists for immune modulation and studied in the TCM context under the name himematsutake. It smells distinctly of almonds, requires warm growing conditions and a compost-based substrate, and produces the polysaccharide compounds that have driven research interest.
ABM — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 75 to 85°F |
| Substrate | Compost-based substrate similar to Agaricus bisporus |
| Aroma | Distinctly almond-scented 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 |
ABM Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Agaricaceae
- Genus: Agaricus
- Species: Agaricus blazei-murrill
Cup Fungus (Cookeina sulcipes) Liquid Culture
Cookeina sulcipes is a tropical cup fungus that produces small, vividly colored cup-shaped fruiting bodies on dead tropical hardwood, pink, salmon, and orange cups that are among the most photogenic fungi in the world. It is eaten in parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. We carry this for cultivators interested in tropical Ascomycetes, for researchers working on cup fungus biology, and honestly because nothing in our catalog looks quite like it.
Cup Fungus — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Visual | Small vivid cup-shaped fruiting bodies in pink, salmon, and orange — highly photogenic |
| Substrate | Dead tropical hardwood; warm humid conditions |
| Best use | Specialty cultivation, photography, research into tropical Ascomycetes |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Cup Fungus Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Ascomycota
- Class: Pezizomycetes
- Order: Pezizales
- Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
- Genus: Cookeina
- Species: Cookeina sulcipes
Giant Macrocybe (Macrocybe crassa) Liquid Culture
Macrocybe crassa is a massive tropical agaric from Southeast Asia that produces fruiting bodies on a scale that surprises most cultivators who have not seen it before, large, robust, white to tan caps on thick stems that can reach impressive size in the right conditions. It is edible and used in Southeast Asian cuisine, and it is a species that almost nobody outside of tropical cultivation programs has had access to as liquid culture. We carry it because it represents a segment of the edible mushroom world that our catalog would otherwise miss entirely.
Giant Macrocybe — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 75 to 90°F — tropical species |
| Scale | Produces large, robust fruiting bodies; one of the largest agarics in cultivation |
| Rarity | Rarely available as liquid culture outside tropical cultivation programs |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Giant Macrocybe Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Tricholomataceae
- Genus: Macrocybe
- Species: Macrocybe crassa
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview
Every species in the Tropical pack requires warm to hot fruiting conditions. None will perform reliably in cool growing environments. Paddy Straw and Milky Mushroom need the most heat. ABM and Giant Macrocybe are more tolerant of moderate warmth. Cup Fungus is a specialty and research culture. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate.
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Description
About This Mushroom Liquid Culture
Our Tropical 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.
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Product Summary
- Five 10–12cc liquid culture syringes
- Includes: Paddy Straw (Volvariella volvacea), Milky Mushroom (Calocybe indica), ABM (Agaricus blazei-murrill), Cup Fungus (Cookeina sulcipes), Giant Macrocybe (Macrocybe crassa)
- 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
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Pack Overview
The Tropical Mushroom Cultures 5 Pack brings together five species from tropical and subtropical regions that most North American cultivators have never worked with. Every species in this pack prefers warm to hot growing conditions, and several are staples in South and Southeast Asian culinary traditions that rarely appear in the specialty mushroom market in the United States. This pack is for cultivators who want to explore what mushroom cultivation looks like in the tropics and for anyone growing in genuinely warm conditions year-round.
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Included Species
Paddy Straw Mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) Liquid Culture
Paddy Straw is the most commercially important tropical mushroom species in the world. Volvariella volvacea accounts for a significant share of global mushroom production in Southeast Asia and is the species in most canned mushroom products. It requires genuine heat, 85 to 95°F, to fruit reliably, which makes it a challenge in most North American climates outside of summer. Fresh paddy straw mushrooms are a completely different culinary experience from what comes out of a can.
Paddy Straw Mushroom — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 85 to 95°F — requires genuine tropical heat to fruit |
| Substrate | Rice straw, paddy straw, pasteurized straw blends |
| Commercial significance | Major commercial species throughout Southeast Asia |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Paddy Straw Mushroom Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Pluteaceae
- Genus: Volvariella
- Species: Volvariella volvacea
Milky Mushroom (Calocybe indica) Liquid Culture
Milky Mushroom is one of the most important commercially cultivated species in India and grows in conditions that most North American cultivators consider too hot for mushrooms. Calocybe indica fruits at 25 to 38°C, which is 77 to 100°F, making it one of the most heat-tolerant cultivated edibles we carry. In India it is cultivated on paddy straw and agricultural residues. The white, firm-fleshed fruiting bodies have a mild flavor and excellent shelf life relative to oyster mushrooms.
Milky Mushroom — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 77 to 100°F — among the most heat-tolerant cultivated edibles we carry |
| Substrate | Paddy straw, agricultural residues |
| Commercial importance | Major commercial species in India |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Milky Mushroom Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Lyophyllaceae
- Genus: Calocybe
- Species: Calocybe indica
ABM (Agaricus blazei-murrill) Liquid Culture
ABM is the Brazilian medicinal mushroom, native to the Sao Paulo highlands, that has been extensively researched by Japanese scientists for immune modulation and studied in the TCM context under the name himematsutake. It smells distinctly of almonds, requires warm growing conditions and a compost-based substrate, and produces the polysaccharide compounds that have driven research interest.
ABM — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 75 to 85°F |
| Substrate | Compost-based substrate similar to Agaricus bisporus |
| Aroma | Distinctly almond-scented 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 |
ABM Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Agaricaceae
- Genus: Agaricus
- Species: Agaricus blazei-murrill
Cup Fungus (Cookeina sulcipes) Liquid Culture
Cookeina sulcipes is a tropical cup fungus that produces small, vividly colored cup-shaped fruiting bodies on dead tropical hardwood, pink, salmon, and orange cups that are among the most photogenic fungi in the world. It is eaten in parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. We carry this for cultivators interested in tropical Ascomycetes, for researchers working on cup fungus biology, and honestly because nothing in our catalog looks quite like it.
Cup Fungus — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Visual | Small vivid cup-shaped fruiting bodies in pink, salmon, and orange — highly photogenic |
| Substrate | Dead tropical hardwood; warm humid conditions |
| Best use | Specialty cultivation, photography, research into tropical Ascomycetes |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Cup Fungus Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Ascomycota
- Class: Pezizomycetes
- Order: Pezizales
- Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
- Genus: Cookeina
- Species: Cookeina sulcipes
Giant Macrocybe (Macrocybe crassa) Liquid Culture
Macrocybe crassa is a massive tropical agaric from Southeast Asia that produces fruiting bodies on a scale that surprises most cultivators who have not seen it before, large, robust, white to tan caps on thick stems that can reach impressive size in the right conditions. It is edible and used in Southeast Asian cuisine, and it is a species that almost nobody outside of tropical cultivation programs has had access to as liquid culture. We carry it because it represents a segment of the edible mushroom world that our catalog would otherwise miss entirely.
Giant Macrocybe — Out-Grow Lab Notes
| Parameter | Out-Grow Notes |
| Culture medium | LME + dextrose, 2% + 2% in distilled water |
| Fruiting temp | 75 to 90°F — tropical species |
| Scale | Produces large, robust fruiting bodies; one of the largest agarics in cultivation |
| Rarity | Rarely available as liquid culture outside tropical cultivation programs |
| Inoculation rate | 2 to 3cc per quart of sterilized grain or hardwood substrate |
| Storage life | 6 or more months at normal room temperature |
Giant Macrocybe Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Tricholomataceae
- Genus: Macrocybe
- Species: Macrocybe crassa
Tropical Liquid Culture 5 Pack — Cultivation Overview
Every species in the Tropical pack requires warm to hot fruiting conditions. None will perform reliably in cool growing environments. Paddy Straw and Milky Mushroom need the most heat. ABM and Giant Macrocybe are more tolerant of moderate warmth. Cup Fungus is a specialty and research culture. All syringes ship from our McConnell, Illinois lab ready to inoculate.