Culture Plates

Sterile culture plates from The Mushroom Lab give you clean, vigorous mycelium on agar – perfect for expansion, cloning, isolation and long-term mushroom projects. Each plate is poured and inoculated in our HEPA-filtered UK lab for maximum cleanliness and reliability.

🔥 Why use agar culture plates?

• See exactly what’s growing – visual confirmation of clean mycelium.
• Easy to expand – take wedges to multiple grain jars, slants or more plates.
• Ideal for cloning & isolation (advanced growers).
• Great “master culture” source for building your own library.

🍄 Available species

All plates are available in the same curated set of gourmet and functional strains as our liquid cultures:

• Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus)
• Pink Oyster (Pleurotus djamor)
• Blue Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus)
• Golden Oyster (Pleurotus citrinopileatus)
• Grey Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus)
• King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii)
• Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
• Enoki (Flammulina velutipes)
• Maitake / Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa)
• Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
• Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)
• Golden Reishi (Ganoderma curtisii)
• Cordyceps militaris
• Black Poplar / Pioppino (Agrocybe aegerita)
• Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
• White Button (Agaricus bisporus)
• Bitter Oyster – bioluminescent strain (Panellus stipticus)

🧪 Lab specification

• Pouring environment: HEPA-filtered laminar flow
• Plate size: standard 90 mm petri dish (polystyrene or similar)
• Agar: high-quality nutrient agar formulated for vigorous mycelial growth
• Storage: kept refrigerated until dispatch for maximum freshness

📦 What you’ll receive

• Sterile agar plate(s) fully colonised with your chosen species
• Packaged in sealed sleeves to maintain sterility in transit
• Basic guidance on transferring from plate to grain or slants
• The Mushroom Lab sterility guarantee

👉 How to use

1. Work in the cleanest environment you can (still air box or in front of a flow hood).
2. Flame-sterilise your scalpel or inoculation loop and allow it to cool.
3. Open the plate just enough to cut or scrape a small wedge or section of mycelium.
4. Transfer the piece to sterile grain, fresh agar plates, or an agar slant.
5. Seal and incubate at the recommended temperature for your chosen species.

🛡️ Sterility guarantee

If your plate arrives clearly contaminated, contact us and we’ll replace it free of charge. We want you working from clean, confident starting cultures.

🚚 Fast UK delivery

Plates are shipped from our UK lab in protective packaging and typically arrive within 1–3 working days after dispatch. For best results, store in the fridge and use as soon as possible.