Culture Slants

Culture Slants are the ideal format for long-term storage, strain preservation, and repeat use of your favourite mushroom varieties. Each slant is prepared on angled sterilised agar in a screw-cap tube, colonised with a clean, vigorous culture in our UK sterile lab.

🧬 What is a Culture Slant?

A culture slant is a glass or plastic tube filled with solid agar, set on an angle and colonised with mushroom mycelium. This creates a compact, low-surface-area environment that keeps the culture healthy and stable for months when stored correctly.

✅ Why Choose Culture Slants?

• Long-term storage: Keep strains viable for months with proper refrigeration.
• Strain preservation: Maintain your favourite lines without constant transfers.
• Low contamination risk: Small, sealed environment compared to plates.
• Easy to expand: Transfer from slant to plate or liquid culture whenever needed.
• Perfect for serious hobbyists & small labs: Build your own culture library.

🍄 Available Species

Select your species from the dropdown. Current culture slants are available for:

• 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)

🔬 Produced in Our UK Sterile Lab

Every slant is prepared in our HEPA-filtered UK laboratory using sterile technique. Cultures are strain-verified, contamination-tested, and grown to healthy coverage on the agar before being shipped.

📦 What You’ll Receive

• 1 × fully colonised culture slant in a screw-cap tube
• Species label & basic storage guidance
• Produced and packed in our UK sterile lab
• Access to our support if you have any questions about use

🧪 How to Use a Culture Slant

• Flame-sterilise your scalpel or inoculation loop.
• Open the slant in as clean a space as possible (still air box or flow hood if available).
• Gently scrape a small amount of mycelium from the agar surface.
• Transfer to a fresh agar plate, grain jar, or liquid culture.
• Re-seal the slant and return it to cold storage for future use.

🛡️ Sterility Guarantee

If your culture slant arrives contaminated or otherwise unusable, we will replace it free of charge. Your success and your culture library are our priority.

🚚 Fast UK Delivery

All orders are shipped from our UK lab and typically arrive within 1–3 working days. Slants are carefully packed to protect them in transit.