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Dryad’s Saddle / Pheasant’s Back (Cerioporus squamosus)
  • Dryad’s Saddle / Pheasant’s Back (Cerioporus squamosus)
  • Dryad’s Saddle / Pheasant’s Back (Cerioporus squamosus)
Dryad’s Saddle / Pheasant’s Back (Cerioporus squamosus)

Dryad’s Saddle / Pheasant’s Back (Cerioporus squamosus)

£11.95 £14.95
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Dryad’s Saddle — also known as Pheasant’s Back — is a striking gourmet mushroom recognised by its distinctive patterned cap and rich, cucumber-like aroma. A favourite among foragers and chefs alike, this species produces large, ornate brackets that bring a truly wild aesthetic to indoor or outdoor cultivation. Our cultures are produced fresh in our sterile UK lab and delivered in the format that suits your grow: liquid culture, agar plate, agar slant or ready-to-fruit kit.

🔥 Why Grow Dryad’s Saddle / Pheasant’s Back?

  • Beautiful, pheasant-feather-patterned caps — visually stunning

  • Pleasant aroma reminiscent of cucumber and melon when young

  • Excellent sautéed, grilled or sliced into stir-fries

  • Thrives on hardwood substrates; performs well indoors or outdoors

  • A unique, wild-style mushroom perfect for collectors and gourmet growers

🧪 Produced in Our UK Sterile Lab
Every Dryad’s Saddle culture is made in small batches inside our HEPA-filtered laboratory. Each batch is contamination-tested, strain-verified, and shipped fresh for vigorous, reliable colonisation.

🧬 Choose Your Format

1. Liquid Culture (10ml)
Live, active mycelium in nutrient broth. Ideal for inoculating sterilised grain before transferring to hardwood substrates. The fastest way to grow Dryad’s Saddle.

2. Agar Culture Plate
A sterile petri dish containing a clean, healthy culture. Perfect for expansion, cloning, storage, and building your own gourmet mushroom collection.

3. Agar Slant
A long-term preservation tube with Dryad’s Saddle mycelium grown on angled agar. Ideal for strain libraries, research projects and ongoing propagation.

4. Dryad’s Saddle Grow Kit
A fully colonised block that produces ornate, patterned brackets. Simply cut, mist and enjoy the beauty of this wild-style mushroom at home.

📦 What You’ll Receive

  • Your chosen Dryad’s Saddle culture format

  • A sterile, lab-prepared culture produced in the UK

  • Clear instructions for use

  • The Mushroom Lab sterility guarantee

🛡️ Sterility Guarantee
If your culture arrives compromised or contaminated, we will replace it free of charge. Your success is our priority.

🚚 Fast UK Delivery
All orders ship from our UK lab and typically arrive in 1–3 working days.

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