Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)
Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is one of the most iconic functional mushrooms in the world, known for its glossy red lacquered surface, woody texture, and long history of traditional use. Growing Reishi at home is deeply rewarding and produces stunning antler or conk formations depending on your fruiting conditions.
🔥 Why Grow Red Reishi?
- Beautiful glossy red antlers or conks
- One of the most respected functional mushrooms worldwide
- Hardy, vigorous mycelium with excellent colonisation strength
- Perfect for extracts, teas, or decorative display
🧪 Produced in Our UK Sterile Lab
All Red Reishi cultures are made inside our HEPA-filtered UK laboratory, where each batch is strain-verified, test-grown, and contamination-checked for clean, reliable growth and strong pigmentation.
🧬 Choose Your Format
1. Liquid Culture (10ml)
A concentrated, fast-colonising liquid inoculant ideal for sterilised grain and supplemented hardwood substrates.
2. Agar Culture Plate
A sterile petri dish with healthy, actively growing Reishi mycelium. Perfect for expansion, isolation, or long-term cultivation workflows.
3. Agar Slant
A long-term culture tube grown on angled agar. Ideal for preserving a vigorous Red Reishi strain for months at a time.
4. Red Reishi Grow Kit
A fully colonised block designed to produce either red antlers or conks depending on your chosen humidity and CO₂ conditions.
📦 What You’ll Receive
- Your chosen Red Reishi culture format
- Fresh, sterile culture produced in our UK lab
- Instructions for use
- The Mushroom Lab sterility guarantee
🛡️ Sterility Guarantee
If your Reishi culture arrives contaminated or compromised, we will replace it free of charge.
🚚 Fast UK Delivery
Orders leave our UK sterile lab promptly and typically arrive within 1–3 working days.