Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is one of the world’s most popular gourmet mushrooms, prized for its deep umami flavour and meaty texture. It’s a rewarding species to grow at home and produces multiple flushes when grown on supplemented sawdust or hardwood substrates.
🔥 Why Grow Shiitake?
- Rich, savoury umami flavour perfect for cooking
- Dense, firm texture similar to meat
- Reliable fruiting with multiple flushes
- A premium gourmet mushroom with excellent yields
🧪 Produced in Our UK Sterile Lab
Each Shiitake culture is produced in our HEPA-filtered UK laboratory. Batches are contamination-tested, strain-verified, and shipped fresh to ensure vigorous colonisation and high performance.
🧬 Choose Your Format
1. Liquid Culture (10ml)
A fast-growing, high-quality liquid inoculant ideal for sterilised grain. The easiest way to start a Shiitake grow.
2. Agar Culture Plate
A sterile petri dish containing clean, actively growing Shiitake mycelium. Perfect for expansion, storage, and advanced cultivation.
3. Agar Slant
A long-term culture tube grown on angled agar. Excellent for strain preservation, repeated transfers, and maintaining your own Shiitake library.
4. Shiitake Grow Kit
A fully colonised fruiting block ready to grow fresh Shiitake mushrooms at home. Simply cut, mist, and enjoy multiple flushes.
📦 What You’ll Receive
- Your chosen Shiitake culture format
- Sterile, lab-made culture produced in the UK
- Instructions for use
- The Mushroom Lab sterility guarantee
🛡️ Sterility Guarantee
All cultures are backed by our 100% sterility guarantee. If your order arrives contaminated, we’ll replace it free.
🚚 Fast UK Delivery
Orders ship from our UK lab and usually arrive in 1–3 working days.