Suitable for mushroom log cultivation. Use plug spawn to inoculate logs and grow mushrooms naturally outdoors.
Plug spawn
Plug spawn
Suitable for mushroom log cultivation. Use plug spawn to inoculate logs and grow mushrooms naturally outdoors.
Plug spawn
High quality mushroom spawn
All of our mushroom spawn and cultures are produced in the highest-quality clean rooms and laboratory. We can vouch for the top-notch quality as we handle every step of the process - from tissue culture, to agar, to sterilisation. The spawn and cultures you are purchasing are exactly the same ones we use for our own mushroom farm.
High quality mushroom grain spawn
All of our mushroom grain spawn is grown on Certified Bio-dynamic Australian Wheat Grain and is cultured and inoculated in the highest-quality clean rooms and laboratory. We can vouch for its top-notch quality as we handle every step of the process - from tissue culture, to agar, to grain sterilisation. The grain spawn you are purchasing is exactly the same product we use for our own mushroom farm.
High quality mushroom grain spawn
All of our mushroom grain spawn is grown on Certified Bio-dynamic Australian Wheat Grain and is cultured and inoculated in the highest-quality clean rooms and laboratory. We can vouch for its top-notch quality as we handle every step of the process - from tissue culture, to agar, to grain sterilisation. The grain spawn you are purchasing is exactly the same product we use for our own mushroom farm.
High quality mushroom grain spawn
All of our mushroom grain spawn is grown on Certified Bio-dynamic Australian Wheat Grain and is cultured and inoculated in the highest-quality clean rooms and laboratory. We can vouch for its top-notch quality as we handle every step of the process - from tissue culture, to agar, to grain sterilisation. The grain spawn you are purchasing is exactly the same product we use for our own mushroom farm.
High quality mushroom spawn
All of our mushroom spawn and cultures are produced in the highest-quality clean rooms and laboratory. We can vouch for the top-notch quality as we handle every step of the process - from tissue culture, to agar, to sterilisation. The spawn and cultures you are purchasing are exactly the same products we use for our own mushroom farm.
Our happy growers promise
We promise to get your fungi flourishing! We hand-on-heart believe everyone can grow their own mushrooms and we’re here to help with expert advice and know-how.
So don’t be shy, please get in touch with all your curly questions and we’ll get you growing mushrooms in no time!
Our values
Supporting local
We’re a small (but mighty) independent business and team committed to working with local suppliers as much as we can!
Earth-friendly
Growing gourmet mushrooms is gentle on Mother Earth. We use organic, biodynamic and non-GMO ingredients and compostable or recyclable packaging.
People-centred
We cherish our people - our amazing team, the people we partner with and most importantly, you, our happy mushroom growers! Without you, we wouldn’t exist, so we’re always keen to hear your questions, thoughts and feedback.
Stuff that's good to know
Storage instructions
It’s ideal to store your mushroom plug spawn in the fridge. It can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 months without losing its vigour.
Shipping
Mycelium is heat sensitive and needs to breathe. To keep your mushroom plug spawn happy while it's travelling to you it's kept in a specialised mushroom spawn bag with filter patches. These 0.2 micron filters are made specifically for spawn production, allowing the mycelium to breathe across a large surface area for optimum gas exchange.
If you’re concerned with the possible temperatures of freight for your location, please contact us to arrange the best shipping method to ensure your spawn arrives viable and in good condition. For this reason we recommend choosing Express Shipping for all mushroom plug spawn orders.
What is the difference between mushroom spores and mushroom spawn?
Mushroom spawn does not equal mushroom spores!
Mushrooms release spores in order to reproduce. A single mushroom can release millions of tiny spores into the air in the hope that a compatible pair will meet up and land together on an inviting surface. This is the way mushrooms reproduce in the wild. In a crude sense, think of mushroom spores like the seeds of a plant. You can plant a row of the seeds from the same species of plant but you might get variations among the individual plants that grow. They are not identical to the mother plant. In mushroom cultivation predictability and control are our friends. We want to be able to exactly replicate the DNA of a strong strain of a single species. To do this we use spawn, not spores.
If spores are like seeds, then spawn could be likened to taking a cutting of a plant. We take a piece of tissue from the mushroom and grow that onto an agar plate. This grows the mycelium which we can transfer to sterilised grain. This becomes the mother culture, the mycelium of the strong species we want to grow again. We keep this mother culture and expand it onto more sterilised grain, continually replicating the desirable traits of the mother strain. The end product of mycelium on grain is called mushroom spawn. We use mushroom spawn as it is a much more reliable and replicable method to grow mushrooms.