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Gourmet mushroom grow kits & liquid culture

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We run a small sterile lab for gourmet, culinary mushrooms only:

• Grow kits: a colonised block you open, mist and harvest on your counter. Blue, pink and golden oysters, and lion's mane.
• Liquid culture: syringes for home growers inoculating their own grain or blocks.

New to kits? Our guide to growing a mushroom kit at home covers misting, harvest timing and second flushes.

What to expect from a kit

Oyster kits usually fruit within a couple of weeks of opening, and often give a second flush. Lion's mane is a little slower and likes cool, humid air. Kits keep best in the fridge until you're ready to start.

Gifts and classrooms

Kits make good gifts and science projects. If you'd like a batch for a class, club or shop, tell us how many.

Varieties

• Chestnut mushroom kit: Orange-brown, scaly-capped Pholiota that fruits in clusters on a cool counter.
• Pioppino mushroom kit: Slender clusters of velvety brown caps with a firm, crunchy bite.
• Maitake (hen of the woods) kit: A native eastern mushroom with ruffled grey-brown fronds, prized for flavour.
• Hemlock reishi kit: The glossy red-brown varnish shelf native to New England hemlocks.
• Nameko mushroom kit: Small amber mushrooms with a glossy gel coat, the classic for miso soup.
• Enoki mushroom kit: Pale, spaghetti-thin clusters grown in the dark; the wild form is brown.
• Wine cap mushroom bed kit: Burgundy-capped garden giant grown outdoors in a wood-chip bed.
• Blue oyster mushroom kit: The easiest, most forgiving grow kit, and a good first one.
• Pink oyster mushroom kit: Vivid pink, fast-growing oysters that like it warm.
• Golden oyster mushroom kit: Bright yellow clusters with a nutty, delicate flavour.
• Lion's mane mushroom kit: Shaggy white 'pom-pom' mushroom with a crab-like texture.
• King oyster mushroom kit: Thick-stemmed oyster with a meaty, scallop-like texture.
• Shiitake mushroom kit: The classic savoury mushroom, from a block you can fruit more than once.