Mushroom growing and mycology supplies in Australia

Every listing below is sold by a vendor inside Australia, so it arrives in days rather than weeks and never meets the border. Here is what each kind of supply is for:

• Sterilised grain bags: grain that is already sterilised and sealed in a filter-patch bag. You add a clean gourmet culture and it becomes grain spawn, the starting point for most home grows.
• All in one grow bags: sterilised grain and bulk substrate in a single bag, inoculated once. They suit a first grow because there is no separate spawning step.
• CVA substrate: coco coir, vermiculite and gypsum, a bulk substrate that is mixed with grain spawn. Among gourmet species, oyster mushrooms take well to coir-based mixes.
• Wood lovers substrate: a hardwood-based substrate for wood-loving gourmet species such as lion's mane, shiitake, reishi, king oyster and oyster.
• Pre-poured agar plates: sterile plates ready to use, for keeping, cleaning up and checking cultures without a pressure cooker of your own.

High or low nutrition agar

High nutrition agar grows dense, fast mycelium and suits keeping and expanding a clean culture. Low nutrition agar grows thinner, wispier mycelium, which makes contamination easier to spot and is often chosen for germination and isolation work. Plenty of growers keep a stack of each.

New to agar or grain? Start with the agar plates beginner's guide and grain spawn and grow bags explained, or read the Australian mycology supplies guide. Gourmet cultures to start from are on the liquid cultures in Australia page.

These supplies are for gourmet mushrooms and agar lab practice. Psilocybe and Panaeolus spores and cultures on Culture Cave are sold for microscopy and taxonomy use only.