Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultures (Sidewalk Mushroom (Agaricus bitorquis))

Look like these reviews cover multiple strains. I'm a commercial grower, I bought 5 strains, Chaga, Turkey, agarikon, Maitake, cordyceps, 4 are growing well on agar, the chaga looks damaged, myc is glassy and only the size of a dime after 2+weeks, the other 4 have overgrown the petri and are now in grain, doing well. Going to mix the syringe and try again with the chaga, not hopeful. The turkey tail is aggressive. Not bad for the price. Other reviews lack detail, lots of pitfalls, variables growing fungi, I'd recommend expanding on agar first, as opposed to directly into substrate, just to see what you're working with. contacted vendor, it seems chaga is a slow strain, they got right back and are sending a new culture in agar.

This culture did not grow anything after over 20 petri dishes testing it. Wasn't contaminated but wasn't alive either.

Its growing its growing, took almost a month and a half on pot pot sterilized 50/50 oak/soy in filtered mushroom bags at 45 degrees. It's doing it, its a mycelial colony. No special equipment, mush bags 50/50 pellet, a hot pot.. showered, washed my hands, wiped work down area with alcohol, spritzed alcohol every so often above me in a spray bottle on mist. Injected into sterilized self sealing injection ports on mush bags that had cooled overnight. used alcohol wipe to sterilize the syringe attachment port on the needle attached needle with a twist, wiped injection port, removed needle cover, injected the port, and refrigerated that easy.

Use as soon as possible keep it warm 70-90 degrees mine are growing no sign of contam. But I think I knocked it down a little when the temperature dropped to 60 degrees Fahrenheit

Got the results I was looking for. I have the results now in a container outside for winter freezing. In spring I'll put into a shroom bed. So far so good. To place them out for wintering; I did feed them with some potash, blood meal and calcium. I mixed a bed with pearlite, vermiculite and a soil mix that is favorable for mushrooms. I used a small amount of molasses and water to set the medium. I have well water, so no issues. Just be aware that city water may have chemicals that are not so favorable for your mushrooms. Get the rye bags for the culture, works perfect.

It grew really well, no issues at all. People saying it doesn't grow: make sure the transportation doesn't take too long, make sure it doesn't get too hot (ordering through summer might not be the best idea), make sure you follow sterility protocols with aseptic techniques, make sure you know what you're doing...

Didn't grow anything good or bad

No contamination and growth was successful. Wicked fast growth. The jars are fully colonized in under a week.