AMETHYST DECEIVER Mushroom, liquid culture syringe, Premium Mycelium™

AMETHYST DECEIVER

Laccaria amethystina commonly known as the "amethyst deceiver", is a small brightly colored mushroom, that grows in deciduous and coniferous forests. The mushroom itself is edible, but can absorb arsenic from the soil. Because its bright amethyst coloration fades with age and weathering, it becomes difficult to identify, hence the common name "deceiver". It grows solitary to scattered with a variety of deciduous and coniferous trees, with which it is mycorrhizally associated. It appears in late summer to early winter, and often with beech. In Central and South America, it more commonly grows in association with oak.
Amethyst Deceiver cannot be grown indoors, it must form a micorhizal relationship with trees and shrubs. It readily takes to new areas when the grain spawn is buried, and the beautiful mushrooms will come back year after year.

Our cultures are derived from high quality Mother Cultures and Wild Tissue Samples that we have further developed in the lab to isolate healthy, fast colonizing and high yielding phenotypes to bring the small grower or hobbyist high performing gourmet and beneficial mushroom strains without paying outrageous prices.

Our liquid cultures are never more than 2 generations from the Mother Culture and are regularly tested on agar to ensure they are healthy and viable.
We continually refresh our stock to ensure you receive the best cultures and genetics available.

All work is done in a professional microbiology lab by staff trained in Aseptic Technique and Standard Laboratory Procedures using only the best lab quality ingredients, equipment and instruments.

Order Includes:
One Liquid Culture Syringe Full of Mycelium.
One Free Gift Culture Per Order (Randomly Selected)
Individually Packaged Sterile Needles.
Alcohol Prep Pads.
One Detailed Instruction Booklet

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