Agar and Culture Storage

Documents:

• What is agar and why might it be interesting to me?
  
  Agar agar is an extract from a seaweed used to solidify media.
  
  
• What are some good agar media recipes?
  • 5.00
  
  
  These recipes are designed mainly for agar maintenance of Psilocybe, but also other mushroom species.
  
  
• Fatguy's Agar Technique
  • 5.00
  
  
  A guide to using agar written by our very own Fatguy!
  
  
• A document about agar from Lycaeum
  • 5.00
  
  
  Originaly posted at Lycaeum From: an37998@anon.
  
  
• Culture Mediums
  
  A compilation of various culture mediums used for agar or other pure culture techniques.
  
  
• Agar substitute
  • 4.82
  
  
  Illustrated agar medium substitute technique prepared with brown rice flour.
  
  
• Agar sandwich isolation TEK
  
  This method works very well for the isolation of mycelium from bacterial contaminants.
  
  
• Resurrecting a Better Method for Long-Term Storage of Mushroom Cultures
  • 5.00
  
  
  A good method for storing mushroom cultures
  
  
• Practical method for long term storage of mycellium in dH2O using ependorf tubes as vials.
  • 5.00
  
  
  background: This is a simple method (TEK of some kind) i use to store mushroom mycellium cultures in dH2O for prolonged time.
  
  
• Cardboard Cloning Tek
  • 5.00
  
  
  A simple method for cloning without agar.
  
  
• FastFred's Media Cookbook
  • 5.00
  
  
  A cookbook of media recipes.
  
  
• Culture Media for Fungi
  
  Different growing mediums and their uses.
  
  
• Grocery Store Agar Tek.
  • 4.09
  
  
  By Helltick.
  
  
• Getting Started with Mushroom Cultivation
  
  A good basic text on agar work and cultivation in general.