Blue Chanterelle Liquid Culture – Polyozellus multiplex

Polyozellus multiplex, also known as blue chanterelle or bluefoot mushroom, is a wild edible mushroom that is found in coniferous forests in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is characterized by its bluish-grey to brown cap, which is convex when young and flattens with age, and its blue-grey stem, which is usually thicker at the base.

Blue chanterelle mushrooms have a mild and nutty flavor, and are often used in soups, stews, and sautés. They are highly prized by mushroom hunters and are considered a delicacy. However, it’s important to note that there are also poisonous mushrooms that can resemble blue chanterelle mushrooms, so it’s crucial to be sure of the identification before consuming any wild mushrooms. ©

IDEAL GROWING CONDITIONS: Blue Chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex )

Blue Chanterelle are impossible to grow indoors, and we think it is best suited for outdoor growing. Easily planted amongst pine trees and some broad leaf mixed woods.

We recommend using our mushroom grow bag hardwood to start your Chanterelle. Once the bag is fully colonised, you can then plant handfuls of colonised substrate into holes in the earth, around conifer and boradleaf type trees

Alternatively you can make grain spawn or sawdust spawn with your liquid culture. Once fully colonised, you can then plant spawn directly into holes in the soil, around root zones of coniferous and broad leaved trees.

You could also create a growing bed in your garden. By creating a soil mix similar to a conifer woods(or dig some). Plant some small conifer saplings along with the grain spawn. The mycelium will grow and create a symbiotic relationship with the roots of the trees as they transfer nutrients, sugars & water to each other. This method can take longer than planting with well established trees.

Substrate: Conifer forest/Mixed forest

Colonisation Temperature (indoors): 19°C – 24°C

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

10ml liquid culture syringe containing living mycelium of the blue Chanterelle mushroom.
Sterile alcohol wipe.
18G sterile needle for injection into chosen medium or grow kit.
Sealed in a zip lock bag.

All of our liquid cultures are prepared fresh for every order in our lab and we use a flow hood when carrying out all work to ensure clean cultures & packages.

WHAT IS LIQUID CULTURE?

Liquid culture is a a nutrient rich broth made up of distilled water, mixed with light malt extract dextrose and honey to create a mix for the mycelium to feed on. You can think of mycelium as the mushroom seed, this can then be used to inoculate a grow kit or substrate mix to start grow mushrooms.

We regularly test all of our liquid cultures on agar and grain to guarantee you only get the highest quality culture.

HOW DO I GROW MUSHROOMS?

All mushrooms require different care and conditions to grow. With the right conditions, and coupled with our liquid cultures and grow kits.  You can grow your own mushroom easily.

We offer a wide variety of easy to use grow kits and mushroom growing substrates.

We’ve done all the hard work to save you the time and energy.

By growing mushrooms in our bags, this way you can have more control over the environment throughout the whole growing cycle, rather than if you were to grow outside.

STORAGE:

We would recommend using your blue Chanterelle liquid culture as soon as possible to ensure maximum freshness and healthy growth. If you cannot use it right away then we advise storing your culture in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.