Our Liquid Culture

MYYCO was created to offer a superior alternative to mushroom spores. Unlike spores, making early-stage liquid cultures of mycelium allows us to isolate and replicate the strongest, fastest, and highest-yielding genetics. All of our culinary liquid cultures are 100% USDA Certified Organic. We’ve developed a unique manufacturing process that eliminates synthetic, refined, or processed additives and preservatives in the creation of our liquid culture, allowing us to achieve Organic certification and create liquid cultures that you can feel safe about growing and consuming.

MYYCO is a Certified Benefit Corporation. 100% of profits from every liquid culture we sell are donated to 501(c)(3) organizations performing groundbreaking studies on the beneficial powers of certain mushroom species. Our current beneficiaries are MAPS, John Hopkins, and Heroic Hearts. View our donation records below.

OUR GENETICS

Our team of geneticists work diligently to make sure the strains of our mushroom liquid culture are top-of-the-line. We focus on isolating characteristics such as resistance to contamination, size of mature mushrooms, and speed of growth. We never release a new strain until we feel we’ve gotten it to an extremely high-level of performance and we’re constantly investing in the improvement of our genetics

We are a team of mycologists with over 30 years of combined experience creating contamination-resistant liquid cultures. Our 2,000 square foot mycology research lab is equipped with state-of-the-art mycology and sterilization equipment to ensure that every MYYCO syringe that leaves our facility has been medically sterilized

Guaranteed Clean

If your MYYCO mushroom liquid culture syringe is contaminated or you’re unhappy for any reason, we will replace or refund your order. Simple as that. Reach out to us at grich3511@gmail.com  if any issues occur during your microscopy research.

any issues occur during your microscopy research.

What are our mushroom liquid culture syringes made from?

Our syringes contain tiny pieces of very early stage mycelium. This early stage mycelium is suspended in our custom nutrient solution. The young mycelium feeds on our nutrient solution to stay alive and healthy. The mushroom liquid culture pieces inside each syringe are small enough to move through the injection needle and into your chosen research substrate

How does your 100% profit donation model work?

We donate all profits (what’s left after our expenses) from all our sales to 501(c)(3) research and keep a modest cash balance on hand to pay future expenses. Our current beneficiaries are: MAPS, Johns Hopkins, and the Heroic Hearts Project.

Why are mushroom liquid culture syringes better than spore syringes?

A good way to think of the distinction between liquid culture and spore syringes is that liquid culture is akin to a “cutting” of a plant and spore syringes are akin to the “seed” of a plant. Of course, mushrooms are a different organism than plants, but the analogy is useful. Liquid culture syringes produce faster and more reliable research than spore syringes. A spore syringe must go through a germination process which takes longer and sometimes fails to occur depending on the environment.

 

A multi spore syringe contains a variety of different spores from various strains so the genetics can be unreliable and may produce more random results whereas a liquid culture syringe contains a single strain that has been generationally bred to achieve the fastest and best research possible.

How much of my mushroom liquid culture syringe should I inject into my research substrate?

You should inject 5cc (or mL) of your MYYCO syringe into your research substrate. Too much can cause too damp of an environment and create mold or rot and too little will not allow for proper microscopic research.

How do you ensure the genetics of your liquid culture syringes?

MYYCO liquid cultures contain extremely robust strains. We pay special attention during the breeding process to isolate the strains that are the most successful for microscopic research.

Can you provide another strain of liquid culture that you don’t currently offer on your site?

We are always taking requests for new strains. If you would like us to offer a strain you don’t currently see, please shoot us an email and tell us. We’ll absolutely conside