Maitake Agar Plate (Grifola frondosa) – Premium Early-Stage Petri

🍄 Premium Maitake Culture for Gourmet Growers

Grifola frondosa (Maitake, Hen of the Woods) early-stage agar plate — a living mycelial culture ready to expand for your next gourmet mushroom cultivation project. Maitake is prized by chefs and home cultivators for its rich, earthy flavour and firm, meaty texture. This Petri dish captures vigorous genetics in the early colonization phase, giving you maximum flexibility to expand, isolate, or transfer to grain.

🎁 What You Get

One 90 mm Petri dish with Grifola frondosa mycelium in early-stage colonization, sealed with Parafilm to maintain sterility during transit. Shipped from Italy with careful protective packaging.

✨ Highlights

• Vigorous Maitake genetics selected for culinary cultivation
• Early-stage colonization — ideal for further isolation, expansion, or direct grain transfer
• Clean, contaminant-free culture prepared in a sterile lab environment
• Perfect for hobbyist and small-scale gourmet growers
• Maitake's bold umami profile and satisfying texture make it a kitchen favourite
• Suitable for hardwood substrates (oak, beech, maple)

🔬 How to Use & Storage

Store the sealed plate in a cool, dark place (4–10 °C ideal) until you're ready to work. Use sterile technique to transfer wedges to fresh agar, liquid culture, or grain spawn. Maitake thrives on supplemented hardwood sawdust and can fruit in controlled indoor environments or outdoor logs. For best results, work in a clean area or laminar flow hood.

📦 Shipping & Trust

Every plate is carefully wrapped and dispatched from Italy. We use robust packaging to ensure your culture arrives in perfect condition, ready to grow.

🌟 Ready to Cultivate?

Bring the forest to your kitchen. Add this premium Maitake plate to your cart and start your next gourmet mushroom adventure today.