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Amazonian cubensis: a tall mushroom with a pale tan cap and dark purple-brown gills on a long slender stem Psilocybe Cubensis
Amazonian cubensis: a tall mushroom with a pale tan cap and dark purple-brown gills on a long slender stem Amazonian B+ cubensis: broad caramel caps with dark centres on thick pale stems, a generous flush B+ Ban Hua Thai cubensis: flat open caps with speckled golden centres, gills fully exposed Ban Hua Thai Blue Magnolia cubensis: open golden-brown caps with visible gills above thick pale stems Blue Magnolia Blue Meanie Cambodian cubensis: golden-brown caps on cream stems, one large cap in the foreground showing dark gills Cambodian Corumba Brazil E4K cubensis: pale bulbous caps on stout stems, several still closed, over dark substrate E4K
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Gymnopilus luteofolius: rusty pink-orange caps with a scaly surface on matching stems, growing on wood chips Rare & Exotic
Gymnopilus luteofolius: rusty pink-orange caps with a scaly surface on matching stems, growing on wood chips Gymnopilus Luteofolius Panaeolus cyanescens MIB: grey-white domed caps on long slender stems, the jet-black printing Panaeolus MIB Psilocybe azurescens: caramel caps with a raised centre growing among green leaves and grass Psilocybe Azurescens Psilocybe mexicana: pale tan bell caps with fine radial lines, glistening with moisture Psilocybe Mexicana Psilocybe subaeruginosa: olive-brown caps bruising blue-green, growing on woody debris Psilocybe Subaeruginosa Psilocybe tampanensis: small orange-brown conical caps on long thin stems in a dense group Psilocybe Tampanensis Panaeolus cyanescens TTBVI: slim grey-white bell caps on fine pale stems, growing on dung Out of stock TTBVI Psilocybe cyanescens, the Wavy Cap: caramel caps with wavy rippled edges and pale gills, growing in leaf litter Out of stock Psilocybe Cyanescens
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A colonised MonoBox cake held in one hand with mushrooms fruiting from every surface Mushroom Grow Kits
A colonised MonoBox cake held in one hand with mushrooms fruiting from every surface MonoBox™ Grow Kit A MycoBox from above showing white mycelium patches growing through the dark substrate MycoBox Grow Kit XL PF-Tek MycoBox from the side, showing the depth of packed brown substrate through the clear tub wall PF-Tek MycoBox Grow Kit A DIY PF-Tek MycoPot: a clear tub packed with pale substrate, filter strip and black port in the lid PF-Tek MycoPot Grow Kit (DIY) Injecting a PF-Tek MycoPot: a gloved hand pushing a syringe needle through the port in the lid PF-Tek MycoPots Grow Kit Two SpawnTubs side by side, each a clear tub of rye grain with a pink filter and black port SpawnTubs™ AgarPots kit: four sealed pots of set agar with sterile wipes, gloves and a scalpel Out of stock AgarPots Kit A Halloween special grow kit: a clear tub two thirds full of dark grain substrate with a filter lid Out of stock Halloween Special Grow Kit
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King Oyster mushrooms: a cluster of thick white stems with small pale grey caps, growing outdoors Liquid Cultures
King Oyster mushrooms: a cluster of thick white stems with small pale grey caps, growing outdoors Out of stock King Oyster Liquid Culture Lion's Mane: a large white mushroom of cascading icicle-like spines growing from tree bark Out of stock Lion's Mane Liquid Culture Pink Oyster mushrooms: close-up of coral-pink gills fanning out in overlapping layers Out of stock Pink Oyster Liquid Culture Shiitake mushrooms fruiting from bark, deep red-brown caps with pale cracked patterning Out of stock Shiitake Liquid Culture
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Agricultural lime: a heap of bright white calcium carbonate powder Spawn & Substrates
Agricultural lime: a heap of bright white calcium carbonate powder Agricultural Lime (Calcium Carbonate) 1kg Brown rice flour: a smooth cream-coloured powder filling the frame Brown Rice Flour Chicken manure pellets: dark grey-brown cylindrical pellets in a dense layer Chicken Manure Pellets (1kg) Coco coir brick: a compressed rectangular block of dark brown coconut fibre Coco Coir (650g) Gypsum: a fine white powder, calcium sulphate, filling the frame Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) 3kg Hardwood pellets: dark brown compressed sawdust cylinders heaped on white Hardwood Pellets (3kg) Perlite: irregular chalky white granules of expanded volcanic glass Perlite (5L) Rye grain: dry pale brown kernels spread evenly across the frame Rye Grain (3kg)
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Two 12ml glass vials with white screw caps and black self-healing rubber injection ports set into the lids Sterile & Lab Equipment
Two 12ml glass vials with white screw caps and black self-healing rubber injection ports set into the lids 12ml Vials (5) A roll of 3M Micropore breathable white paper tape on a black background 3M Breathable Micropore Tape Six sealed Clinell chlorhexidine alcohol wipe sachets arranged on black 70% IPA Clinell Alcohol Wipes (5) The CyLab as supplied: two clear nesting tubs with filter plugs and a heater unit CyLab Three Kilner preserving jars with gold lids, two sealed and one open, with spare lid rings in front Kilner 1L Mason Jars (12) Looking down through the top of a still air box while gloved hands inoculate a small tub Sabla™ / Still-air Box (S/M/L/XL) A group of grey butyl rubber self-healing injection ports on a black background Self-Healing Injection Ports (10) Attaching a swab to a syringe under a laminar flow hood, gloved hands working SporeKit™ Syringe
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Agar-agar powder: fine pale golden powder heaped on a white surface Additives & Chemicals
3% Hydrogen Peroxide (1L) Agar-agar powder: fine pale golden powder heaped on a white surface Agar‑Agar Powder (50g) Dextrose: a mound of pure white crystalline powder Dextrose (100g) Glycerine (130ml) Light malt extract: a heap of pale cream powder on a white surface Light Malt Extract (LME 100g) Peptone (10g) Urea granules: small white spherical pellets heaped on a dark surface Urea Granules (1kg)
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Most bought

Best-selling spore syringes & grow kits.

These are the products a lot of people go for, the Cylocybe Special MycoBox Grow Kit has sold so many we had to move to an industrial unit to cope with demand!

A MycoBox from above showing white mycelium patches growing through the dark substrate

MycoBox Grow Kit

The original single-stage kit. You inject your own gourmet culture straight into the sterile substrate box through the ports on the lid, colonise, then dunk and fruit in the included tent. One box, no grain step.
Golden Teacher cubensis: broad golden-amber caps flecked with white on pale thick stems, grey gills showing beneath

Psilocybe cubensis

Golden Teacher

The mushroom that taught the hobby what a cubensis looks like. Wide golden-caramel caps, a heavy dark print, and a name everyone knows but nobody can quite source.
A colonised MonoBox cake held in one hand with mushrooms fruiting from every surface

MonoBox™ Grow Kit

Like a dialled-in 'Monotub' grow without the hassle! Give your mushrooms the humidity and airflow they deserve with our brand-new included Cylo Grow Tent.
B+ cubensis: broad caramel caps with dark centres on thick pale stems, a generous flush

Psilocybe cubensis

B+

The big, easygoing classic, and the cube that taught half the hobby to focus a microscope. A heavy purple-black spore print and clean, textbook spores.

Microscopy Spores

Psilocybe cubensis spores.

We're all here for the same thing, to check these out under the microscope!

Every spore syringe is made clean with a state of the art ISO4 (better than ISO5) laminar flow hood and with sterile technique developed over 20 years.

And every Psilocybe cubensis is available in 12ml, 3ml and 1ml spore syringes, 12ml vials, spore swabs and foil spore prints.

Our microscopy spores are sold for legal microscopy research only. Our grow kits are strictly for culinary or medicinal cultivation. Never mix the two together.

Golden Teacher cubensis: broad golden-amber caps flecked with white on pale thick stems, grey gills showing beneath

Psilocybe cubensis

Golden Teacher

The mushroom that taught the hobby what a cubensis looks like. Wide golden-caramel caps, a heavy dark print, and a name everyone knows but nobody can quite source.
B+ cubensis: broad caramel caps with dark centres on thick pale stems, a generous flush

Psilocybe cubensis

B+

The big, easygoing classic, and the cube that taught half the hobby to focus a microscope. A heavy purple-black spore print and clean, textbook spores.
Two 12ml Psilocybe cubensis spore syringes with red caps, laid crossed on a white background

Psilocybe cubensis

Our Selection

We choose one of our favourites from everything that is in-stock (sometimes even a surprise variety that yet in the shop!). If you don't know what to go for, go for this.

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Spore stock status.

We are currently awaiting an imminent restock for some of these! If you want reminding when something comes back in stock, go to the product page and click 'Tell me when it's back' and we'll drop you an email.

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Psilocybe cubensis

A Strain1/3/12/V/S/P A+ Albino1/3/12/V/S/P Amazonian1/3/12/V/S/P APE Revert1/3/12/V/S/P Australian Gold Cap1/3/12/V/S/P B+1/3/12/V/S/P Ban Hua Thai1/3/12/V/S/P Blue Magnolia1/3/12/V/S/P Blue Meanie1/3/12/V/S/P Burma1/3/12/V/S/P Cambodian1/3/12/V/S/P Corumba Brazil1/3/12/V/S/P Costa Rican1/3/12/V/S/P E4K1/3/12/V/S/P Ecuador1/3/12/V/S/P Escondido1/3/12/V/S/P Fiji1/3/12/V/S/P Full Moon Party1/3/12/V/S/P Golden Halo1/3/12/V/S/P Golden Teacher1/3/12/V/S/P Guapiles1/3/12/V/S/P Gulf Coast1/3/12/V/S/P Hawaiian1/3/12/V/S/P Hitchhiker1/3/12/V/S/P Huautla1/3/12/V/S/P Jedi Mind Fuck1/3/12/V/S/P Koh Samui1/3/12/V/S/P Leucistic Burma1/3/12/V/S/P Leucistic Ecuador1/3/12/V/S/P Lizard King1/3/12/V/S/P Malabar Coast1/3/12/V/S/P Mazatapec1/3/12/V/S/P McKennaii1/3/12/V/S/P Mexican Dutch King1/3/12/V/S/P Moby Big1/3/12/V/S/P Nepal Chitwan1/3/12/V/S/P Nezuko1/3/12/V/S/P Our Selection1/3/12/V/S/P Pakalensis1/3/12/V/S/P Penis Envy1/3/12/V/S/P Penis Envy Uncut1/3/12/V/S/P Pensacola1/3/12/V/S/P Pink Buffalo1/3/12/V/S/P Psylocybe Fanaticus1/3/12/V/S/P Puerto Rican1/3/12/V/S/P Redboy1/3/12/V/S/P Rusty White1/3/12/V/S/P Stargazer1/3/12/V/S/P Take Mountain1/3/12/V/S/P Taman Negara1/3/12/V/S/P TEX PE61/3/12/V/S/P Texas Yellow Cap1/3/12/V/S/P Tidal Wave1/3/12/V/S/P Treasure Coast1/3/12/V/S/P VZ3 (Venezuela)1/3/12/V/S/P White Golden Teacher1/3/12/V/S/P Yosterizii1/3/12/V/S/P Z-Strain1/3/12/V/S/P

Rare & exotic

Species like Psilocybe Cyanescens and more will be restocked in the coming days.

Gymnopilus Luteofolius1/S/P MIB1/S/P TTBVI1/S/P Psilocybe Azurescens1/S/P Psilocybe Cyanescens1/S/P Psilocybe Mexicana1/S/P Psilocybe Semilanceata1/S/P Psilocybe Subaeruginosa1/S/P Psilocybe Tampanensis1/S/P

Spores

How spore syringes are produced and prepared.

From our flowhood

Preparing your syringes as clean as we possibly can.

To get an idea of the attention to detail which earned us the respect for actual quality, not the saying 'quality' and not really meaning it, well, it's about investing in the best equipment we can afford and having OCD levels of attention, it's where some of those traits like OCD or the hyperfocus ADHD gives you become your super powers! It's impossible to teach that, you have to want to provide the best for the customers who pay you hard-earned money:

After our syringes are filled with spore solution, they are immediately passed over to a second expert responsible for screwing on the sterile syringe caps, all whilst sitting in front of our ISO4 HFLT1800 laminar flow hood (10 times finer filtration than the industry standard ISO5).

The capped spore syringes are then quickly sealed in ziplock bags.

Once we finish filling and capping the spore syringes, we clean the stainless steel workspace. Then, one by one, we take each spore syringe and pack it into a laminar-foil, light-blocking bag. We never label within the lab because dirty, sticky labels don't mix well with latex-gloved hands and sitting a printer in front of a laminar flowhood would call for some life choice evaluation!

This all means the syringe itself will never be labelled, keeping it super clean. When the time comes to remove it from the foil bag, you won't cross-contaminate your workspace by handling a syringe with a dirty trich-ridden exterior.

Our labelling is performed on the laminar-foil bag after we exit the the laminar flow hood and lab and we strictly only use labels made from polypropylene so YOU can safely wipe the whole thing down with isopropyl alcohol before taking it into your SAB for that extra caution.

Our entire production process for spore syringes is carefully thought out and designed for the customer's benefit, not our own (and yet, our prices are still amongst the lowest in the UK).

Exotics & rare species

Rare & exotic magic mushroom spores.

We also carry many more species for the serious microscopy connoisseur, like Pan. cyanescens (MIB and TTBVI), Psilocybe azurescens (the flying saucer), Psilocybe cyanescens (the wavy cap), sclerotia / truffle spores like Psilocybe mexicana and P. tampanensis, and much more.

Please bear in mind that many of our exotic species are wild-foraged and printed, and so could have the odd hitchhiker, unlike our P. cubensis, which are legally lab-cultivated and printed for ultimate cleanliness.

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Gymnopilus luteofolius: rusty pink-orange caps with a scaly surface on matching stems, growing on wood chips

Gymnopilus Luteofolius

A wood-rotting rustgill that drops a bright orange-brown spore print, not the purple-brown of a Psilocybe. The single cleanest genus-level contrast you can put under a microscope. Sold for microscopy, taxonomy and collecting only.
Panaeolus cyanescens MIB: grey-white domed caps on long slender stems, the jet-black printing Panaeolus

Panaeolus cyanescens

MIB

A darker-fruited, lab-bred hybrid of the Blue Meanie, crossing the PHV line, the wild British Virgin Islands collection (TTBVI) and the Nec'D cross. Jet-black print, mottled gills, the lot. For spore microscopy only.
Out of stock Panaeolus cyanescens TTBVI: slim grey-white bell caps on fine pale stems, growing on dung

Panaeolus cyanescens

TTBVI

The wild Caribbean Blue Meanie. A British Virgin Islands locality line of Panaeolus cyanescens with a tamarind-tree origin story and a big potency reputation. For spore microscopy only.

Out of stock

Psilocybe azurescens: caramel caps with a raised centre growing among green leaves and grass

Psilocybe Azurescens

The Pacific Northwest's cold-fruiting coastal wood-lover, reputedly one of the most potent Psilocybe species ever measured. Sold here strictly as a spore specimen for microscopy, taxonomy and collecting.
Out of stock Psilocybe cyanescens, the Wavy Cap: caramel caps with wavy rippled edges and pale gills, growing in leaf litter

Psilocybe Cyanescens

The caramel wood-chip Psilocybe with the undulating cap margin and a purple-brown print, scientifically born in Britain at Kew. A landmark wood-loving species and a rewarding microscopy subject. Sold strictly as a spore specimen for microscopy, taxonomy and collecting.

Out of stock

Psilocybe mexicana: pale tan bell caps with fine radial lines, glistening with moisture

Psilocybe Mexicana

The mushroom modern psilocybin science actually began with. Roger Heim named it in 1957, grew it in his Paris lab, and from that cultivated material Albert Hofmann isolated the first pure psilocybin.
Out of stock Psilocybe semilanceata, the Liberty Cap: a single small pointed brown cap growing in grass

Psilocybe Semilanceata

The wild British grassland icon and the conserved type species of the entire Psilocybe genus. A tiny sharp-nippled conical cap that you study, print and identify, never farm. Offered strictly as a microscopy and taxonomy reference specimen.

Out of stock

Psilocybe subaeruginosa: olive-brown caps bruising blue-green, growing on woody debris

Psilocybe Subaeruginosa

The dominant potent wood-lover of temperate Australia and New Zealand, and the senior name of the famous subs / azzies / wavies complex. Recent genomics even suggests the Northern Hemisphere wavy caps and flying saucers may be the same organism under this older 1927 name. Sold strictly as spores for microscopy, taxonomy and collecting.
Psilocybe tampanensis: small orange-brown conical caps on long thin stems in a dense group

Psilocybe Tampanensis

The sclerotia-forming Psilocybe behind the "Philosopher's Stone": a sandy-meadow rarity from Florida, known to science from almost a single 1977 find, with small angular spores and a purple-brown print all its own.
Gymnopilus Luteofolius MIB TTBVI Psilocybe Azurescens Psilocybe Cyanescens Psilocybe Mexicana Psilocybe Semilanceata Psilocybe Subaeruginosa Psilocybe Tampanensis

Sclerotia species

Magic truffle microscopy spores.

The mushroom species commonly known as 'magic truffles' are particularly extraordinary, due to their ability to form into both mushrooms or schlerotia stones dependant on the fruiting conditions. 600X magnification is what we recommend!

Dried sclerotia
Psilocybe mexicana: pale tan bell caps with fine radial lines, glistening with moisture

Psilocybe Mexicana

The mushroom modern psilocybin science actually began with. Roger Heim named it in 1957, grew it in his Paris lab, and from that cultivated material Albert Hofmann isolated the first pure psilocybin.
Psilocybe tampanensis: small orange-brown conical caps on long thin stems in a dense group

Psilocybe Tampanensis

The sclerotia-forming Psilocybe behind the "Philosopher's Stone": a sandy-meadow rarity from Florida, known to science from almost a single 1977 find, with small angular spores and a purple-brown print all its own.

Sterile and injectable

Mushroom grow kits,
made easy.

At Cylocybe, our mission (as corny as it sounds) is to make mushroom growing as common as house plants!

Nervous newbie? Don't be... Growing mushrooms is EASY. Our mushroom growing kits come with grow guides, plus we're here to help if you get confused about anything - just ask us.

As well as growing mighty mushrooms with success, you'll be fascinated with every step of the journey. From watching the mycelium take over the mushroom spawn, then into the substrate, to the tiny pinheads that form into big mushrooms, to the caps which stretch open to rain down spores... The full life cycle, from spore to spore. If that doesn't get you excited, you've picked the wrong hobby!

A MycoBox from above showing white mycelium patches growing through the dark substrate

MycoBox Grow Kit

The original single-stage kit. You inject your own gourmet culture straight into the sterile substrate box through the ports on the lid, colonise, then dunk and fruit in the included tent. One box, no grain step.
A colonised MonoBox cake held in one hand with mushrooms fruiting from every surface

MonoBox™ Grow Kit

Like a dialled-in 'Monotub' grow without the hassle! Give your mushrooms the humidity and airflow they deserve with our brand-new included Cylo Grow Tent.
XL PF-Tek MycoBox from the side, showing the depth of packed brown substrate through the clear tub wall

PF-Tek MycoBox Grow Kit

Our original kit, the classic PF-Tek cake brought up to date. You inject one sterile brown-rice cake through a single port, let it colonise, then dunk and fruit it in the included tent. Hands-on, and the friendliest place to start.
Injecting a PF-Tek MycoPot: a gloved hand pushing a syringe needle through the port in the lid

PF-Tek MycoPots Grow Kit

The classic 1990s beginner method, three sterile cakes you inoculate yourself. Inject, colonise, dunk and roll, then fruit all three in the included tent.

Every product comes with simple instructions. On our busiest weeks, we can produce and dispatch up to 200 MycoBox and MonoBox™ grow kits... our guides have to be perfect.

We pioneered the injectable MycoBox design that's been copied across the industry. When you buy from Cylocybe, you're getting the genuine product.

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Sabla™ / Still-air Box (S/M/L/XL) - laser-cut arm holes for sterile mushroom work

Featured

Sabla™

Want a SAB that's not a potato? Measure your arm, choose your size and we'll send you a lid with armholes lasercut to perfection. Stop trying to burn holes and poisoning yourself with fumes. Competitors - know better!

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Replacement cover, explained

EZ-Replace™

EZ-Replace™ is by far, the most generous thing we've ever brought to Cylocybe. Even more so than doing away with BS spore prices. Read below to see what we mean by that.

Spore syringes and vials from £2 · 6 weeks

We already cover spore syringes for up to 4 weeks, but this requires you to explain what the issue is and will always be at our discretion whether we replace or not. EZ-Replace™ guarantees an easy replacement for up to 6 weeks, with no questions asked and a self-management portal to let you add the replacement straight to your basket.

Grow kits for gourmet from £8 · 12 weeks

Without EZ-Replace™, a grow kit is covered before it has been used. Once you have started it we may still replace the main sterile component, but we will need photographs and it is always at our discretion. EZ-Replace™ guarantees an easy replacement for up to 12 weeks, used or not, with no questions asked and the same self-management portal.

We built this to be human. If you need a replacement, or if shit's tight, just take one.

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Gourmet favourites

Grow gourmet mushrooms at home.

Our selection includes a wide range of delicious and easy-to-grow species, including shiitake, king oyster, and lion's mane. All of our cultures are lab-processed from certified mother cultures, ensuring the highest quality and success in your home mushroom cultivation efforts.

Out of stock Lion's Mane: a large white mushroom of cascading icicle-like spines growing from tree bark

Lion's Mane

Live Hericium erinaceus mycelium suspended in sterile nutrient broth, ready to inject into your own sterilised grain to start a colonised batch.

Out of stock

Out of stock Pink Oyster mushrooms: close-up of coral-pink gills fanning out in overlapping layers

Pink Oyster

Live Pleurotus djamor mycelium suspended in sterile nutrient broth, ready to inject into grain. A fast, warm-loving oyster strain that suits a first grow.

Out of stock

Out of stock King Oyster mushrooms: a cluster of thick white stems with small pale grey caps, growing outdoors

King Oyster

Live King Oyster mycelium suspended in a sterile nutrient broth, ready to inject into grain or agar. A faster, cleaner start than spores, from known genetics.

Out of stock

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Spawn, substrates & supplies

Mushroom growing supplies.

Looking for Vermiculite, Perlite, Coco Coir, Brown Rice Flour or some other mushroom growing supply? We stock just about everything you can want in this hobby!

Medium grade vermiculite: coarse gold-brown mineral flakes

Vermiculite (10L)

Expanded mineral flake that soaks up water and lets it go slowly. The standard moisture buffer for PF Tek cakes, bulk coir mixes and casing layers.
Perlite: irregular chalky white granules of expanded volcanic glass

Perlite (5L)

Expanded volcanic glass. Used wet as a humidity buffer in fruiting chambers, and dry as an airy amendment in substrate and casing mixes.
Coco coir brick: a compressed rectangular block of dark brown coconut fibre

Coco Coir (650g)

A compressed block of coconut-fibre coir. Add boiling water and it breaks down into a clean, water-holding bulk substrate for fruiting mushrooms.
Brown rice flour: a smooth cream-coloured powder filling the frame

Brown Rice Flour

Organic wholegrain brown rice flour, the nutrient half of a classic PF Tek substrate. You mix it with vermiculite and water, sterilise it in jars, then grow from it.

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SporeKit grain spore testing kit jar

SporeKit™ Testing Kit

Test your gourmet mushroom spores
before risking your grow.

Gourmet spore syringe producers can't test every syringe they sell. If they claim otherwise, they're full of it. A few pounds for a SporeKit gives you the means to verify your own gourmet mushroom spores before risking your substrate.

Choose between Grain (for syringes) or Agar (for swabs). And here's the clever bit: successful tests double as live culture syringes. The mycelium that grows out from a clean test can be injected directly into a grow kit which we demonstrate in the photos below.

Perfect your sterile technique and grow cleaner flushes.

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In stock now

Newly stocked.

We're working hard to stock our shelves right now! If there's a particular mycology supply we don't have, chances are we have it so get in touch.

Looking down through the top of a still air box while gloved hands inoculate a small tub

Sabla™ / Still-air Box (S/M/L/XL)

Lids with laser-cut arm-holes for 'Samla' 65L and 130L tubs from Ikea. We do not provide the tub, just the lids.
A DIY PF-Tek MycoPot: a clear tub packed with pale substrate, filter strip and black port in the lid

PF-Tek MycoPot Grow Kit (DIY)

The original cake method, the hands-on way. You make up and sterilise eight brown-rice cakes yourself, inoculate them with your own gourmet culture, then dunk, roll and fruit them. You finish it understanding every stage of a grow.

Peptone (10g)

A water-soluble protein powder that gives mushroom mycelium ready nitrogen and amino acids. A small amount enriches a litre of liquid culture or agar.

Glycerine (130ml)

Food grade glycerine for the lab. Its main job in mushroom work is as a cryoprotectant, so you can freeze mycelium and spores without ice damage killing them. Supplied in a 130mL bottle.

3% Hydrogen Peroxide (1L)

A 1 litre bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide (10 volume) for spot-treating early cobweb mould and sanitising tools and work surfaces. It breaks down to water and oxygen and leaves no residue.
Light malt extract: a heap of pale cream powder on a white surface

Light Malt Extract (LME 100g)

A food-grade dry powder made from malted barley. It is the standard sugar base for malt extract agar and malt extract liquid culture, the two media most home growers use to grow and keep clean mycelium.
Dextrose: a mound of pure white crystalline powder

Dextrose (100g)

Food-grade dextrose powder, the simple sugar mushroom mycelium feeds on. You add it to liquid culture and nutrient agar to give cultures a clean, fast carbon source.
Agar-agar powder: fine pale golden powder heaped on a white surface

Agar‑Agar Powder (50g)

A plant-based gelling powder from red seaweed. You add it to a nutrient like malt extract to set firm, clear plates for starting and cleaning up mushroom cultures.

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Sterile & Lab Equipment

Agar, tools & sterile gear

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Additives & Chemicals

For cleaner, bigger flushes

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Live Cultures

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What customers say.

Your experience makes a huge impact, personally and professionally. Fewer than 1% of customers leave a review, so your story is a powerful guide for other mycoscopy geeks and growers. That's why we don't ask for feedback straight away. We wait a couple of months to give you a proper chance to test our products. When you see that invitation email, we'd be massively grateful for your honest feedback.

★★★★★
This is my second order and it’s as perfect as my first one. If I had a criticism it would be I preferred the brownie I received with my first order as opposed to the cookies I received with my second, that’s how pleased I am with the service from you. Ps the cookies were nice though
Paul C. · Shop review
★★★★★
I was blown away by extra snack bars in the box it hasn’t been 5 seconds and I’m chewing on it, the rest of the day was legendary due to that occurrence. But don’t expect it, it won’t be a surprise then. And after all maybe Its for higher value orders or I’m just special, but overall its a value packed easy peasy to understand package I love these people behind all this. It’s the easiest thing i could have gotten, life is easy.
Ausvydas · Shop review
★★★★★
I bought, I grew, I harvested, and I consumed. I waited for all four before leaving a review. I am a first time grower, hence I even dehydrated my culinary mushrooms on my radiator. I ended up with about 28 grams of culinary mushrooms after drying, and that was after throwing my brick out after 3 flushes, even though it could have handled at least one more - mainly because the mycelium was looking tired. My fault, I'm only new. Very happy with product. Better than I expected. Start to end-of-third-flush took 2.5 months.
Anonymous on MonoBox™ Grow Kit
★★★★★
Well packaged, and with absolutely no signs of contamination when viewed under a microscope. I imagine that if a hardened criminal were to cultivate them, by now the spores would be busily colonizing a spawning substrate with pure white mycelium.
Nicholas on Psilocybe Cubensis - Golden Teacher
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Frequently asked questions

Spore and grow-kit basics.

Are your spore products legal to buy?

Yes. In the UK it is legal to possess and sell Psilocybe mushroom spores for the purpose of microscopy and collection, because the spores themselves contain no psilocybin or psilocin. Germinating and cultivating them is illegal and not what we sell them for. All our magic-species products are sold strictly for research, microscopy, and collection.

What's the difference between spore syringes and liquid culture?

A spore syringe contains dormant spores in sterile water, intended for microscopy. A liquid culture contains live, actively growing mycelium in a nutrient broth, used for cultivating legal gourmet species and giving you faster, more reliable colonisation than starting from spore.

What does ISO4 actually mean?

It's the cleanliness classification of our laminar flow hood. ISO4 is one tier stricter than ISO5, with fewer than 10,000 particles ≥0.1 µm per cubic metre of air. Every syringe is pulled under that hood, every time.

How long does shipping take?

It comes in two parts: how quickly we dispatch, then how long the courier takes. Dispatch time varies by product and is shown on each product page (spores go out faster than made-to-order grow kits). Once dispatched, most UK orders arrive within 1-3 working days of dispatch depending on whether you pick Express or Economy, and worldwide delivery is typically 5-15 working days depending on the service you pick. Your exact dispatch date and delivery estimate are shown at checkout for your address before you pay.

Is shipping discreet?

Yes. Plain packaging, no branding, no give-away of contents.

What's the difference between MonoBox™ and MycoBox?

MonoBox™ is the simple all-in-one (just inject and wait), our customer favourite. MycoBox is the original injectable design we pioneered. MycMonster™ XL is the brand-new oversized variant for big yields. All three accept the same syringes.

Why do we always use ™ for product names?

Since we started in 2017, we've been copied rotten. When I say that, I mean it. From entire clones of our site, our copy, Ruth's illustration style, our killer innovations like glueless injection ported lids (yep, us!), my CVG+Coffee (aka Cylocybe Special grow kits), the components of a new gen commercial sterile grow kit (inc. perlite - us, inc. sterile gloves - us, inc - chlorhexidine wipes - us, inc. SacO2 bags as a fruiting tent - us) You get the idea. Our product copy, our HTML code (as well as the hilarious bug I couldn't fix on it). The only vendor to ever ask our permission to use a product idea was MushBuddies. The Morel of the story - if we put TM on a name, it's just a sign to the competitors who watch our site more than we watch theirs to give us a break. Sorry, that turned into a bit of a rant.

What if my spores look wrong under the microscope?

Optional cover you add in the basket. If a covered item lets you down, a like-for-like replacement drops into your basket for £0, no questions asked. We may still allow some replacements regardless, but this will be judged on a case-by-case.

What if you don't stock the strain I want?

If there are any magic spores we don't have, let us know and we'll put an order in. Our catalogue is driven by what customers actually ask for. Drop a request and we'll source it.