Sterile technique, from the workspace to the tent
Sterile and lab equipment.
The gear that keeps your work clean. Whether you're preparing microscopy slides for studying your spores or cultures for your gourmet mushrooms, these products will help keep contamination at bay.
The catalogue
16 in the range
3M Breathable Micropore Tape
Genuine 3M Micropore paper tape, 1.25cm by 9.1m. A breathable, latex-free seal for inoculation points, plate edges and lid holes that lets air and water vapour through while keeping out larger airborne dust and debris.
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70% IPA Clinell Alcohol Wipes (Pack of 5)
Clinell sanitising wipes that pair 70% isopropyl alcohol with 2% chlorhexidine, for a fast clean plus lasting cover on ports, lids, tools and gloved hands before you inoculate.
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70% Isopropyl Alcohol (1000mL)
A one litre bottle of 70 percent isopropyl alcohol for wiping down gloves, tools and work surfaces before clean work. It disinfects, it does not sterilise.
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CyLab
A still-air box, a temperature-controlled incubator and a heated fruiting chamber, built into one compact, low-power system. It lets you grow gourmet mushrooms in any season, even through a cold UK winter, without heating the whole house.
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CySAB XL
A 130 litre still air box with the arm holes already cut for you. It gives you a calm, low airflow space to work with agar, spawn and cultures, so fewer contaminants reach your sterile work.
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Hygiene Kit
A small set of single-use hygiene items for working clean during inoculation. It covers your hands, your face, your work surface and the injection port, so fewer bacteria and mould spores reach your culture.
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Kilner 1L Mason Jars (Pack of 12)
Genuine 1 litre Kilner round clip top jars, sold in a box of twelve. The standard glass vessel for grain spawn and small bulk substrate work in a home lab.
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Scalpels (Sterile)
Swann-Morton No.20 surgical blades, gamma sterilised and sealed one per foil pack. A clean, sharp edge for cutting agar wedges and opening culture work in front of a flow hood or still air box.
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Self-Healing Injection Ports
Grey butyl rubber ports that fit a 12mm hole in any jar lid, so you can inoculate through a needle without opening the jar. The rubber reseals as the needle pulls out.
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SporeKit™ Syringe
A small, low-cost way to test your own spores before you commit them to a full grow kit. Germinate a sample first, see that it runs clean, and only then inject your substrate.
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Sterile Inoculation Loops
Single-use plastic loops, gamma-sterilised in the bag, for picking up spores from a print, syringe or liquid culture and streaking them onto an agar plate without flaming anything.
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Sterile Swabs
A dry sterile rayon swab in a screw-cap tube. Use it to lift spores from a print or gills and smear them onto agar, or to take a sample for a contamination check.
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Unicorn 3T Grow Bags (Pack of 10)
Genuine Unicorn 3T autoclavable bags with a 0.2 micron filter patch. The standard choice for making grain spawn: filled with grain, sterilised in a pressure cooker, then inoculated with your own culture.
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Vials (Pack of 5)
Five small borosilicate glass vials with a self-healing rubber port in the lid. You inject and draw through the port with a needle while the screw lid stays sealed, so they suit liquid culture and storing spore or culture samples.
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XL Mushroom Grow Tent
A large fabric fruiting chamber that holds high humidity and lets you add fresh air, so colonised blocks and trays pin and fruit in a clean, controlled space.
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XXL Mushroom Grow Tent
A roomy polypropylene fruiting tent for gourmet mushrooms. Built-in filter strips let fresh air pass in and out while the enclosed space holds the high humidity your fully colonised substrate needs to pin and fruit.
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Good to know
Why sterile technique matters
Successful mushroom cultivation depends on preventing contamination. You have a contest between the species you want to grow and every mould and bacterium that loves the same nutrients. Because most failures trace back to a compromised transfer rather than a bad culture, this collection focuses on removing the risk of error at every stage.
Keeping your work clean
Help to safeguard your work from moulds and bacteria by using a still-air box (like in our CyLab) alongside 70% isopropyl alcohol, Clinell wipes, and a dedicated hygiene kit to maintain a clean workspace.
Moving tissue and liquid cleanly
Move tissue and liquid cleanly with sterile consumables like scalpels, inoculation loops, swabs, vials, BD Luer-lock syringes and needles. These same products ensure clean slide preparation for your microscopy work.