Resources/Equipment

What you need, organized by stage. You don't need all of it to start; the Essentials column is enough for a first monotub grow from a spore syringe or liquid culture.

Spores and live cultures can be ordered from Denver Spore Company. Most of the general gear is at hardware, grocery, and feed stores. Items that are genuinely hard to find are linked under hard-to-find items below.

By stage

Stage	Essentials	Nice to have
Clean work	Still air box (a 60–100 qt clear tote), 70% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle, nitrile gloves, face mask	Flow hood, butane torch, alcohol lamp
Sterilizing	Pressure cooker that holds 15 psi (a 16–23 qt model fits quart jars)	A larger canner or an All American for bigger batches; a dial gauge for altitude adjustment
Agar	Petri dishes, agar powder, light malt extract, scalpel	Media bottles, Parafilm, a digital scale that reads to 0.1 g
Liquid culture	Mason jars, lids with injection ports and filters, syringes with 16–18 gauge needles	Magnetic stir plate and stir bars
Grain spawn	Quart mason jars or filter-patch grain bags, lids with filters, grain (oats, rye, or millet)	Impulse sealer for bags
Bulk substrate	Coco coir bricks, vermiculite, gypsum, 5-gallon bucket or cooler with lid	Probe thermometer
Fruiting	54–66 qt tote, micropore tape or polyfill, spray mister	Hygrometer, clip-on LED, fan
After harvest	Paper towels, clean containers	Food dehydrator

Hard-to-find items

Bag tek

• Clear thick tape for holding injection ports in place on grain bags

Add more here as you find them. Include what it's for, not just the link.

Where to buy

Denver Spore Company

A Denver-based spore vendor run by owner Eric B. Sells spore syringes, spore prints, and live culture syringes, plus gourmet spores and bundles. Orders ship to your door.

• Order online: denversporecompany.com (browse the catalog and place your order there)
• Questions: see the contact details on their site

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