Mushroom cultivation is a crucial part of the production process. The quality of the strain directly affects the yield and quality of the mushrooms produced. Lifeasible offers tissue culture services for oyster mushrooms. We use tissue isolation to produce the master strains of oyster mushrooms, providing a line of research for the development of varieties that produce high-quality mushrooms. Working with us will greatly facilitate your research.
What Are Oyster Mushrooms?
The oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) is a fungus of the genus Pleurotus in the family Pleurotidae, a low-temperature fungus with highly adaptable mycelium and low-temperature requirements for fruiting bodies. The mycelium is clumped or stacked and the cap is tile-like, fan-sized, shell-shaped, and irregularly funnel-shaped; the fleshy cap is thick and soft. The color of the surface of the cap is affected by the light and changes, the light is strong and dark, the light is weak and light; the gills are white, of varying length, and the long ones extend from the edge of the cap to the stalk, the short ones have only a small section at the edge of the cap, looking like a fan bone; the stalk is lateral or partial, white, medium firm; the mycelium is white, thick and strong, the flesh is white, slightly hard and soft.
Our Services
Lifeasible tissue culture of oyster mushrooms can provide research direction for high-quality strains. There are many species of oyster mushrooms. However, generally, the growing conditions are essentially the same, except for the different temperatures required to grow and develop the mycelium and substrate. Our tissue culture services include the following species:
- Pleurotus citrinopileatus
- Pleurotus eryngii
- Pleurotus cvastidiosus
- Pleurotus euosmus
- Pleurotus djamor
- Pleurotus pulmonarius
Service Workflow
Strain
collection
Tissue
isolation
Media
preparation
Growth
monitoring
Strain
purification
We can provide our existing Pholiota nameko mycelium for cultivation or extract Pholiota nameko mycelium from samples provided by you. The mycelium will be grown on a substrate suitable for extraction, such as straw, sawdust, maize straw. Our mycelium can be grown by burying it in a substrate or by planting it on a pre-sterilised substrate.
Applications
- The oyster mushrooms are used in mycelium bricks, furniture, and leather-based products.
- Oyster mushrooms are used in industry for remediation. Treatment of diesel-contaminated soil converts 95% of oil into non-toxic compounds.
- The oyster mushrooms can also grow and degrade in oxygenated biodegradable plastic bags, promoting green polyethylene degradation.
Contact Us
If you are interested in our services, please contact us for a more detailed description of our services.
Reference
- Lee CH, et al. Sensory cilia as the Achilles heel of nematodes when attacked by carnivorous mushrooms. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020; 117 (11): 6014-6022
For research use only, not for clinical use.
