How to Make Agar Media and Pour Petri Dishes for Mushroom Cultivation

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  • Once you’ve mastered the basics of DIY mushroom cultivation and you’re ready to take a deep dive into the heart of mycology, making your own agar media and petri dishes is a must.
    In this in-depth video, you’ll discover the secret recipe to unlock infinite nutritious growth media for your fungus. Learn how to prepare, sterilize, pour, catalogue and store your very own petri dishes. Pick up lots of great tips and tricks along the way, including how to make hydrogen peroxide media (a great alternative to antibiotic agar), how to avoid senescence, get the most out of your mycelium and keep your fungus well-fed and happy for years to come.
    Once you’ve tackled the techniques in this video, you’ll be ready to charge ahead into the uncharted territory of advanced DIY mycology, including breeding, cloning and culture preservation. Next, check out our tutorial on sterile culture technique, Mycology Lab 101: • Mycology Lab 101: Agar...
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    Recipes
    MEA
    10 grams agar
    10 grams malt extract
    pinch each gypsum & yeast
    500 mL water
    PDA
    10 grams agar
    8 grams dextrose
    3 grams potato flakes
    pinch each gypsum & yeast
    500 mL water
    VIDEO CORRECTION!
    The correct dilution for hydrogen peroxide is 0.03%, not 0.3% as said in the video. The measurement shown is correct, 1 ml 3% H2O2 into 100 mL agar. Sorry!
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    0:00 Intro
    3:18 Overview
    3:35 Background
    5:48 Side Note: No-Pour Agar Tek
    6:26 Supplies
    10:48 Ingredients
    17:49 Recipes
    23:05 Part 2: Prep & Sterilization
    26:12 Part 3: Pouring Plates
    29:14 Pro Tip #1: Color Coding
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  • @user-2df90a0z1
    @user-2df90a0z1 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    This is a criminally underrated channel! I love it when our dude does the pirate and other character impressions like the professor. lol

  • @J155P
    @J155P หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This dude is the new, cooler Bill Nye the Science Guy. I'm a big fan.

    • @Xulzen
      @Xulzen 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is excellent content for getting youth involved in science of mycology, like Bill Nye did for science generally when I was a kid.

  • @kristofdonatkovacs8583
    @kristofdonatkovacs8583 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    No words to express how much your videos are exactly the perfect content for an absolute beginner and also for someone who has been working with mushrooms for years. Thank you for your enthusiastic content.

  • @robertdrew3864
    @robertdrew3864 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is easily one of the best agar videos on YT. Great explanation, entertaining, and very useful tips.

  • @scousertommy2268
    @scousertommy2268 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video Paul, I've seen this and the mycology lab 101, and it has been some of the best long-form content on this website as of late. The quality of information and production is greater than quite a few of my university professors (albeit embarrassing on their behalf). Thank you!

  • @calebkotewa7344
    @calebkotewa7344 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dude has character and extremely useful information I have not found elsewhere. AAAARGGGHHHHH

    • @TheTubejunky
      @TheTubejunky 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You mean like a SpongeBob knock off pirate? "Aree you ready kidsssss"... Yeah we see it.

    • @TheTubejunky
      @TheTubejunky 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DeathFromAbove_5.56 You do realize sheomery is technically out dated due to the drop in trust as well as pros still using that forum? Was a good run but it's been used to arrest ppl in the past so nah bro. Stop glowing.

  • @gustavorodrigues6882
    @gustavorodrigues6882 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    looking forward for your diy laminar flow hood video. its really expensive to ship your stuff to EU. love the videos tho, keep it up!

  • @audreycotten1638
    @audreycotten1638 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Excellent timing! Thank you for your generosity- I ordered 1 starter syringe of oyster & received 3 extras!!! Wee! You are awesome! Thank you thank you! 🙏🏻 I have been slightly intimidated by the agar process but have my Petri dishes standing by & hopefully after your video will gain the confidence to begin. Mush Appreciation for your work & beautiful Spirit, Paul! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @luke3892
    @luke3892 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the content. It's very informative and quite enjoyable to watch. I've already learnt a bunch.

  • @ihaveanalienhidinginmybackyard
    @ihaveanalienhidinginmybackyard หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was exactly what i needed this morning, you are a legend!

  • @jeisuna
    @jeisuna หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Sweet! Just started in mycology and I love learning all these different agar recipes! I can’t wait to watch it!

    • @DeathFromAbove_5.56
      @DeathFromAbove_5.56 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We have to be careful relying on 20 year old growing advice when we've advanced the hobby beyond that point. I mean look it up, peroxide is toxic to mycellium....homeboy is a rookie. Wallax2 doesn't want him here. GO BACK TO PORTLAND @FUNGIA

  • @wesleykampe8168
    @wesleykampe8168 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    😂this dude is what I would say should be the face of the myco community… he’s not afraid to let his weird shine through and he understands the pain and the hurdles of starting out as a young mycologist dude I started crying when you said shoplifting flats of mason jars😂😂😂 you are a legend and when I die I want you to know that it may not be a lot but I have taken my wife out of my will and replaced her name with you…fr

  • @ambrosioplaza3899
    @ambrosioplaza3899 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is the best free mushroom cultivation educational channel on the internet! Thank you so much Paul from Caracas Venezuela!

  • @AlaskaMushroomFarming
    @AlaskaMushroomFarming หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing video on DIY Agar plates!! Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @tonydouglas2572
    @tonydouglas2572 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Professor. I really enjoy your videos and all your great info. You’re a true pleasure to watch. Looking forward to more great videos.

  • @Judged-Dread
    @Judged-Dread หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Media flask with pouring ring is king 💪

  • @e30kolbenkiller
    @e30kolbenkiller หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like you Channel very much, as im currently starting to grow my own shroomies. I like the way you explain things. You are a very likable guy.

  • @Ynot123.
    @Ynot123. หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video as always! Thank you for giving us the directions and the confidence to explore while being fun and interesting. As someone who is new to this I can't understand why you don't have followers in the millions? Thanks again!!

  • @cowlelujah5752
    @cowlelujah5752 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your channel. Reinspiring me as a grower.

  • @Xulzen
    @Xulzen 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome stuff! I look forward to more content.

  • @user-kn9pe5ue6r
    @user-kn9pe5ue6r หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow those are big speakers! Fungi Rock!

  • @weatheredraven3006
    @weatheredraven3006 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I learned alot! Thankyou.

  • @ntsosure3387
    @ntsosure3387 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nicely done sir!

  • @sholtz2608
    @sholtz2608 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just received my order and I've never seen mycelium so thick and healthy in a syringe 😮🎉 100% killing it

  • @MrMalorl
    @MrMalorl หลายเดือนก่อน

    Appreciate the information! ❤

  • @TheTubejunky
    @TheTubejunky 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    At 20:00 your adding lots of nutrients. This may have an adverse effect on your growth due to the ability of bad bacteria or fungus to thrive eating those same nutrients. Sometimes less is more. It's usually a good precedent to test this out in smaller batches and get your choice of culture stable prior to only using this recipe.
    Always have a backup plate ready in case things go wrong. Good luck everyone and learn before you burn. Mycology is awesome 👍😎

  • @benjaminurzua8100
    @benjaminurzua8100 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!

  • @BadddDoggg-id4po
    @BadddDoggg-id4po หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating. When I first got in to growing mushrooms I didn't realize that I'd have to become a micro guy! I just started, I injected spores into my substrate x4 and nothing happened. Great first failure LOL.

  • @AD-gi9zg
    @AD-gi9zg หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like the videos. Subscribed. 👍

  • @protodank
    @protodank 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love that you ate the agar😅

  • @IAmHumanJake
    @IAmHumanJake หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please keep making videos

  • @mahdishariaty9881
    @mahdishariaty9881 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He is the king👑🔥🌹

  • @koukouzee2923
    @koukouzee2923 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I made a mesh table for my SAB
    And I made it a little slanted
    I have been pooring plates slanted for months and I love it

  • @nimfbdhdkdm
    @nimfbdhdkdm หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    upload more please

  • @gszikra
    @gszikra หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video.
    I think, regular jello should work too. Regular gelatin melts at 38 deg C in an incubator.
    That temperature is used for bacterial growth copying human body temperature. Fungal cultures are incubated, usually, at room temperature 18 deg C to 20 dec C. Gelatin stays jello.

  • @gszikra
    @gszikra หลายเดือนก่อน

    imho and maybe and all due respect and thank you for the video
    Isolation of microbes: a mixed culture can be inoculated on the surface of the media about 1/3, 1/4 of . After that the inoculation loop is sterilized and from the inoculated surface using one streak the microbes can be carried to other, sterile side of the media surface in the petri dish. This produces a dilutional effect and the microbial growth shows up on the diluted surfaces a single colonies making it possible to transfer colonies of a single organism to another petri dish. Mixture of microbes can be isolated into colonies grown of single, one kind of microbes. Pure colonies can be obtained this way. imho and maybe and all due respect and thank you for the video

  • @rewty
    @rewty หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi i have the 8qt Instant Pot Pro & wondering how long on HIGH to sterilize Agar & brf jars?

  • @DenverCatch22
    @DenverCatch22 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @_fungaia
    How do you prevent it from the agar from cracking once it is poured and set to dry? I noticed some plated when I go to bag them, some of the agar inside the petri dishes are cracked so to speak.

  • @gszikra
    @gszikra หลายเดือนก่อน

    imho and maybe and all due respect and thank you for the video
    The video shows the petri dishes held upside down. The larger dish should be lower and the agar should coat the smaller dish the way that the ceiling of the smaller dish is coated. This way microbes cannot fall on the surface of the agar to avoid contamination. This is routinely done in microbiology laboratories. Petri dishes with microbiological medias are routinely stored like this before inoculation during storage of sterile condition, and after inoculation during incubation.
    Mycological specimen are usually incubated on room temperature (18 -20 dec C) bacterial media is incubated at human body temperature (38-40 dec C). At 38 deg C gelatin melts, agar-agar stays solid.
    Gelatin media is probably useful for mycology specimen, because it stays solid at 20 deg C incubation.
    Obtaining gelatin, jello, is easier in an everyday setting, and it is useful for incubation on petri dishes.
    It may be a kind of biiohack.

  • @bebophippie1781
    @bebophippie1781 หลายเดือนก่อน

    anyone have any insight on putting mycelium from a pf cake on an agar plate. It should work to clone right? I'm going to try no matter what just wondering what some of you think.

  • @SilverPhoenix-PlazmaMoon
    @SilverPhoenix-PlazmaMoon 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ty, this is great. I might have missed it, but... what if I have agar leftover? Can I store it for later and reheat it and pour more petris?

    • @TheTubejunky
      @TheTubejunky 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes. You can but keep in mind each exposure to open air will possibly introduce contamination. It also may be a bit clumpy depending on your recipe and age of agar.

    • @SilverPhoenix-PlazmaMoon
      @SilverPhoenix-PlazmaMoon 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheTubejunky Thanks 🤙

  • @RobertDelPrete-jc2gf
    @RobertDelPrete-jc2gf หลายเดือนก่อน

    What would you recommend for Lion's Mane agar? Thank you

    • @_fungaia
      @_fungaia  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Any of the recipes mentioned work great for Lion's Mane!

    • @RobertDelPrete-jc2gf
      @RobertDelPrete-jc2gf หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@_fungaia thank you, oh wise blagar pirate 🙇🏻

  • @BadddDoggg-id4po
    @BadddDoggg-id4po หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here's a SUPER THANKS! You are the best!

  • @FRESNEL_COOKING_SOLAR_OVENS24
    @FRESNEL_COOKING_SOLAR_OVENS24 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pyrex may be confusing. Not every pyrex materials is heat resistant. Has to be borosilicate container.

  • @hajotge12
    @hajotge12 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are you using chlorinated tap water for your agar?

  • @anonharingenamn
    @anonharingenamn หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I use grafting tape instead of the specialized tape. I guess it's only an issue if you do no-pour agar?

    • @dthomas021
      @dthomas021 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As a retired lab-rat turned mycologist, I've always used parafilm until recently. I switched to grafting tape and find it is much cheaper (0.4 cents per plate vs. 10 cents per plate for parafilm) and much faster since I don't have to cut the grafting tape into strips like I did for parafilm. Takes a little getting used to if you're already familiar with parafilm but well worth learning.
      Since grafting tape is so cheap I do seal every plate after the agar is set before storing. Something I didn't do with parafilm.

    • @anonharingenamn
      @anonharingenamn หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Yeah I have so very much to learn.@@dthomas021

  • @nothanks9503
    @nothanks9503 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One day I shall use this information to make antibiotics once society has broken down

  • @adriananaya5142
    @adriananaya5142 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What type of alcohol is used In the little lamp?

    • @chanceshaw812
      @chanceshaw812 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Denatured I think?

  • @Mochu_s_Junkyard
    @Mochu_s_Junkyard หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    wait, no parafilm?

  • @Pothead2088
    @Pothead2088 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What's the name of the intro song? ❤

  • @aidennymes6335
    @aidennymes6335 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    isn't 1ml of 3% h2o2 in 100ml going to be 0,03% instead of 0,3% ?

    • @_fungaia
      @_fungaia  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh man, yes, you're correct. That's an embarrassing and misleading mistake. 0.01%-0.05% is the correct dilution, 0.3% is way too much! I can't believe I didn't catch that. I'll post a correction in the description, thank you.

  • @philipagne1996
    @philipagne1996 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey who ordered the poo poo platta

  • @1HeartCell
    @1HeartCell หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How to make agar? Well, you just link those sugars in a very specific way, et voila

    • @AD-gi9zg
      @AD-gi9zg หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're joking. Your comment is intentionally misleading.
      (The gelling agent in the agar is a polysaccharide, or two polysaccharides, formed from a sugar, (galactose?) linked in long chains, I think? You have some knowledge of biology.)
      (Agar may be found in oriental food stores, or certain health food shops. It is only part of the culture medium mixture.)

  • @KB-qk5ib
    @KB-qk5ib 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    appreciate every piece of your edu work, and the true blue ad made me laugh out loud fr. uphill both ways, with disgusting culture at both ends? too close to home matey
    for anyone who hasn't tried true blue's genetics yet - grab the discount and do it. not a shill but they're zero bullshit, with super fast shipping, sweet customer service if there's ever an issue, and zero misses on quality yet. I think I'm four or five orders in, tried well over 10 strains, and every one of them has outperformed competitor options, whether I liked it or not.

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    @xxxhilariousxxx หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Cpt. Blagarrr! You Rock!

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    @user-yn5pz3qj8r หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is best?

  • @PantsYourPoop
    @PantsYourPoop หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe I DO want to stay in a dark room and eat mountain dew my entire life! Don't judge me!😅

  • @cuznclive2236
    @cuznclive2236 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!