Blue Oyster Mushroom Plate Culture

NSPO1 - Harbor Blue Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus)
$74.99
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Beginning any successful mushroom cultivation project starts with a pristine and vigorous culture. North Spore’s Blue Oyster Mushroom Plate Culture provides the essential foundation for robust fungal growth, enabling growers to confidently expand their mycology endeavors.

Each plate is meticulously prepared to order, ensuring maximum viability upon arrival. Our expert mycologists develop these cultures within an ISO 7 clean room laboratory, adhering to stringent sterile protocols to guarantee a contamination-free product.

This premium culture serves a multitude of advanced cultivation needs for dedicated indoor growers and mycology enthusiasts. It is an ideal starting point for:

  • Crafting master bags for bulk substrate inoculation
  • Directly inoculating grain spawn for increased volume
  • Creating sterile liquid cultures for syringe inoculation
  • Propagating additional agar plates to preserve genetics or conduct further isolation

The blue oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus) is renowned for its rapid growth and prolific fruiting. This species offers beautiful coloration and a delightful texture, making it a popular choice for both culinary enthusiasts and serious cultivators.

North Spore is committed to making mushrooms accessible to all, providing not only high-quality supplies but also the scientific expertise to support your journey. This plate culture reflects our dedication to premium products and educational accuracy.

As a product made to order, your Blue Oyster Plate Culture arrives fresh, ensuring optimal vitality. Proper refrigeration maintains its dependable shelf life, allowing flexibility in your cultivation schedule.

Reliable mycelium is critical for consistent results. Our in-house mycology team conducts thorough quality control, ensuring each plate meets the high standards expected by experienced cultivators.

Elevate your cultivation projects with a culture you can trust. Explore the comprehensive resources available from North Spore to maximize your yield and expand your mycological knowledge.

NSPO1 - Harbor Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. This is a very productive commercial strain of blue oyster from Pennsylvania. It produces dense clusters with dark gray/blue caps. It produces best in cooler temperatures but also performs well during the warmer months. Averages 1-2 lbs first flush off of 5 lb supplemented sawdust blocks but will also produce off sterilized straw substrate.

NSPO4 - Steely Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. A steely blue oyster strain we prefer for outdoor spawn for log inoculations. Fruits best in cooler temperatures, up to 65 degrees.

NSPO5 - NV Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. A blue oyster strain from Nevada. Unknown fruiting conditions.

NSPO8 - Quito Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. A blue oyster culture from mushrooms cultivated in Quito, Ecuador.

NSPO9 - Bountiful Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. A high-yielding blue oyster strain. Unknown source.

NSPO12 - Cap 'n Stem Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. Developed by Erik Lomen at Cap N' Stem, a blue oyster strain featuring flushes of smaller caps.

NSPO15 - Shmoyster Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. An alternative blue oyster strain. Darker and denser than our PO1 with a more impressive first flush but a lower tolerance for warm temperatures. A serious Oyster with a serious name.

NSPO16 - Big NV Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. Big, beautiful blue oysters from Nevada with large fruiting bodies and a tolerance for higher CO2 levels. 

NSPO17 - FL Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. A slightly more delicate, hot weather loving blue oyster with shades of beige to pale gray-blue.

NSPO18 - CA Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. Another good alternative to our PO1. Fast-growing. A very popular commercial blue oyster strain from California.

NSPO19 - King Blue Oyster

Pleurotus ostreatus. High-yielding, thick-stemmed "King Blue" oyster strain from Mossy Creek.

Frequently Asked Questions

We recommend absolute beginners start with our Spray & Grow Kits, which make growing mushrooms at home super easy.

We want you to have the best possible experience with every North Spore product and guarantee free replacements within 30 days of receipt for any damaged, contaminated, or unusable product.

Absolutely! Mushroom cultivation is a great activity to do with the whole family, whether you'd like to grow indoors or outdoors. If you're new to mushrooms, we recommend starting with a Spray & Grow Kit or a Plant & Grow Kit – both make it easy to grow fresh, organic mushrooms at home.

We are vertically integrated — from culture work all the way to spawn and substrate production — ensuring a quality end product. And our staff mycologists keep up to date on all best practices in our field. Additionally, we have a dedicated QAQC team that tests every batch of grain and substrate before it’s inoculated.

Cluster of brown-capped mushrooms with long, light-colored stems against a white background.

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Whether you’re growing mushrooms at home, in your garden, or at a commercial scale, we offer everything you need to cultivate success. We start with the highest-quality OMRI-listed ingredients, mix them in our state-of-the-art facility, and inoculate them in our custom-built lab, so you can rest easy knowing your product will yield the best results.

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