Ed Dunkel Posted September 17, 2003 I managed to get my hands on both potato dextrose agar and malt extract agar. Which ones are good for what mushrooms, or are they pretty much the same? E D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mesq Posted September 18, 2003 With my limited experience I would say pretty much the same. As you would probably know it is good to change media once in a while so that the mycelia can easily adapt to digesting different substances. Did you buy premade agar?? that's fairly exxy stuff alot cheaper to make it yourself. [ 18. September 2003, 08:34: Message edited by: Mesqualero ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Dunkel Posted September 18, 2003 I have a friend in a bio-department. They have stacks of plates poured for bacteria and fungi. I was given both the spare PDA and MEA plates. They pour hundreds at a time so there are always spare ones. So they are quite the same. Good to know No difference for wood or dung growing fungi then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mesq Posted September 18, 2003 No not really. The only real difference if you wanted to be tricky is to add a tiny amount of the end substrate to the agar recipe. Say add some dung or hardwood sawdust. This would make the mycelium adapt quicker to the more complex nutrients in a fruiting substrate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
