Boost your gourmet mushroom growing with Zombie Mushrooms’ Pioppino Liquid Culture Syringe. This great culture grows elegant bunches of caramel-brown caps on thin, whitish stems. They look very fancy. Pioppino (Agrocybe aegerita), also known as Black Poplar mushroom or Yanagi-matsutake, has an amazing nutty, earthy taste and a firm, meaty feel.
Because of this, it's highly valued in Italian and Japanese cooking. Whether you love cooking and want real flavors, are a chef looking for special ingredients, or grow mushrooms and want to try new types, our 10mL liquid culture syringe has lab-checked mushroom growth for steady, good harvests of this elegant mushroom.
What Is It?
This is our premium 10 mL Pioppino (Agrocybe aegerita) Liquid Culture Syringe. It has clean mushroom growth in a liquid food mix, ready to use right away and guaranteed to be free of bad stuff.
Pioppino mushrooms grow unique caramel-brown caps with whitish edges and thin, elegant stems. They offer a complex nutty taste with hints of hazelnut and earthy notes. They also stay firm even after a lot of cooking.
The live mushroom growth in this liquid is picked carefully for growing bunches, good flavor, and resistance to other organisms. Our special type grows very well. It also keeps the elegant look, amazing texture, and complex flavor that makes Pioppino a valued ingredient for chefs who specialize in Italian and Japanese food.
Features
We made our Pioppino Liquid Culture with great cooking and reliable growing in mind. This good starter has clear benefits for growers who want gourmet-quality harvests. Here’s what makes our liquid culture special:
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Very clean: Made in controlled lab settings to stop contamination risks.
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Exact delivery: The needle is designed to let you put the liquid exactly where it needs to go for the best growth patterns.
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Best on hardwood: The genetics are picked to grow best on hardwood materials with added food.
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Lasts a long time: Stays fully active for over 6 months if kept cold properly.
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Many projects: One syringe can start many different growing projects, which is great value.
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Expert help: A QR code links to special growing guides for this intermediate-level mushroom.
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You can see it grow: The clear casing lets you check the mushroom growth before you use it.
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Full starter kit: Comes with an alcohol prep pad for proper cleaning.
Specifications
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Pioppino (Agrocybe aegerita)
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Grain spawn
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Recommend using a 5ml liquid culture for a 3lb milo grain bag
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Growing substrate
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hardwood
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Incubation
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Temperature
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70-75F
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Duration
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12-16 days
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Fruiting induction
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Temperature
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55-65F
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Relative Humidity
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85-95%
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CO2 concentration
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<2000 ppm
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Duration
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2-3 weeks
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Light
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800-1500 lux
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Flushes
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Number
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2
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Interval
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2 weeks
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Why Choose Our Pioppino Liquid Culture?
Pioppino liquid culture is a great way to start growing fancy gourmet mushrooms. Our carefully chosen type gives consistent results for intermediate growers. When you pick our liquid culture syringe, you get special cooking genetics in an easy-to-use form. Here’s why our Pioppino liquid culture is better than others:
1. Amazing Texture That Stays
Our Pioppino liquid culture is specifically picked for its great texture, which sets it apart from other gourmet types. One 10mL syringe starts many growing projects. The genetics are best for the firm, meaty texture that stays firm even after a lot of cooking.
This quality makes this mushroom especially valued by professional chefs. This specialized type produces caps and stems with strong cell structure that doesn't break down when you sauté, braise, or add them to soups.
People who love cooking appreciate the texture, while food experts value how many ways you can cook it. Exact use helps it grow evenly, which leads to consistent texture across all harvests.
2. Sophisticated Flavor
Our liquid culture keeps the full range of flavors that has made Pioppino a key part of Italian forest cooking. Unlike common types that might sacrifice taste for more mushrooms, our liquid culture keeps the unique nutty, hazelnut-like notes with subtle earthy hints that define real Pioppino.
This flavor integrity means your growing will make mushrooms with a complete sensory experience, like premium ones—delicate yet complex, with a refined finish that adds to, rather than takes over, your dishes.
Our selected type consistently shows the flavor compounds that have made Pioppino famous in traditional European and Japanese cooking for generations.
3. Good Challenge for Intermediate Growers
The 10 mL size has millions of live cells chosen for consistent growth when you use the right steps. Our Pioppino type is the perfect next step for growers ready to move past beginner types like oyster mushrooms.
How it grows and what it needs to fruit offers a rewarding challenge. It builds your growing skills without being too hard for newer growers. Liquid culture gives the most genetic potential in little storage space with clear application needs.
For mushroom experts who want to grow more fancy types, our Pioppino culture offers a great learning path with amazing cooking rewards.
4. Grows Mushrooms for Longer
Our clear liquid culture syringe starts the growth of a mushroom type that uniquely fruits for extended periods. Unlike faster types that need to be picked right away, Pioppino grows over 2 to 3 weeks. This lets you schedule your harvest flexibly to fit your busy life. This longer growth gives growers a chance to watch caps form, mature, and find the best time to pick—valuable learning parts of mushroom growing.
Exact use allows for spaced-out growing schedules. This gives you fresh mushrooms all the time through planned growing cycles. This flexible scheduling helps both people who grow at home with changing schedules and small growers who manage different mushroom growing timelines.
How To Use It
Using Pioppino liquid culture requires attention to the material's makeup and environmental factors. This specialized liquid supports structured growing methods for this intermediate-level mushroom. Here are recommended ways to use your liquid culture syringe:
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Direct substrate inoculation: Inject 5 mL into cleaned, supplemented hardwood substrate bags. Spread it across multiple points for even growth. Keep at 70 to 75°F for 12 to 16 days until completely grown.
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Grain spawn production: Use 5 mL to start growth in cleaned 3 lb bags of milo grain. Keep at 70 to 75°F until fully grown, then move to supplemented hardwood substrate (1:4 spawn-to-substrate ratio) for the best growth.
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Agar isolation: Put 3 to 4 drops on malt extract agar plates. Watch for root-like patterns, pick strong sections, and keep cultures to save the type.
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Liquid culture expansion: Inject 2 to 3 mL into larger containers of clean nutrient solution to make more liquid culture for future projects or experiments.
After complete growth, make it start fruiting by lowering the temperature to 55 to 65°F. Keep humidity between 85 to 95% and give 800 to 1500 lux of indirect light.
Make sure CO₂ levels stay below 2000 ppm for the best cap growth. Fruiting structures usually appear over 2 to 3 weeks once the right conditions are set. Expect 2 large harvests with about 2 weeks between them.
Boost Your Culinary Mushroom Collection—Order Today!
Start growing Pioppino mushrooms with the cleanest, most refined starter available. Get your Pioppino Liquid Culture Syringe now. It’s optimized for cooking, enhanced for texture, and full of gourmet potential.
Our genetics produce elegant caramel-brown caps on slender stems with a sophisticated look. They feature amazing texture retention and complex nutty flavor that has made Pioppino a main part of fine Italian cooking for centuries. It comes in a small, exact system that can start many growing projects.
Maximize Your Cultivation Efficiency: Add Mushroom Grow Kit - Monotub Refill Kit (8lb)
Serious Pioppino growers use our liquid culture syringe with the Mushroom Grow Kit - Monotub Refill Kit (8lb) for professional-quality results. This complete system mixes cleaned grain and CVG (coco coir, vermiculite, gypsum) material in perfect amounts for the most mushrooms.
The special mix gives ideal food for Pioppino to grow, then sets up the best conditions for fruiting. This takes the guesswork out of growing. With 8lbs of perfectly balanced materials, you’ll get much larger harvests than with regular growing bags. The monotub way creates the perfect tiny climate for Pioppino’s longer fruiting period. This results in perfectly formed caps with better texture and flavor.
Add the Monotub Refill Kit to your order for growing results worthy of gourmet restaurant kitchens!
See All Our Gourmet Collection
Look at our big selection of good cultures and things to go with them:
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Grain Spawn for Other Varieties: King Oyster, Chestnut, and Brown Beech
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Exact Tools: Syringes, needles, and laminar flow equipment
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Substrate Materials: Special hardwood mixes and added food compounds
BUY NOW and join others who grow food mushrooms with Zombie Mushrooms. Feel good about growing great Pioppino mushrooms using advanced growing technology.
