Agar - Nutrient rich jelly-like substance used with a petri-dish or test tube to preserve genetics.
Autoclave - A strong pressurized steam-heated vessel used for sterilization
Bulk Substrate - Coco, Manure, Compost etc. media used in the final phase as food and material for mushrooms to form.
Cap - The “head” of the mushroom where the spores are kept.
Casting Layer - Top layer of substrate in fruiting chamber.
Clone - Process of taking a flesh sample to replicate a specific fruit.
Coco Coir - Coconut husk that can be used as bulk substrate.
Colonize - Process of mycelium consolidating its hold on a substrate by extending new strands of mycelium into nutritious material.
Contamination - Anything foreign growing on / in substrate.
Flushes - Each harvest from same tub.
Fungus - A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Gills - Part of the cap in which spores are produced.
Grain Substrate - Corn, Rye, Millet etc. media that is inoculated with mushroom genetics to let mycelium grow before being transferred to Bulk Substrate.
Hyphae - Single cell cylindrical thread like structure.
Incubation Room - A room set at used for inoculated grain to spawn healthy mycelium.
Inoculate - The process of introducing microorganisms to a sterile media.
Liquid Culture (LC) - A nutrient rich liquid mycelium grows in to preserve genetics.
Monotub - Plastic modified tub used classically to cultivate in.
Mushroom - The Fruit body we see and eat.
Mycelium - The network of single cells called Hyphae.
Mycology - A branch of biology which studies fungi.
Pasteurize - Process where materials are partially sterilized at 140 - 160 degrees fahrenheit.
Petri-dish - Also known as a Plate/s is a shallow transparent lidded dish which is used to hold a sterile media for cell growth.
Phenotype - Observable physical characteristics resulting from the relationship of environment and genotype.
Pinning - A stage during the fruiting period where little “heads” start to appear on the substrate.
Slants - Also known as Stock Cultures, is a media filled test tube which can then be inoculated.
Spawn - Jars, bags, tubs etc. that have been inoculated with mushroom genetics in which the mycelium is growing vigorously.
Spore - The reproductive seed or cells of fungi.
Spore Print - Process of cutting stem from cap and placing cap onto sterile surface to allow spores to drop as a way to save genetics.
Stem - The long thing part which connects the fruit body to the substrate.
Sterilize - Make free from live bacteria or microorganisms.
Veil - Thin layer of flesh covering the spores connecting the cap to stem which is torn away once cap becomes mature and opens.
Vermiculite - Mineral material paired with another substrate to help maintain moisture.
Yield -Total amount harvested
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