CFIA-licensed mycology lab · Brantford, Ontario
Mushroom spawn & growing supplies,
made in Canada.
Grain spawn, liquid cultures, agar, bulk substrate and grow kits — produced in-house in Brantford, Ontario and shipped across Canada. Twelve species, verified genetics, made fresh to order.
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- Founded
- 2020
- Customers served
- 50,000+
- Species on millet
- 12
- Facility
- CFIA licensed
- Produced
- In-house
- Ships from
- Brantford, ON
What we make
Everything a Canadian grower needs, from agar to harvest.
We started as a small mushroom farm, so the catalogue is shaped by what we needed and could not reliably buy in Canada. All of it is produced in our own lab.
12 species · Fresh to order
Grain spawn on organic millet
Colonised millet grain spawn in twelve species, produced fresh to order in our Brantford lab rather than pulled off a shelf. Every batch comes from a verified isolate, so the culture you get this month behaves the same as the one you got last month. Singles and case quantities.
Mushroom spawn
Sterilised · Ready to inoculate
Bulk substrate and uncolonised grain
Supplemented hardwood sawdust, masters mix and sterilised uncolonised grain, ready to inoculate. This is the cheapest lever you have on yield: spawn will fruit on its own, but spawn mixed into a properly prepared bulk substrate is what turns a bag into a harvest.
Bulk substrate & grain
3 cc & 10 cc · Fresh to order
Liquid culture syringes
Live mycelium in sterile nutrient broth, drawn and sealed the week it ships. A single 10 cc syringe inoculates several bags of grain, which makes liquid culture the cheapest way to run your own spawn instead of buying it. Agar plates available for isolation work.
Liquid cultures
Ground · Whole bean · Instant
Mushroom coffee, blended in-house
Canadian coffee blended with lion's mane, chaga and turkey tail grown in our own lab and sold under our Shyne label. Ground and whole bean, plus instant sachets. It is real coffee first — the mushrooms are grown, dried and milled here, not bought in as a premix.
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Twelve mushroom species on organic millet
Every one of these starts as a jar in our lab.
Not sure where to start
Three questions. One honest recommendation.
Most first grows fail because someone bought the wrong thing for their space, not because growing is hard. Tell us what you are working with and we will point you at the right starting point.
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Est. 2020
Built by Growers.
For Growers.
We started as a small mushroom farm. We know what bad genetics cost you. That's why we built the lab.
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What growers say when the flush comes in.
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“This was my first time growing mushrooms and I couldn't believe how easy it was. First flush came in 9 days and I got about 300g total from three flushes.”
★★★★★
“The spawn colonized very well and produced several nice flushes of white oyster mushrooms. I was especially impressed with how well it performed even with my homemade setup.”
★★★★★
“Vigorous mycelium, colonized my supplemented hardwood bags in about two weeks. Already placed a second case order. Great quality spawn.”
★★★★★
“I love growing them. Excited every morning to see how much they have changed. They feel like my pets now.”
We supply three kinds of grower.
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Home growers
Start with a kit on the counter, then move up to your own spawn and substrate when you are ready.
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Farms & market growers
Case quantities of spawn, grain and bulk substrate, produced on a schedule you can plan a season around.
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Brands & wholesale
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