How to Make Agar Slants for Mushroom Cultures EASIEST METHOD

This video gives a walkthrough on how to make agar slants for preserving mushroom cultures. Agar slants are great for storing fungal cultures long-term. Culture slants can last months or years with no maintenance! Slants are much better than agar plates for long term storage of mushroom cultures because the air tight screw-cap prevents the culture from drying out over time. The easy method presented here uses a media dispensing bottle to rapidly fill many tubes without a mess! Filling each tube with a syringe or flask can be tedious and messy. Using the plastic dispensing bottle allows to you to seamlessly fill many tubes. Media recipe: 500ml water 10g agar 10-12g potato dextrose or malt extract Additional media recipes and more: https://mothermycelium.com/how-to-mak... High quality mushroom cultures and mushroom growing supplies: https://mothermycelium.com/shop/ Join the MM discord! Post your mycology projects, get advice from experienced cultivators, and connect with fellow mushroom enthusiasts:   / discord   Instagram:   / mother_mycelium   Facebook:   / mothermycelium   TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8TgAwQu/ Twitter:   / mother_mycelium   Website: https://mothermycelium.com/ Chapters: 0:00 Needed Supplies 0:24 Agar Prep 0:51 Filling the Culture Tubes 2:39 Cooling the Slants 3:51 Inoculation Mother Mycelium is more than just another mushroom farm. We believe in the power of fungi to help regenerate and rejuvenate the health of people and planet. Rather than just sell another mushroom product, we want to provide you with the tools and knowledge to grow your own mushrooms and design your own restoration projects using fungi. We offer full spectrum growing supplies, cultures, mushroom classes, and merchandise. Disclaimer: We are a gourmet and medicinal mushroom farm only. We do not grow, manufacture or distribute illegal substances.