Agar recipes

agar recipes

There has been a lot of experimentation with various agar recipes. Below are some resources to consider.

tried and tested recipes

• Gordo - MEA (source: gordo patreon video)
  • 8g light malt extract
  • 8g agar agar powder
  • 400mL hot water
  • sterilize 15psi for 30 mins
  • wait 30 mins and pour into plates

mycocook

• Stamets - Malt Extract, Yeast Agar
  • 1,000 milliliters (1 liter) water
  • 20 grams agar agar
  • 20 grams barley malt sugar
  • 2 grams yeast (nutritional)
  • 1 gram peptone (optional, soybean derived)

source: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, 3rd ed, 2000, Stamets

experiments

• FrankHorrigan did some great experiments from Aloha medicinals' cookbook. He explored the use of mealworms, crickets and even catfood : [1]