Lignosus rhinocerus Pure Culture (Tiger milk mushroom)

The Lignosus rhinocerus Pure Culture from Agripie is a high-purity, axenic fungal culture prepared under controlled laboratory conditions for research, strain preservation, and medicinal mushroom biotechnology. Lignosus rhinocerus, commonly known as the Tiger Milk Mushroom, is a rare tropical polypore traditionally used in Southeast Asian ethnomedicine and extensively studied for its immunomodulatory polysaccharides, bioactive proteins, and therapeutic potential.

This culture is developed through single-source tissue isolation, ensuring genetic stability, consistent colony morphology, and freedom from bacterial or fungal contamination. On agar media, the mycelium typically shows white to creamy-white growth, compact to slightly cottony texture, and moderate radial expansion under optimal incubation conditions.

The culture adapts well to nutrient-balanced agar media and is suitable for maintenance cultures, sub-culturing, metabolite studies, sclerotial research, and controlled cultivation trials. Due to its rarity and medicinal relevance, L. rhinocerus is primarily used in academic research, pharmaceutical R&D, and advanced mushroom biotechnology programs, rather than conventional commercial farming.

🧪 Culture Specifications

• Scientific Name: Lignosus rhinocerus

• Common Name: Tiger Milk Mushroom

• Culture Type: Pure (axenic) culture

• Format: Agar culture plate

• Plate Size: 90 mm sterile Petri plate

• Isolation Method: Single-source lab isolation

• Quality Control: Visual contamination screening before dispatch

🌱 Growth Characteristics

• Mycelial Color: White to creamy white

• Texture: Compact to slightly cottony

• Growth Rate: Moderate

• Preferred Media: PDA, MEA, specialized medicinal mushroom media

🌡️ Optimal Incubation Parameters

• Temperature: 22–28 °C

• pH Range: 5.5–6.5

• Light Requirement: Dark to low light

• Humidity: Standard laboratory incubation conditions

🔬 Applications

• Medicinal mushroom and pharmacological research

• Polysaccharide and bioactive compound studies

• Sclerotium development research

• Academic teaching and strain preservation

Storage: Store at 42–8 °C. Sub-culture within 3 months for optimal culture vigor.
 

Intended Use: Research and educational purposes only. Not intended for direct consumption.