Lizard King Spore Print

A strain with a distinctly wild streak. Lizard King has never quite behaved like a domesticated cubensis, and that's rather the appeal — it produces slim, elegant fruits with wavy, often irregular caps that look far more like something you'd stumble across in a field than something raised in a tub. Growers who've spent time with tidy, uniform isolations tend to find it a refreshing change of pace.

It's a capable performer, if not a headline yielder. Colonisation is steady rather than explosive, and the fruits lean towards the delicate end — thinner stems, smaller caps, and a tendency to come up in generous clusters rather than as a handful of showpieces. What it gives back is character: caramel through to deep tan colouring, pronounced bruising, and that slightly untamed silhouette that's made it a long-standing favourite among enthusiasts.

Something to keep in mind: this one asks a bit more of you than a beginner strain. It can be slower to get going, it's fussier about consistent conditions, and its wild-type genetics mean variability across a flush is the norm rather than the exception. None of that makes it difficult exactly — but it's a strain that rewards someone who's already comfortable reading their grow rather than following a checklist.

A little history: Lizard King is named after the cultivator who introduced it, a well-known figure in the online mycology community of the late 1990s and 2000s who went by that handle. (Whether the handle itself nods to Jim Morrison is a question people enjoy asking and nobody has definitively answered.) Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, our self-named Lizard King was out hunting for cubensis mushrooms and couldn’t find any. Disheartened, he pulled over, went to the local stables, and asked for some horse manure for his garden. When directed to a pile of horse poo, he saw three huge cubensis mushrooms growing on some wood chips to the side of the pile. He took the mushrooms but left the poo behind, printed them and isolated them, and the rest is mushroom history.

Storage: Keep your spores refrigerated, not frozen, from the moment you receive them. Pop them in the fridge straight away, and they’ll happily keep for a couple of months and in perfect conditions, even for years.

Remember: All our products are sold for microscopy purposes ONLY; do not try to grow mushrooms with any of our products; that would be illegal and very naughty. While I have your attention on this matter, it is very surprising to learn how many naughty people there are out there. No judging, but I cannot answer any questions about growing mushrooms. It doesn’t matter if you live somewhere where growing is legal; I still won’t answer any questions – please don’t ask. However, if you do ask me naughty questions, I will unfortunately have to add you to my banned list, and you will be unable to enjoy any of my lovely products. I will also inform Santa about your naughty behaviour and ask him to put you on his naughty list – that’s now Christmas stuffed. So please, no naughty questions.

Don’t Forget:

• Keep them in a cool, dark place; about 5’c is nice

• Keep the product in a clean and tidy place

• Don’t let the product get hot

• Don’t let them freeze

• Don’t let them become dusty or dirty