The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to spread joy this holiday season than with mushroom themed gifts? It’s time for Inoculate the World’s holiday gift guide for mushroom lovers. Find gifts like spores, supplements, and apparel, for everyone on your list.
Mushroom Spores for the Scientifically Inclined
Mushroom spores are the perfect gift for any lover of microscopy and taxonomy. Inoculate the World’s premium spores come in several formats, and there’s truly something for everyone.
Mushroom Spore Syringes
One of the most popular spore formats is mushroom spore syringes, which contain sterile water, packed with microscopic mushroom spores. Spore syringes are some of our most popular products, and for good reason. Spore syringes are long lasting, convenient, and easy to use. Tried and true strains like our Golden Teacher Spore Syringe, the classic B+ Spore syringe, and fan favorite Stargazer spore syringe will make perfect stocking stuffers for any microscopy enthusiast looking for popular strains.
Inoculate the World also released several new spore syringes this year, so the holidays are a perfect time to help the microscopist in your life catch up on some of our new releases. Our favorites are Wonky Donkey, which has unique bell-shaped caps, and Plantasian Mystery, a unique cubensis that looks comparable to Azurescens.
A large flush of Wonkey Donkey cubensis mushrooms
Isolated Spore Syringes
Isolated Spore Syringes are Inoculate The World’s specially formulated syringes, comparable to liquid cultures. These syringes contain a unique nutrient blend, optimized for robust and fast research results. Our Isolated Syringes are a step above liquid cultures, specially formulated and tested to ensure no active compounds are produced within the syringe. They’re perfect for all research levels, but beginner researchers will find them particularly useful since they take some of the time and risk factors out of the equation.
Iconic strains such as Penis Envy Isolated Spore Syringes, and its albino cousin Albino Penis Envy Isolated Spore Syringes, fall into this category. This year, we released several new isolated strains for simplified research. Yellow Umbo Isolated Spore Syringes are a unique cross between cubensis and ochras, Mexi Red Isolated Spore Syringes feature a fascinating genetic mutation: red, or “rusty” spores.
Mushroom Spore Prints and Spore Swabs
Mushroom Spore Prints and Spore Swabs are the oldest mushroom spore formats. Because they contain no moisture, they last much longer than syringes, but also require a bit more prep work for any research. Ambitious citizen scientists will be thrilled to unwrap a mushroom spore print or spore swab.
If you want to gift a show-stopping spore print this year, try Blue Magnolia Rust for its beautiful rusty hue, or a classic like Jedi Mind Fuck or TW3, an isolation of Tidal Wave.
Medicinal Mushroom Supplements for Health Enthusiasts
With illnesses on the rise during wintertime, the holiday season is the perfect time to treat any health-conscious person on your list with a new medicinal mushroom regimen. Whether or not your loved ones are sold on the benefits of medicinal mushrooms yet, this holiday season is the perfect time to introduce a new mushroom supplement, through the gift of a tincture, extract, or multi-mushroom gummy.
Extracts contain an extremely concentrated dose of mushroom compounds, with each serving about the size of two grains of rice. Our Cordyceps Extract can boost energy and exercise endurance for any athlete or busy person in your life. Extracts are our most concentrated medicinal mushroom supplements, but we also sell tinctures, which make these compounds easy to add to your daily juice or coffee with a dropper bottle. Our Lion’s Mane Focus Tincture can provide cognitive benefits with just a small dropper-full per day.
This year, we added a new mushroom supplement to our catalog, our medicinal mushroom gummies. Our specially formulated Vitality Mushroom gummies are packed with the benefits of five different medicinal mushroom fruiting bodies, providing a tasty mushroom supplement with holistic benefits.
Clothes and Accessories for Everyone on Your List
Inoculate The World’s branded apparel options are perfect for that stylish person in your life. We work with our friends at Cendrar’s Marbling to make each of our unique, hand-designed graphics, and much of our apparel is perfect for the cooler weather.
Many of our classic designs are available on regular T-shirts such as our “When It Rains it Spores” T Shirt:
This ITW hoodie is another perfect pick for the wintertime.
In addition to our classic merch, we’re so excited to release ITW beanies and tote bags this season. These are the perfect stocking stuffer and accessory for any outfit
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If your giftee prefers jewelry, our one of a kind spore pendants will be a delightful surprise. Our spore pendants are handmade by @joust-glass and contain real spores. They come in two varieties with Azurescens or Cyanescens spores.
For the Gourmet Mushroom Cultivator or Creative Home Chef
Inoculate The World carries close to thirty species of edible mushroom genetics for the gourmet mushroom cultivators. Oyster mushrooms are some of the best for beginner mushroom cultivators, while more advanced growers might be interested in more demanding species like Cordyceps or Reishi.
We also released several new gourmet genetics this year, including Black Pearl King Oyster and Venetian Oyster. These more niche varieties will round out any gourmet collection, and provide boundless inspiration for the home kitchen.
Gourmet mushroom cultivators might also appreciate our selection of cultivation tools. Give the gift of a sterile work environment with tools like a laminar flow hood. We’ll admit that these would make for highly specialized gifts, but for an ambitious mushroom cultivator, a flow hood might be that perfect splurge worthy surprise. Our 4×2 flow hood, with updated specifications, is the perfect size for most research projects.
For Book Lovers
For those interested in the historical and cultural side of mushrooms and psychedelics of all kinds, our highly curated collection of books has something for everyone. History buffs might enjoy Sacred Mushrooms of the Goddess: Secrets of Eleusis, which provides a detailed look into the psychedelic origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Our hand-picked book collection also contains identification books for curious naturalists. All That Rain Promises and More is a great identification guide, especially for West coast mushrooms. Shop all of ITW’s book collection here.
Inoculate The World wishes you and yours a happy holiday season!