For high school and undergraduate students involved in non-thesis research, or for graduate students who do not have external funding, inoculum is available at no charge. The inoculum will be mailed usually within 72 hrs of receipt of payment or P.O. number. If stocks are too low to mail out immediately, the solicitor will be contacted by phone, fax, or e-mail and informed of the situation. At that time, substitute cultures will be recommended if the inoculum is needed quickly or an estimated ship date will be provided. Living spores Vials of cleaned spores of individual isolates can be requested for teaching or research purposes.
Less inoculum is obtained, but the solicitor is guaranteed of spore purity and identity.
This option has been used by molecular biologists and other researchers who have no experience with these fungi or do not understand their taxonomy. The cost of each vial is identical to that of whole inoculum when supplied for research or commercial purposes. No charge will be applied for requests involving spores used in teaching. Preserved spores Vials of spores preserved in sodium azide also can be requested for teaching demonstrations or as vouchers in a research program. If none are available, then spores will be extracted, prepared, and mailed within 72 hours.