"Janitorial Supplies"

Supplied as tube cultures. Comes with culture and handling instructions, as well as the manual Working with Fungi.

Eight strains: a1 (HAO), α1 (HBO), a2 (HAR), α2 (HBR), a3 (HAT), α3 (HBT), a4 (HART), α4 (HBRT).

Ascomycete. Baker’s yeast. Reproduction by budding. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM agar growth medium.

Basidiomycete. Inky-capped mushroom. Jar culture. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM/rabbit dung agar growth medium.

Classic experiment to demonstrate crossing over.

Yeast strains are ideal for genetic study because they are easy to grow and maintain, their life cycle is complete in approximately one week, and you can arrest different stages of the life cycle by growing it on different types of media.