Go Go Spalting
Just support.
For those who want to help support the research but not be involved in it. Your support level will help us fund our undergraduate workers and buy basic supplies for the lab, such as glassware and dish soap.
All the News, None of the Fluff
- Access to lab general updates, such as new research plans, new papers published, etc
- Ability to vote in polls directing new work.
- Ability to purchase staining fungi (no longer available to the general public) and new extracted pigments (like the zone lines in a bottle) as they become available.
Fungal Access
Take support to the next level.
- Full access to our fungal library, with up to one plate of fungus per month shipped to you free (those outside the USA will need to pay postage and check their country import regulations), as requested.
- All the benefits listed in the “All the News, None of the Fluff” level
All the Fungus, All the Pigment
- Full access to our pigment library, with up to one lab grade vial per month shipped to you free (those outside the USA will need to pay postage).
- Signed copy the limited edition Chilean spalting book (outside the US needs to pay postage).
- Full access to our fungal library, with up to one plate of fungus per month shipped to you free (those outside the USA will need to pay postage and check their country import regulations), as requested.
- All the benefits listed in the “All the News, None of the Fluff” level
DIY
- In addition to the previous tier perks (one pigment per month, one fungus per month, the Chilean spalting book) you also get monthly DIY video access, covering topics from turning, spalting, art photography, etc. For those who like more instruction with their fungus and turning, this is the tier for you!
Spalting Co-Op Individual Membership
Limited number available
- This is the full level membership for individuals in the spalting cooperative. In addition to all the items noted below, you may join in monthly meetings to help plan future research, get ongoing lab updates as they happen, and may do phone consultation with Dr. Robinson without paying the consulting fee ($100/hour usually).
- Full members get access to all lab products as noted below, are full voting members for new research plans, and help direct the future of the Applied Mycology Lab.
- THREE vials of pigment per month
- Up to FIVE plates of fungus per month
- All the benefits listed in the “All the News, None of the Fluff” level
Company Full Membership
Limited number available
- This is the full level membership for companies in the spalting cooperative. In addition to all the items for the previous tiers, you may join in monthly meetings to help plan future research, get ongoing lab updates as they happen, and may do phone consultation with Dr. Robinson without paying the consulting fee ($100/hour usually).
- Companies are able to request specific research projects for the spalting lab, such as development of colored zone lines, testing new wood species, wood species ID, etc.
- Companies also get access to all lab products as needed (unlimited requests for fungi and pigment), free of charge, are full voting members for new research plans, and help direct the future of the Applied Mycology Lab.
