Napa Valley Fungi

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A new laboratory will be online in 2016 with LC-MS/MS, new culture incubation, and MORE!

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Microbiological Laboratory Testing

Founded in 2011, Napa Valley Fungi provides you with the convenience of local service in the North Bay Area, operating by the same strict protocols and quality control standards as other ISO 17025 compliant facilities, and offers highly-specialized microbiological laboratory testing services in a clean facility practicing ANSI standard quarantine procedures for working with plant pathogens. Napa Valley Fungi is operated by a consulting arborist, WCISA #WE-9457A, PNW CTRA #1563. We offer services in such diverse areas as the following:

Environmental Microbiology: Aerobic plate count

Anaerobic plate count

Fungal plate count

Detections of fungal plant pathogens from plants, soil, water, and air

Detection of fungal plant pathogens in seeds, leaves, roots, and stems

Identification of fungi based on morphological characteristics

Cultural characterization

Microbiological identification (Bacteria and Fungi)

Microscopic examination of unknown substances

Fungal spore ornamentation identification through Scanning Electron Microscopy

Environmental Sampling: Soil sampling for presence of mycorrhizal fungi species - Glomales, Rhizopogon, Tuber

Soil sampling for presence of pathogenic root fungi species - Armilaria, Fusarium, Mortierella, Trichoderma, Rhizoctonia, Rhizopus, Sclerotinia

Phytophthora ImmunoStrip testing

Serological and culture plate methods for detecting Phytophthora and Pythium

Nucleic Acid-based techniques for diagnosis of plant pathogens:

PCR

ELISA

Truffle Cultivation

We offer site location evaluation services, orchard design, annual testing of plant nutrients, annual testing of soil nutrients, pruning, and annual root evaluation for the presence of Tuber fungi (PCR Nucleic Acid testing services listed above). We will service any orchard of any size and do not require truffles from our clients for our services. The continuous scientific evaluation of hazelnut and oak tree orchards is necessary for success in truffle cultivation.

Mushroom Cultivation

Our mushrooms are grown on recycled waste products from the wine country. We use barrels, corks, oak sawdust, straw, grapevines, and grape pumice as nutrient media for the cultivation of medicinal fungi that are sold wholesale to restaurants of the Napa Valley. We grow a variety of culinary mushrooms and medicinal fungi (Ganoderma, Hericium, Maitake, Nameko, Oyster, Piopino, and Shiitake), we produce growing kits, fungi compost, and educational tools for children and adults. We are a new and growing company with our laboratory facility located in Napa and our mushroom growing facility is located in Vallejo, CA.

Classes

Napa Valley Fungi offers seminars and training on fungi identification for better diagnostics of plant health; mushroom hunting forays as a team building exercise for arborist companies, wineries, and restaurants; cultivation classes for elementary school programs and general interest in mushroom cultivation; seminars and training on medicinal mushrooms, their uses and benefits, and cooking with fungi for medicinal cuisine.

Other services offered by Napa Valley Fungi:

• Sudden Oak Death Prevention and Mitigation

• Pest & Disease Management 

• Tree Risk Assessment

• Planting and Construction Site Preservation

• Small Pruning Projects

• Mycorrhizal remediation of soil and plants

• Testing for the presence of Mycorrhizal fungi from previous remediation

Mushrooms are medicine, and mushrooms will save the word. EAT MORE FUNGI!

For more information, please contact us at:

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