Plug spawn: prices across US vendors
14 species and 37 current listings at 2 vendors, updated September 4, 2026. Every price on this page is per plug, and all of it is one product category — so these numbers are directly comparable. A plug here is never compared to a product in another category.
Inoculated wood dowels for plugging logs. Priced per plug where the count is stated, so a 100-count and a 500-count bag compare fairly.
By species
| Species | Low | Median | High | Listings | Vendors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Oyster | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Shiitake | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 3 | 1 |
| Reishi | $0.07 | $0.14 | $13.74 | 5 | 2 |
| Chicken of the Woods | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 3 | 1 |
| Nameko | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Golden Oyster | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Chestnut Mushroom | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Italian Oyster | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Snow Oyster | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Maitake (Hen of the Woods) | $0.07 | $0.14 | $0.20 | 2 | 1 |
| Lion's Mane | $0.07 | $0.20 | $13.74 | 3 | 2 |
| Oyster (variety unspecified) | $13.74 | $13.74 | $13.74 | 3 | 1 |
| Pink Oyster | $13.74 | $13.74 | $13.74 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey Tail | $13.74 | $13.74 | $13.74 | 1 | 1 |
Prices are per plug. Each species links to its own page, where this and every other category it sells in is broken out separately.
Not mapped to a tracked species
4 listings in this category aren't matched to a species this index tracks — either generic plug spawn that names no species at all, or a species outside our current coverage. They're compared here among themselves, per plug.
| Vendor | Listing | Per plug | Listing price | Stock | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Spore | Mushroom Log Inoculation Drill Bit — 8.5mm (Plug Spawn) | $21.99 | $21.99 | in stock | view → |