Mushroom Cultivation Media (imagine as a chart or see original at http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/mushroom.html ) Growing Medium Mushroom Species Rice straw Straw (Volvariella) Oyster (Pleurotus) Common (Agaricus) Wheat straw Oyster (Pleurotus) Common (Agaricus) Stropharia Straw (Volvariella) Coffee pulp Oyster (Pleurotus) Shiitake (Lentinus) Sawdust Shiitake (Lentinus) Oyster (Pleurotus) Lion's Head or Pom Pom (Hericium) Ear (Auricularis) Ganoderma (Reishi) Maitake (Grifola frondosa) Winter (Flammulina) Sawdust-straw Oyster (Pleurotus) Stropharia Cotton waste from textile industry Oyster (Pleurotus) Straw (Volvariella) Cotton seed hulls Oyster (Pleurotus) Shiitake (Lentinus) Logs Nameko (Pholiota) Shiitake (Lentinus) White jelly (Tremella) Sawdust-rice bran Nameko (Pholiota) Ear (Auricularis) Shaggy Mane (Coprinus) Winter (Flammulina) Shiitake (Lentinus) Corncobs Oyster (Pleurotus) Lion's Head or Pom Pom (Hericium) Shiitake (Lentinus) Paper Oyster (Pleurotus) Stropharia Horse manure (fresh or composted) Common (Agaricus) Crushed bagasse and molasses wastes from sugar industry Oyster (Pleurotus) Water hyacinth/Water lily Oyster (Pleurotus) Straw (Volvariella) Oil palm pericarp waste Straw (Volvariella) Bean straw Oyster (Pleurotus) Cotton straw Oyster (Pleurotus) Cocoa shell waste Oyster (Pleurotus) Coir Oyster (Pleurotus) Banana leaves Straw (Volvariella) Distillers grain waste Lion's Head or Pom Pom (Hericium) --- more to check out: http://www.fungi.com/cultures/spawn.html http://www.fungi.com/kits/outdoor.html http://www.arrowweb.com/MUSHROOM/pots/index.htm http://www.champidelice.com/anglais/fruiting.htm to join: http://theforagerpress.com/community/cnyms/memb.htm $10 to Rick Colvin CNYMS Treasurer 1948 Connors Rd. Baldwinsvile, NY 13027 to order later: http://www.kalyx.com/store/prodpage5.cfm/CategoryID/1000.0/SubCatID/165.0/file.htm Pearl Oyster Indoor Mushroom Patch.: F KPO100 $21.60 plus $11 shipping from fungiperfecti from FP: Chicken of the Woods Plug Spawn-100 Plugs $12.95/100 at FP Shiitake Plug Spawn-100 Plugs $12.95 at PF (3 for $9.98 ea) Lion's Mane Mushroom $12.95 for 100 maybe: - Stropharia Rugosoannulata Wine Cap Mushroom or King Stropharia http://www.champidelice.com/anglais/king_stropharia.htm "Do not consume in great quantity" hmmmm. put above pond, filtering neighbor's runoff PURCHASED: http://www.campingsurvival.com/enmuspat.html The Enokitake* Mushroom Patch. Growing Temperature: 40-60 F A veritable forest of small capped, long stemmed Enokitake mushrooms (Flammulina populicola).often too numerous to count.will emerge from this mushroom kit. Long favored by the Japanese and known by North Americans as The Winter Mushroom, this species is delightful to grow and eat. (To activate, simply place it in your refrigerator.) Like the Pearl Oyster Mushroom Patch, freezing does not harm this mushroom. *Taxonomic research has identified our strain as being Flammulina populicola, a sister species of Flammulina velutipes. ~ $27 including shipping from campingsurvival.com Substrates (primarily sawdust and rice bran; 4 : 1 ratio) --- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEBTOX:IT&item=190204752335&_trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI Phoenix Fir Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) 50 Oyster Mushroom Plugs You Are Bidding on a lot of 50 Plugs For Growing Your own Phoenix Fir Oyster Mushrooms!! These oysters have got to be the most prolific easy to grow mushroom that I offer! It grows easily on a wide range of substrates including Pasteurized straw, wood chips, sawdust, various grains, coffee grounds, agricultural waste, even newspaper and cardboard. This is by far the most popular mushroom for beginners. It grows great on conifer stumps and logs, especially spruces and fir trees and a variety of other hardwoods. Oyster mushrooms are best known medically for their cardiovascular and cholesterol-controlling benefits. Use your mushroom plugs, to inoculate Hardwood logs or stumps. Its Very easy to do. You Just drill holes for your plugs pound them in water and wait! By doing this mushroom mycelium is encouraged to grow throughout and completely Colonize the wood. Once your log has fully colonized, A process that usually takes 6-12 months, mushrooms will begin to spring forth from the cracks or channels in the wood. It is best to inoculate your logs and stumps Any time from early spring up to about 2-3 weeks before consistently freezing temperatures set in. Basically you need to allow a few weeks for the mushroom mycelium to establish itself in its new home before it goes dormant for the winter. The Logs can be left outdoors over the Winter, under a layer of straw, Some mulch, or a burlap tarp, shade cloth or other vapor-permeable cover. Do not use plastic tarps: this can cause mold to form. In areas where the Winter is exceptionally harsh, logs can be stored indoors. A shed, barn, garage or other outbuilding will do fine. Oyster mushrooms prefer to grow on spruce and fir trees. Non-aromatic hardwoods such as oak, elm, maple , Alder and similar woods are also very good candidates for log cultivation. Logs should be cut a few months before you begin plugging. Cut your logs in lengths of 3-4 feet. Use a 5/16" drill bit to drill 2-inch holes2 to 4 inches apart, evenly spaced. Insert 1 plug per hole and whack it in with a hammer. A 3-4 foot log can take about 50 plugs, while stumps usually hold 30-50 plugs. The more plugs you use, the faster your log will be colonized with mushroom mycelium. Holes can be sealed with wax to protect the mycelium from weather and insects while it's growing. Cheese wax or beeswax is best. Although the waxing can be helpful, it is not absolutely necessary. Your Phoenix Mushroom logs will Vigorously Produce Mushrooms for years to Come!! I guarantee my Gourmet and medicinal Mushroom Plug Spawn to be viable. In fact, if left unattended on a shelf or in your refrigerator for too long, many of our Plug Spawns will begin to produce mushrooms right out of the bag! The total number of mushrooms you can expect to get from a log or a stump cultivation will vary from log to log, and from season to season. Any outdoor mushroom cultivation project involves a number of variables including climate, species, sugar and moisture content of wood, consumption of mushrooms or mushroom mycelium by insects and other animals, quality of care to name a few. Due to the many and various contributing factors involved in this method of mushroom cultivation, Rainbow Seeds cannot accurately predict the amount of mushrooms your Plug Spawn will produce.