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Liquid Fungi  |  SKU: 310003800553

Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn (1 pound)

$20.00
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Blue Oyster Mushroom Identification

Classification: Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus

Other Names: N/A

Blue Oyster Mushroom Substrates

Sterilized Hardwood Substrate

Hardwood Logs, Supplemented Sawdust Blocks, Pasteurized Straw, Other Cellulose Products

Petri: Malt Extract Agar, Dextrose Agar

Spawn: Rye Berries, Millet, Oats, Corn

Blue Oyster Mushroom Environmental Information

Cold Temperature

Incubation Temperature: 70F-80F

Incubation Time: 12-14 Days

Fruiting Temperature: 55F-65F

Fruiting Humidity: 85%-93%

Pinning Time: 4-10 Days

Total Fruiting Time: 14-18 Days

Needs Cold

This species requires colder temperatures to fruit.

High CO2 Fruiting

This species fruits best in a high CO2 environment. Lower levels of carbon dioxide may effect both the color and shape of the resulting fruiting bodies.

Intermediate

This species requires an intermediate grower level and general understanding of mushrooms.

The blue oyster mushroom is one of the most common of the oyster mushrooms used in cuisine world wide. Young specimens will be blueish color on their caps, then changing color to grey tones upon maturing. Not only is the blue oyster mushroom delicious, but it's one of the easier varieties of oyster mushrooms to grow. This mushrooms grows on a wide range of substrates including straw (wheat, rye, oat, rice, and barley straw), corn, coffee grounds, banana waste, most hardwoods and hardwood by-products like sawdust and paper, compost and much more. This mushroom truly thrives throughout temperate regions of the world. Blue oyster mushrooms prefer colder temperatures, in comparison to other oyster mushrooms. This mushroom loves low temperature drops and even does best when morning lows are around the 40’s and 50’s. Blue Oyster mushrooms are naturally high in lovastatin, a drug approved by the FDA for lowering "bad" cholesterol and raising "good" cholesterol. Higher concentrations of lovastatin are in the caps then the stems, more concentrated on the mature gills, and especially in the spores.


Our Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn is grown on 100% certified organic rye berries. It arrives contaminate free, fully developed, and ready to use. Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn is used to inoculate many bags of bulk substrate quickly. Transferring grain into bulk substrate bags is the choice methodology for medium and large scale growers. Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain transfers are usually performed in a flow-hood or bio-cabinet. Simply break up the Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn, then transfer grains to each bag you want to inoculate.

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Liquid Fungi

Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn (1 pound)

$20.00

The blue oyster mushroom is one of the most common of the oyster mushrooms used in cuisine world wide. Young specimens will be blueish color on their caps, then changing color to grey tones upon maturing. Not only is the blue oyster mushroom delicious, but it's one of the easier varieties of oyster mushrooms to grow. This mushrooms grows on a wide range of substrates including straw (wheat, rye, oat, rice, and barley straw), corn, coffee grounds, banana waste, most hardwoods and hardwood by-products like sawdust and paper, compost and much more. This mushroom truly thrives throughout temperate regions of the world. Blue oyster mushrooms prefer colder temperatures, in comparison to other oyster mushrooms. This mushroom loves low temperature drops and even does best when morning lows are around the 40’s and 50’s. Blue Oyster mushrooms are naturally high in lovastatin, a drug approved by the FDA for lowering "bad" cholesterol and raising "good" cholesterol. Higher concentrations of lovastatin are in the caps then the stems, more concentrated on the mature gills, and especially in the spores.


Our Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn is grown on 100% certified organic rye berries. It arrives contaminate free, fully developed, and ready to use. Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn is used to inoculate many bags of bulk substrate quickly. Transferring grain into bulk substrate bags is the choice methodology for medium and large scale growers. Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain transfers are usually performed in a flow-hood or bio-cabinet. Simply break up the Blue Oyster Mushroom Grain Spawn, then transfer grains to each bag you want to inoculate.

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