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Shiitake Mushroom Plug Spawn Dowels (100)

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Shiitake Mushroom Identification

Classification: Lentinula edodes

Other Names: N/A

Shiitake 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

Shiitake 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.

Slow Fruiting

This mushroom species takes a considerable amount of time to fruit.

Requires Pre-Fruit Soaking

This specific mushroom species performs best when submerged in room-temperature clean water between incubation and fruiting stages. It is also good to submerge it again between flushes in order to maximize yield.

Intermediate

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

Click here to read our full instructions about how to use mushroom plug spawn

Easily grow your own Shiitake Mushrooms for years to come. Shiitake Mushroom Plug Spawn is wood dowels inoculated with the Shiitake Mushroom species mycelium, and used to grow mushroom fruiting bodies on freshly cut logs or stumps. You will specifically need hardwood logs such as Alder, Ash, Birch, Bitternut, Cherry, Chestnut, Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Maple, Oak, Pecan, Sweet gum, Sycamore, Tulip poplar, Walnut, Willow. Shiitake Mushrooms do not grow on conifers.

Simply drill 5/16" holes 1" deep to hammer the Shiitake Mushroom plugs into. The holes should be drilled right before plugging them, and spaced about 4" apart. Logs should be roughly 6 inches in diameter and four feet long. They need to be freshly cut, or at least cut within the past 20 days. Avoid using logs with missing or split bark, try to find unpenetrated logs, except on the sides they were cut.

Shiitake Mushroom Plug spawn can also be used to grow mushrooms on live trees, but should only be done strategically down branch where pruning is planned later. Our Shiitake Mushroom plug spawn is made from hardwood fluted or spiral dowels.

The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia. Shiitake grow in groups on the decaying wood of deciduous trees, particularly shii, chestnut, oak, maple, beech, sweetgum, poplar, hornbeam, ironwood, mulberry, and chinquapin. Its natural distribution includes warm and moist climates. Fresh and dried shiitake have many uses in the cuisines of East Asia. In Japan, they are served in miso soup, used as the basis for a kind of vegetarian dashi, and as an ingredient in many steamed and simmered dishes. In Chinese cuisine, they are often sautéed in vegetarian dishes such as Buddha's delight.

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    Liquid Fungi

    Shiitake Mushroom Plug Spawn Dowels (100)

    $15.00 $20.00

    The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia. Shiitake grow in groups on the decaying wood of deciduous trees, particularly shii, chestnut, oak, maple, beech, sweetgum, poplar, hornbeam, ironwood, mulberry, and chinquapin. Its natural distribution includes warm and moist climates. Fresh and dried shiitake have many uses in the cuisines of East Asia. In Japan, they are served in miso soup, used as the basis for a kind of vegetarian dashi, and as an ingredient in many steamed and simmered dishes. In Chinese cuisine, they are often sautéed in vegetarian dishes such as Buddha's delight.

    Easily grow your own Shiitake Mushrooms for years to come. Shiitake Mushroom Plug Spawn is wood dowels inoculated with the Shiitake Mushroom species mycelium, and used to grow mushroom fruiting bodies on freshly cut logs or stumps. You will specifically need hardwood logs such as Alder, Ash, Birch, Bitternut, Cherry, Chestnut, Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Maple, Oak, Pecan, Sweet gum, Sycamore, Tulip poplar, Walnut, Willow. Shiitake Mushrooms do not grow on conifers.

    Simply drill 5/16" holes 1" deep to hammer the Shiitake Mushroom plugs into. The holes should be drilled right before plugging them, and spaced about 4" apart. Logs should be roughly 6 inches in diameter and four feet long. They need to be freshly cut, or at least cut within the past 20 days. Avoid using logs with missing or split bark, try to find unpenetrated logs, except on the sides they were cut.

    Shiitake Mushroom Plug spawn can also be used to grow mushrooms on live trees, but should only be done strategically down branch where pruning is planned later. Our Shiitake Mushroom plug spawn is made from hardwood fluted or spiral dowels.

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