Organic Italian Oyster Mycelium Grain Spawn

Pulmonary oyster mushroom, Italian oyster mushroom, pleurotus pulmonarius

Easy to grow variety, suitable for both beginners and professionals. The aggressive mycelium leaves little chance of contamination. They are often grown in summer because they are more resistant to high temperatures than oyster mushrooms, but they can also be grown in winter with better quality and better preservation of the mushrooms. They have a rapid cycle. Incubation can take 10-15 days, and they fruit quickly, steadily and predictably.

The caps range in size from 3 to 7cm, the color ranging from light brown to dark brown depending on the growing conditions. The plants are generally smaller than pleurotus ostreatus, and they tend to grow more individually than in clusters.

Conservation of mycelium: 1 month in the fridge

 See also “How to use our mycelia”

Our commitment to quality:

We produce our mycelia in laboratory conditions, which guarantees the purity of the varieties and optimal quality.

We produce our mycelia 100% organically and all our products are certified “ BE-BIO-01, Agriculture Belgium ” by CERTISYS.

Growing conditions

Variety typically adapted to heat, for hot countries or summer conditions. However, it can be grown all year round, even in winter and its conservation is better in cool conditions.

Fruiting is extremely rapid and the harvests follow each other in a very predictable manner. Harvest mushrooms young for better preservation and texture.

Substrates

Straw pasteurized with heat or lime, pasteurized sawdust and other lino-cellulose materials.

Indoor or outdoor cultivation. 

We recommend our ready-to-use substrate , particularly suitable for wood-eating varieties.

Crop Settings

Inoculation

5-10% grain/wet substrate

Incubation

Initiation of the primordia

Fruiting

These data come in particular from the book “Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms” by P. Stamets. They are given as indications, each myciculturist having particular growing conditions, there may be individual variations.

Productivity

Average harvest of 150-250 gr of fresh mushrooms per 1 kg of wet substrate over 2 to 3 harvests.