Mycelium on organic button mushroom grains
- 🍄 MYCELIUM ON WHITE MUSHROOM SEEDS: Agaricus bisporus, the most consumed variety of mushrooms in the world, known for its delicate flavor and firm texture.
- 🌱 OPTIMAL SUBSTRATES: Grows ideally on pasteurized composted substrates, often based on manure.
- 💪 STABLE PRODUCTION: Offers regular and reliable production, ideal for beginners and experienced growers.
- 🍽️ TASTE QUALITY: Mild and pleasant flavor, perfect for a variety of culinary preparations, from salads to ready meals.
- 🌍 LOCAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCTION: Certified “BE-BIO-01” by Certisys.
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2-3 weeks (if available in stock, we send it within a week). Consult all our deadlines
The button mushroom is the most consumed mushroom worldwide. It is related to meadow agarics which are generally found in grazed meadows. Button mushrooms are generally grown on a substrate based on pasteurized composted manure.
It is a layer fungus, which means that it grows on a horizontally arranged substrate, covered with a casing layer. This layer has the function of maintaining constant humidity and providing certain bacteria favorable to the fruiting of mushrooms.
To learn more about growing mushrooms on a small scale, we recommend the following readings:
👉 Semi-professional: Agrodoc 2: Small-scale mushroom cultivation (Agaric, Volvaire)
⚠️ Please note that button mushrooms are not the easiest to grow. Compost preparation requires some technique. If you are new to mushroom growing, we recommend starting with our ready-to-grow button mushroom kits or our gray oyster mushroom mycelia.
Storage: 1 month in the refrigerator.
👉 See also: “How to use our mycelia”
Our quality commitment:
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 Belgique " by CERTISYS.
📊 Culture Settings
Inoculation rate: 0.5 to 5% mycelium relative to wet weight compost. It is recommended to start with 5% mycelium to limit the risk of contamination and gradually reduce this rate as techniques become more refined.
Example: 1.5 kg of mycelium allows you to sow between 30 and 300 kg of compost, producing between 6 and 60 kg of fresh mushrooms over 2 harvests in optimal conditions.
Incubation
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Incubation temperature | 20-24°C |
| Relative humidity | 95 to 100% |
| Incubation period | 10 to 20 days |
| Concentration of CO2 | 5000 to 20000 ppm |
| Fresh air exchange | 0-1 volume/h |
| Light requirement | n/a |
Initiation of the primordia
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Initiation temperature | 13 to 15°C |
| Relative humidity | 95 to 100% |
| Duration of initiation | 2-4 days |
| Concentration of CO2 | 500 – 1000 ppm |
| Fresh air exchange | 4 to 8 volumes/h |
| Light requirement | 500 to 1000 lux |
Fructification
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Fruiting temperature | 16-18°C |
| Relative humidity | 80 to 90% |
| Fruiting duration | 3 to 5 days |
| Concentration of CO2 | 500-1500 ppm |
| Fresh air exchange | 5 to 8 volumes/h |
| Light requirement | 0 to 500 lux |
| Number of harvests | 2 to 3 harvests, 7 to 10 days apart |
📚 This data comes from the book “Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms” by P. Stamets. They are provided for information purposes only, each myciculturist having particular growing conditions, there may be individual variations.
