Organic Juda Mushroom Grain Spawn

Gelatinous and cartilaginous fungus when wet. When dry, they decrease in size and firm up. This is the “black” mushroom commonly used in Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese cuisine: miso soup, noodles, etc. Its consumption in its raw state would present a slight toxicity, it is therefore advisable to cook it.

Little known in our Western cuisine, it is nevertheless indigenous to our regions and is typically found on the dead branches of the elderberry. Legend says that after his betrayal, Judah, filled with remorse, hanged himself from one of these trees...

Storage: +-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

Judah's ears are grown on logs or sawdust. We generally find them on dead elderwood. They grow well in cool temperatures.

Substrates

Logs or sawdust enriched with 20% wheat bran. 

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 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 variations.

Productivity

Average productivity of 100-200 gr of fresh mushrooms per 1 kg of wet substrate.