Pleurotus ostreatus – 2.5kg Winter Oyster Grain Spawn
Scientific name: Pleurotus ostreatus (HK35)
Common names: Oyster Mushroom, Hiratake, Tamogitake, Píng Gu, Sadafi, Chippikkoon, Oyster Shelf, Tree Oyster, Straw Mushroom
Natural habitat: Mainly on dying or dead broadleaf hardwoods. Common all around the world.
Appropriate substrate: Cereal straw (wheat, oats, rye, karog ), paper, coffee pulp, cornstalks, sugarcane bagasse, hardwood (cottonwoods, oaks, alders, maples, aspens, ash, beech, birch, elm, willows, poplars) and grasses (Teff.)
Preferred substrate: Cereal straw (wheat, oats, rye, karog ) and grasses then wood.
Usage: Edible mushroom, vital mushroom
The oyster mushroom is relatively easy to cultivate. The mycelium of this Pleurotus species is robust and therefore very popular in commercial cultivation. Fruiting bodies become 5 to 15 cm in diameter. The cap is grayish brown to violet.
Pleurotus ostreatus is rich in B-vitamins such as thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin, vitamin C, vitamin D (calciferol) and folic acid. One fourth of the dry matter of Pleurotus is proteins, containing all essential amino acids. The most important compounds of pleurotus are lovastatin and the polysaccharide pleuran.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Spawn Run:
Incubation Temp: 18 – 22 ˚C
Duration: 12 – 21 days
Fresh Air Exchange: 1 per hour
Primordia Formation:
Initiation Temp: 12 – 16 ˚C
Relative Humidity: 95 – 100%
Duration: 3 – 5 Days
Fresh Air Exchange: 4 – 8 per hour
Light Requirement: 750 – 1500 lux
Fruitbody Development:
Temp: 16 – 24 ˚C
Relative Humidity: 85 – 90%
Duration: 4 – 7 Days (Relative to temperature)
Fresh Air Exchange: 4 – 8 per hour (Relative to temperature)
Cropping Cycle: Three Crops, 7 – 14 days apart