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226 GROWTH PARAMETERS
Hardwood sawdust spawn should be used as inoculum for establishing outdoor patches.
Recommended Courses for Expansion of Mycelial Mass to Achieve Fruiting: Adaptive to liquid
fermentation, grain spawn can be created with ease. Grain spawn is directly inoculated into pasteurized,
supplemented
straw-based composts. My experiences with
sawdust has
resulted in poor yields compared to manure enriched straw-based substrates. Primordial dials form
on sawdust but often fail to further develop.
SuggestedAgar Culture Media: PDA, PDYA, MEA, MPYA, DFA, or OMYA.
1st, 2nd and 3rd Generation Spawn Media: Grain (rye, wheat, sorghum) throughout.
Substrates for Fruiting: The straw/manure compost formulas described by Stamets & Chilton
(1983) support substantial fruitings of this mushroom. Another excellent medium can be made from
the manure and urea-enriched sawdust discharged from horse stables. Paper and pulp waste also support
fruitings. * Like most coprophiles, this mushroom greatly benefits from the placement of a peat
moss based, casing soil.
Recommended Containers for Fruiting: Trays and bags. This mushroom is not inclined to grow
from anything but horizontal surfaces.
Yield Potentials: When soya flour was added at a rate of 2% to paper pulp fiber (giving the substrate
a 0.5 % nitrogen content), yields approached 80% B .E.. However, these
yields were lower than that
generated from manure compost which often exceed 100% B. B. (See Mueller et al. (1985)).
Figure 199. Shaggy Manes fruiting from cased,
horse manure-enriched straw.
Figure 200. Shaggy Manes fruiting from cased,
leached cow manure.
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