GROWING GOURMET - Anto2ni.it

Growth Parameters
Spawn Run:
Incubation Temperature: 70-75° F. (21-24° C.)
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 20-28 days (+20 day resting period.)
C02:> 10,000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 0-1 per hour.
Light Requirements: n/a
Primordia Formation:
Initiation Temperature: 45-55° F. (7-13° C.)
Relative Humidity: 98-100%
Duration: 10-14 days.
C02: 1000-2000 ppm.
Fresh Air Exchanges: 1-2 per hour.
Light Requirements: 200-500 lux.
Fruitbody Development:
Temperature: 50-60° F. (10-16° C.)
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 10-14 days.
C02: 1000-5000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 1-2 per hour or as required.
Light Requirements: 200-500 lux.
Cropping Cycle:
2 crops, 4 weeks apart.
GROWTH PARAMETERS 239
Mycelial Characteristics: Producing a white, silky, rhizomorphic mycelium, usually exquisitely
formed, and growing out in distinct zonations. Mycelium becomes overlain with yellow tones in
age but not the rusty brown colorations that are typical of Hypholoina sublateritium.
Fragrance Signature: A fresh, sweet, forest-like, pleasant fragrance, similar to Stropharia rugosoannulata.
Natural Method of Cultivation: Using nature as a guide and applying the methods used for H.
sublateritium, I recommend cultivating this mushroom on stumps. This aggressive species may be
one of the best for recycling millions of conifer stumps left in the aftermath of logging. Clusters hosting
dozens of fruitbodies and weighing up to four pounds have been collected.
Recommended Courses for Expansion of Mycelial Mass to Achieve Fruiting: Nutrified agar into
liquid fermentation for 48 hours. (The broth used for fermentation should be fortified with 2-5 grams
of sawdust per liter.) Once fermented, the liquid inoculum is transferred into sterilized grain which
can be expanded two or three more generations. The grain spawn can inoculate sterilized sawdust/
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