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Growth Parameters
Spawn Run:
Incubation Temperature: 70-75° F. (21-24° C.)
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 20-28 days (+ 14-28 day resting period.)
CU2:> 10,000 ppm.
Fresh Air Exchanges: 0-1 per hour.
Light Requirements: n/a
Primordia Formation:
Initiation Temperature: 50-60° F. (10-16° C.)
Relative Humidity: 98-100%
Duration: 8-12 days.
CU2: 1000-2000 ppm.
Fresh Air Exchanges: 1-2 per hour.
Light Requirements: 100-200 lux.
Fruitbody Development:
Temperature: 50-60° F. (10-16° C.)
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 7-14 days.
CU2: 1000-5000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 1-2 per hour or as required.
Light Requirements: 100-200 lux.
Cropping Cycle:
2 crops, 2 weeks apart.
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cm. long x 5-10 mm. thick, solid, and covered with fibrillose veil remnants below the annular zone.
This species often forms large clusters.
Distribution: Growing in eastern North America, Europe, and temperate regions of Asia (Japan &
Korea).
Natural Habitat: Fruiting in the late summer and fall, primarily on the stumps of oaks, occasionally
chestnut. Dr. Alexander Smith's comments that the largest specimens he found were "at the edge of an
old sawdust pile in an oak-hickory woods" and that this species "is a highly prized esculent" should
encourage cultivators in their pursuit of outdoor cultivation methods. (Smith (1949), pgs. 509—510.)
Microscopic Features: Spores dark gray brown, 6.0-7.5 x 3.5-4. 0 p, smooth, ellipsoid, with a faint
germ pore. Cheilocystidia, pleurocystidia and clamp connections present. Context monomitic.
Available Strains: Strains are available from most culture libraries, including several from the American
Type Culture Collection.ATCC #64244 is a good fruiting strain and is featured in this book.
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