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Growth Parameters
Spawn Run:
Incubation Temperature: 75-85°F. (24-29° C.)
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 2 weeks
GO2: >5000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 0-1
Light Requirements: n/a
Primordia Formation:
InitiationTemperature: 50-60° F. (10-15.6° C.)
Relative Humidity: 98-100%
Duration: 7-10 days
GO2: 500-1000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 4-8 per hour
Light Requirements: 500-1000 lux.
Fruitbody Development:
Temperature: 55-65° F. (13-18° C.)
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 5-8 days
GO2: 800-1200 ppm
FreshAir Exchanges: 4-8 perhour
Light Requirements: 500-1000 lux.
Cropping Cycle:
Two crops in 60 days, 10-14 days apart.
Common Names: Nameko or Namerako (Japanese for "Slimy Mushroom")
Slime Pholiota
Viscid Mushroom
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Taxonomic Synonyms & Considerations: P. nameko is synonymous with Pholiota glutinosa
Kawamura. Formerly placed in Collybia and Kuehneromyces, this mushroom is uniquely recognizable
for its smooth cap and glutinous veil covering the mushroom. The type specimen of Collybia
nameko T.Ito was found, upon re-examination to be none other than Flammulina velutipes, although
its original description by Ito obviously conformed to the mushroom we now call Nameko. Hence,
the latin name is burdened by interpretations by several mycologists. The reader should note, that
"Nameko" is a common name, once applied to many Japanese mushrooms with a viscid or glutinous
cap. The common name has since become restricted to one species, i.e. Pholiota nameko.
Description: Gap 3-8 cm., hemispheric to convex, and eventually plane. Surface covered with an
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