38) 3% fat 59% carbohydrates 3-7% fiber and L 18% ash. Nutritional Content: 25-29% protein (N x 4. Young shaggy manes can be thinly sliced and quickly dried for storage. Currently, Shaggy Manes that are sold at farmer's markets are usually from v ild collections. Packing Shaggy Manes in refrigerated, nitrogen gas filled contai tiers also extends shelf life. Mushrooms can be preserved by submerging them hi cold water and storing them under refrigera on. In the matter of two days from harvest, the mushrooms turn into a black ink-like slurry unless precau 'ons are not taken. If picked when no basidia have matured, mushrooms can be kept in cold storage for 4-5 days Any mushrooms that begin to deliquesce should be removed from the fresher fruitbot 'as since the enzymes secreted by one deliquescing mushroom will decompose adjacent mushrooms, regardless of ageįorm of Product Sold to Market: If this mushroom ever gets to market, it is there all too b 'efly due to self-deliquescence. Harvest Hints: Since this mushroom del: quesces from the end of the gills upwards to the stipe, mushrooms should be p' iced before the slightest hint of the gills turning black. Substrates for Fruiting: The straw/manure i deSįrom anything but horizontal surfaces ta,s ten soya flour w: 1st 2nd and 3rd Generation Spawn Media: Grain (rye, wheat, sorghun) throughout. U c,sted Agar Culture Media: PDA, PDYA, MEA, MP YA, DFA. Hardwood sawdust spawn should be used as inoculum for establishing outdoor patches.į m entation, grain spawn « be creaed *h^^^upplemented sawdust has ^^«iSS^ased substrates, «a, diais form onsawdus 3ut often fail to further develop. Shaggy Manes fruitir.g trom caseu, horse manure enriched strav.'. Shaggy Manes fruiting from cased, leached cow manure.įigure 199. Cow or horse manure, mixed with straw or sawdust, are also ideal Newly la: I or fertilized lawns that are frequently watered are perfect habitats for Shaggy Manes. Natural Method of Cultivation: Inoculation of spawn direct^ into manure enriched soils or 4-6 inch deep beds of hardwood sawdust. (See F^ure 198).įragrance Signature: Farinaceous and mildly sweet. Most strains form mycelial mats asymmetrically shaped along the outer edge. Mycelial Characteristics: Mycelium usually white, cottony, aerial, often develops 'tufts' (hyphal aggregates) with maturity. This spore liquid presents unique problems to cultivators in their attempts to isolate spores away from contaminants. Sporeless strains are needed as the maturing spores trigger deliquescence, causing the mushrooms to disintegrate into a black spore-enriched fluid. I have isolated a late-sporulating strain from a fruiting on manure enriched sawdust. However, a sporeless strain is needed before commercial cultivation will become practical. Cultures are widely available from libraries throughout the world. Two to three flushes, four to ten days apart.Īvailable Strait's: This mushroom is easy to clone. Lighf Requirements: 500-1000 lux for 8 hours per day. Light Requirements: 500-1000 lux for 8 hours per day. C02:500-1000 ppm Fresh Air Exchanges: 4-8 per hour. We proudly deliver to a large area in Northwest Georgia and Tennessee.Initiation Temperature: 60-70° F. The pins begin producing large fruiting bodies which will be ready to harvest shortly after.Īt the final stage, we are able to harvest the mushroom fruiting body for sale or use the mushroom genetics by cloning a tissue sample of the mushroom or isolating it’s spores in our laboratory. The primordia will progress rapidly into mushroom pins overnight or within a few days. Once the mushroom bags are sliced open under optimal fruiting conditions they will begin to mature and form primordia. During this stage the grain begins colonizing the sawdust blocks forming hyphae which composes the thick white mycelium that quickly takes over the bag.Īfter a few weeks when the blocks are fully colonized by mycelium, they are moved into our indoor sterile grow facility which is fully automated to maintain specific humidity, CO 2 and temperature requirements specific to each mushroom species.

After sterilization in our atmospheric stream sterilizers, the bags are inoculated with organic millet, rye berries or wheat from our wild or lab-grown cultures. All of our indoor mushroom varieties are prepared in our sterile laboratory using 100% all-natural enriched organic hardwood sawdust blocks.

Primordia mushrooms