Golden Oyster - Sawdust Spawn for organic growing

Golden Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus citrinopileatus - SPAWN FOR ORGANIC / BIO CULTIVATION ON Wood logs

Syn.: Lemonoyster, Yellow Oyster Mushroom, Tamogitake, Il´mak

The Golden Oyster caps are golden to bright yellow, 2 - 5 cm , convex to plane at maturity, often depressed in the center. Stems white, centrally attached to the caps. Usually growing in large clusters arising from a single, joined base. Taste, shelf live and culinaric use are simmilar to the Tree Oyster mushroom.

Production time: Spawn is made fresh after ordering, production time 3 to 6 weeks.
This product is fresh produce and should be processed immediatly after delivery.
If the product cannot be processed immediatley, it can be stored in the fridge at 2° Celsius for a maximum of two weeks. 
 

Golden Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus citrinopileatus - Mushroom spawn for wood logs
Certified for organic mushroom cultivation
(Organic control station: AT-BIO-301, Austria Bio Garantie)
1 autoclave bag approx. 3 kg - 6 liter
Suitable for inoculation of 25 to 30 linear meters of wood.

You receive ready colonized mushroom spawn made from organic raw material (wood, rye bran from organic farming) for inoculation of wood logs.

Suitable woods are poplar, oak, alder, aspen, maple, birch, ash, beech, willow or elm.
Fruiting season for this strain is summer.

For quantities of 10 or more logs inoculation with sawdust spawn is usually more efficient than working with dowels. Sawdust is a byproduct and more cost efficient and environmentaly sustainable than dowels that have to be produced. Because of this large quantities of spawn can be produced for a lower price. Sawdust spawn is suitable for the borehole inoculation method and the cutting inoculation method. Expected harvest yield is up to 10 % of the fresh woods weight divided on several flushes over 3 to 5 years.

For the borehole-method we recommend the usage of a mushroom drill, and an inoculation stick or a hand inoculator.
Larger quantities for commercial mushroom growing on request.

Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Species: Pleurotus citrinopileatus
Spores: Pale yellow-pinkish buff, 7,7 - 9,0 x 3,0 - 3,5 µ. Clamp connections present.


Growing conditions:
Phase 1: Mycelium growth
Temperature: 24 - 29°C
Humidity: 90 - 100%
Duration: 10 - 14 days
CO2: 5,000 - 20,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 1 - 2 per hour
Light: n/a

Phase 2: Primordia formation / Fruiting initiation
Temperature: 21 - 27 (32)°C
Humidity: 98 - 100%
Duration: 3 - 5 days
CO2: <1,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 4 - 8 per hour
Light: 500 - 1,000 lux

Phase 3: Fruiting and harvest
Temperature: 21 - 29°C
Humidity: 90 - 95%
Duration: 3 - 5 days
CO2: <1,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 4 - 8 per hour
Light: 500 - 1,000 lux
Cropping cycle: two crops, 10-14 days apart