Pink Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus salmoneostramineus - Pure culture for organic mushroom cultivation AT-BIO-301 Strain No.: 101004

Pink Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus salmoneostramineus - Pure culture

Synonyms: Salmon Oyster, Strawberry Oyster, Flamingo Mushroom, Takiiro Hiratake, Tabang Ngungut


The Pink Oyster Mushroom is similar to the Pleurotus ostreatus in general shape and appearance. The young fruiting bodies are bright reddish pink and reach a lighter pink to salmon-pink color when they are mature. Cap convex expanding with age to broadly convex to plane. Cap margin inrolled at first, then incurved, and eventually flattening and upturning at maturity.

Production time: The culture is made fresh after ordering, production time 2 to 3 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 12° Celsius for a maximum of two weeks.   

Pink Oyster - Pleurotus salmoneostramineus - pure culture
Living Pink Oyster fungi culture in cell culture flask for further multiplication and professional spawn production, refined to highly productive strains by natural selection.
Filling volume: 15 ml culture medium, Growth area: 25 cm², Measurements: L x W x H = 79,7 x 42,6 x 26,53 mm
Certified for organic mushroom cultivation
(Organic control station: AT-BIO-301, Austria Bio Garantie)

Living, actively growing, axenic Pleurotus salmoneostramineus cell culture, entirely free of other strains or contaminating organisms, for further multiplication. Our pure cultures are custom-made and produced fresh after ordering in a class 100 clean room environment on a solid culture medium (MEA) based on vegetable raw materials, it needs around 2 to 3 weeks until the culture is mature enough for shipping. The culture is supplied in special cell culture flasks (Filling volume: 15 ml culture medium, Growth area: 25 cm², Measurements: L x W x H = 79,7 x 42,6 x 26,53 mm) with breathable, hydrophobic membrane. This special design prevents introduction of contaminants and enables optimum gas exchange thanks to the high air flow rate of the membrane. In this packaging the mushroom culture can also survive longer shipping distance and time without loss of quality or germinative ability.

This product is intended for professional Pink Oyster mushroom spawn production or further multiplication of this fungi strain. Working with pure cell cultures requires detailed mushroom cultivation skills. For beginners and hobby growers working with grain spawn or sawdust spawn is recommended.

We also offer further literature to gain detailed cultivation knowledge, one of the following books is highly-recommended for successful cultivation:
- Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms, Dr. Paul Stamets, ISBN: 978-1580081757
- Mushroom Cultivation IV - appropriate technology for mushroom growers, Peter Oei, ISBN 978-90-8251290-8

Suitable Substrate:
straw, paper, coffee grounds, pulp of coffee beans, hardwood (poplar, oak, alder, aspen, maple, birch, ash, beech, willow, elm)

Suitable method of cultivation:
bales of straw, wood logs, mushroom bed / patch, indoor mycelium bags for cultivation in a greenhouse

Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Species: Pleurotus salmoneostramineus
Spores: pink spores from 6-10 x 4-5 µ, smooth and cylindrically shaped


Growing conditions:
Phase 1: Mycelium growth
Temperature: 24 - 30 °C
Humidity: 95 - 100 %
Duration: 7 - 10 days
CO2: >5,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange:0 - 1 per hour
Light: n/a

Phase 2: Primordia formation / Fruiting initiation
Temperature: 18 - 25 °C
Humidity: 95 - 100%
Duration: 2 - 4 days
CO2: 500-1000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 5 - 8 per hour
Light: 750 - 1,500 (2,000) lux

Phase 3: Fruiting and Harvest
Temperature: 20 - 30°C
Humidity: 85 - 90 %
Duration: 3 - 5 days
CO2: 500-1500 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 5 - 8 per hour
Light: 750 - 1,500 (2,000) lux
Cropping cycle: Two crops, 7-10 days apart