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Karmelitergasse 21, 6020 Innsbruck
Synonyms: Many colored polypore, kawaratake, Yun Zhi, cloud mushroom
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.
Suitable substrates:
Hardwood (Beech, oak, tan, oak, alder, poplar, ironwood, apple, chery and other fruit-trees)
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Trametes
Species: Trametes versicolor
Spores: 5-6 x 1,5-2µ, cylindric, smooth, slightly curved, whitish in deposit
Growing conditions:
Phase 1: Mycelium growth
Temperature: 24 - 29°C
Humidity: 90 - 100%
Duration: 14 - 21 days
CO2: >5,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 1 per hour
Light: n/a
Phase 2: Primordia formation / Fruiting initiation
Temperature: 10 - 24 (up to 27) °C
Humidity: 95 - 100%
Duration: 7 - 14 days
CO2: 400-800 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 5 - 7 per hour
Light: 500 - 2,000 lux
Phase 3: Fruiting and Harvest
Temperature: 18 - 24°C
Humidity: 85 - 90 (95)%
Duration: 45 - 70 days
CO2: 500 - 1,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 5 - 7 per hour
Light: 500 - 2,000 lux
Cropping cycle: Two to three flushes over three months
SKU: | AN571 |
Shipping weight: | 2,00 kg |
Item weight: | 1,80 kg |
Content: | 3,00 l |
Scientific name: Trametes versicolor
Synonyms: Turkey Tail, Many-Colored Polypore, Kawaratake, Yun Zhi, Cloud mushroom, coriolus versicolor, polyporus versicolor
Natural habitat:
The 2 - 8 cm big mushroom is the most common polypore on dead hardwood.
In Europe most common on the European Beech but also grows on oak, tan, alder, poplar or aspen.
Appropriate substrate:
Hardwood (most suitable: oak, beech)
Usage:
Vital mushroom, decoration
It is used in traditional Chinese medicine and contains compound polysaccharid-peptides (PSP) and protein-bound polysaccharides.
The mushroom is sometimes used for decoration purposes in floristics.
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