Organic Winter mushroom - F. velutipes - Mushroom Patch

Organic Winter Mushroom- Flammulina velutipes - Mushroom patch

Synonyms: Enotikate (Jap. The Snow Peak Mushroom), Winter mushroom, Enoki-mushroom, Nametake, 
Yuki-motase, Jin Zhen Gu, ​  

The Winter mushroom is a popular edible mushroom, especially in Asia, with small, very tasty fruiting bodies. These have a diameter of 2 - 10 cm, the stalk is 3 - 8 cm long. Enokitake is a cultivated form of this mushroom that is particularly popular in Asia, where it is grown in the dark. The main characteristics are dense clusters, the narrow cap and the long stalk, which makes it easy to harvest. In the wild, this mushroom can be found in almost all temperate and cold regions in the northern hemisphere of the earth, such as China, Siberia, Asia Minor, Europe, North America and Japan; in the southern hemisphere of the earth, this mushroom thrives in Australia.
The cultivation of enokitake has a long tradition in China and was first documented around 800 AD. At that time, ripe fruiting bodies were rubbed on tree stumps. Apparently, these places often yielded a rich harvest the following year. Of course, the method used today with dowel brood or sawdust brood is more successful!! 

This fresh product is prepared fresh for you to order. The production time is around 3 - 6 weeks.
The mushroom spawn should be processed immediately after delivery.
If the product cannot be processed immediately, it can be stored in the refrigerator at 4 °C for up to 2 weeks.
We recommend that you plan for this when ordering.

Suitable cultivation methods:
Straw, wood logs, mushroom patch -also for mycological restoration, indoor mycelium bags for cultivation in a greenhouse    

Suitable substrate: Straw, paper, coffee grounds, pulp from coffee beans, hardwood
hardwood Suitable woods are aple, birch, beech, oak, alder, ash, aspen, poplar, elm and willow.
 
This breeding strain bears fruit when grown outdoors in late summer to early autumn.

You receive mushroom spawn colonised by mushroom mycelium based on organic raw materials (wood, rye bran from organic farming) in bags specially designed for sterilisation.
Depending on the type of mushroom, they are available and processed as follows:
1 autoclave bag with approx. 1 litre (500 grams) is suitable for inoculation and for propagation over 4 - 8 weeks in sterilised wood substrate before inoculating the mushroom bed (see instructions).
1 autoclave bag with approx. 6 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculation of ​ a mushroom patch of 80 x 80 cm

Mycological restoration using mushroom beds:
Some types of fungi are suitable for breaking down these toxins and removing them from the environment.
To do this, fungal mycelium from the relevant types of fungi is distributed in the contaminated soil and mixed with a suitable culture medium in order to cover a large area of the pollutant source. The mycelium strands grow through the soil. They absorb individual toxins directly or break them down into their components, rendering them harmless.
The fungus absorbs the toxins into its fruiting bodies. These must be harvested at the end of their life cycle and disposed of properly.
The areas of application for this type of fungus are
- Heavy metal cadmium,
- Trinitrotoluene (TNT) from military munitions such as bombs, grenades and mines.
The velvet foot is one of the few mushrooms in mycological restoration that decompose coniferous wood!

Taxonomy: 
Division: Agaricomycetes 
Class: Agaricomycetidae 
Order:  Agaricales 
Family: Physalacriaceae 
Genus: Flammulina 
Species: Flammulina velutipes 
Spores: white, 6 - 8 x 3 - 4 µ, ellipsoid  

Growing conditions: 
Phase 1: Mycelial growth
Temperature: 21 - 24°C
Humidity: 95 - 100%
Duration: 14 - 18 days
CO2: >5,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 0 - 1 per hour
Light: n/a

Phase 2: Primordia formation / Fruiting initiation 
Temperature: 4 - 10°C 
Humidity: 95 - 100% 
Duration: 3 - 5 Tage 
CO2: 2,000 - 4,000 ppm 
Fresh air exchange: 2 - 4 per hour 
Light: 20 - 50 Lux 

Phase 3: Fruiting and harvest 
Temperature: 10 - 16°C 
Humidity: 90 - 95% 
Duration: 5 - 8 Tage 
CO2: 2,000 - 4,000 ppm 
Fresh air exchange: 2 - 4 per hour 
Light: 20 - 50 Lux 

Harvest: 2 - 3 harvest waves at intervals of 10 - 12 days