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Organic Beech Mushroom, white - H. tessulatus - Sawdust Spawn
for organic mushroom cultivation
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Organic Beech Mushroom, white - Hypsizygus tessellatus - Sawdust-Spawn
Synonyms: Buna-shimeji, Yamabiko, Hon-shimeji (Mountain Echo Mushroom), Tamo-motashi
Due to its fine texture, this mushroom is one of the tastiest among the oyster-like mushrooms. The beech mushroom is hemispherical to flat, marbled with “water droplets” on the cap and curled at the edge. It has a diameter of 2–7 cm.
Suitable cultivation methods:
wood logs, mushroom patch, spawn bag for indoor greenhouse
Suitable substrate: wood logs
Suitable woods: maple, birch, beech, oak alder, ash, aspen, poplar, elm and willow
Outdoors: this strain produces fruiting bodies in autumn
You receive fully colonised sawdust spawn based on organic raw materials (wood, rye bran from organic cultivation) in bags specifically suitable for sterilisation.
Information for cultivation on straw and substrate:
1 autoclave bag with app. 3 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 1 straw bale or 5 - 15 substrate bags
1 autoclave bag with app. 6 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 2 straw bales or 10 - 30 substrate bags.
Information for cultivation on wood:
When using our equipment (inoculation stick or hand inoculator) the sawdust spawn bags are suitable for:
1 autoclave bag with app. 3 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 12 - 15 linear metres of wood
1 autoclave bag with app. 6 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 25 - 30 linear metres of wood.
For quantities of 10 logs or more, inoculating with sawdust spawn ins usually more efficient than working with spawn dowels. The raw materials sawdust and wood chips are by-products and therefore more cost effective and sustainable than specially manufactured wooden dowels. As a result, sawdust spawn can also be produced cost-effectively in large quantities. Sawdust spawn is suitable for the drilling method and the cut inoculation method.
The expected yield is up to 10% of the fresh wood weight, divided into several harvest waves over a period of 3 - 5 years.
When utilising the drilling method we recommend using a mushroom drill and an inoculation stick or a hand inoculator.
Suitable for beginners.
Large quantities for commercial mushroom cultivation available upon request.
Taxonomy:
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Thricholomataceae
Family: Thricholomataceae
Species: Hypsizygus tessellatus white
Spores: white, spherical to egg-shaped, relatively small, 4,0 - 6,5 x 3,5 - 5,0µ
Growing conditions:
Phase 1: Mycelial growth
Temperature: 21 - 24°C
Humidity: 95 - 100%
Duration: 30 - 45 days
CO2: >5,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange:
Light: n/a
Phase 2: Primordia formation / Fruiting initiation
Temperature: 10 - 15°C
Humidity: 98 - 100%
Duration: 7 - 12 days
CO2: 500 - 1,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 4 - 8 per hour
Light: 400 - 600 lux
Phase 3: Fruiting and Harvest
Temperature: 13 - 18°C
Humidity: (85) 90 - 95%
Duration: 5 - 10 days
CO2: 2,000 - 4,000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 2 - 4 per hour
Light: 400 - 600 lux
Harvesting cycle: 2 crops, 3 weeks apart
