Cultivation Parameters for our species

Blue Oyster - Pleurotus columbinus

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 18-24°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 7-14 days
CO2: >5000ppm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 10-18°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 3-7 days
CO2: 500-1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 1000-2000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 7-18°c
Relative Humidity: 85-95%
Duration: 5-10 days
CO2: <1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 1000-2000 lux

Black Pearl King Oyster - Pleurotus ostreatus/eryngii

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 18-25°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 12-24 days
CO2: >5000pm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 10-18°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 4-5 days
CO2: <1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 10-20°c
Relative Humidity: 80-95%
Duration: 4-8 days
C02: <2000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Lion's Mane - Hericium erinaceus

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 21-24°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 12-24 days
CO2: >5000ppm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 10-16°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 3-7 days
CO2: 500-1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 5-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

 

Fruiting

Temperature: 18-24°c
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 4-5 days
C02: <1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 5-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

King Oyster / Cardoncello - Pleurotus eryngii

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 22-24°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 12-16 days
CO2: >5000pm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 10-15°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 4-5 days
CO2: <1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 15-21°c
Relative Humidity: 85-90%
Duration: 4-8 days
CO2: <2000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Pink Oyster - Pleurotus djamor

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 24-30°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 7-10 days
CO2: >5000pm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 18-25°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 2-4 days
CO2: 500-1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 5-8 per hour
Light: 750-1500 (2000) lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 20-30°c
Relative Humidity: 85-90%
Duration: 3-5 days
CO2: 500-1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 5-8 per hour
Light: 750-1500 (2000) lux

Golden Oyster - Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 24-29°c
Relative Humidity: 90-100%
Duration: 10-14 days
CO2: 5000 - 20,000 ppm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 21-27°c
Relative Humidity: 98-100%
Duration: 3-5 days
CO2: <1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 21-29°c
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 3-5 days
CO2: <1000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Golden Enoki - Flammulina velutipes

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 21-24°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 14-18 days
CO2: >5,000 ppm
Light: n/a


Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 7-10°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 3-5 days
CO2: 2000-4000 ppm
Air Exchanges: 2-4 per hour
Light: 100-200 lux


Fruiting

Temperature: 10-16°c
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 5-8 days
CO2: 2000-4000 ppm
Air Exchanges: 2-4 per hour
Light: 100-200 lux

Pioppino - Cyclocybe aegerita

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 21-27°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 14-21 days
CO2: >20,000 ppm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 10-16°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 5-10 days
CO2: <2000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 13-18°c
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 4-6 days
CO2: <2000 ppm
Air Exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 500-1000 lux

Reishi - Ganoderma lucidum

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 21-27°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 10-20 days
CO2: <50,000 ppm
Light: n/a


Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 18-24°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 14-28 days
CO2: 20,000-40,000 ppm
Air Exchange: 0-1 per hour
Light: 200-500 lux


Fruiting

Temperature: 21-27°c
Relative Humidity: 90-95%
Duration: 60 days
CO2: <2000 ppm
Air Exchange: As needed
Light: 750-1500 lux

Summer Oyster/Italian Oyster - Pleurotus pulmonarius

Mycelium Incubation:

Temperature: 24-29°C
Relative Humidity: 90-100%
Duration: 8-14 days
CO2: >5000ppm
Light: n/a

Primordia Formation:

Temperature: 10-24(27)°C
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 3-5 days
CO2: 400-800 ppm
Air Exchange: 5-7 per hour
Light: 1000-2000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 18-24°c
Relative Humidity: 95%
Duration: 3-5 days
C02: 400-800 ppm
Air Exchange: 5-7 per hour
Light: 1000-1500(2000) lux

Shiitake - Lentinula edodes

Mycelium incubation:

Temperature: 21-27°C
Relative humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 35-70 days
CO2: >10,000pm
Light: 50-100 lux

Primordia formation:

Temperature: 10-24°C
Relative humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 5-7 days
CO2: <1000 ppm
Air exchange: 4-7 per hour
Light: 500-2000 lux

Fruiting

Temperature: 14-17°c
Relative humidity: 85-95%
Duration: 5-8 days
C02: 600-1400 ppm
Air exchange: 4-8 per hour
Light: 1000-1500(2000) lux