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Lentinula edodes
Shiitake
(Lentinus edodes, Shiitake)
Growth Parameters
Methods of Cultivation:
Suggested Agar Culture Media: PDYA, MYA, OMYA, with the addition of .2% hardwood sawdust used as final substrate.
Spawn recommendations: Rye, wheat, sorgum, or corn for expansions; sawdust/woodchips for the final substrate.
Substrates for Fruiting: 50/50 mix of hardwood sawdust and hardwood chips supplemented with bran and gypsum. Also, doweled logs may be used for outdoor fruiting.
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Growth Parameters
- Spawn Run:
Incubation Temp: 70-80F (21-27C)
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 35-70 days depending of isolate and strain
Carbon Dioxide: >10,000 ppm
Light Requirements: 50-100 lux
- Primordia Formation:
Initiation Temp: 50-60F (10-16C) for cold weather strains; 60-70F (16-21C) for warm weather strains
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 5-7 days
Carbon Dioxide: <1,000 ppm
Light Requirements: 500-2,000 lux at 370-420nm
- Fruitbody Development:
Fruitbody Development-
Temp: 50-70F (10-21C) cold weather strain; 60-80F (16-27C) warm weather strain
Relative Humidity: 60-80%
Duration: 5-8 days
Carbon Dioxide: <1,000 ppm
Light Requirements: 500-2,000 lux at 370-420nm
- Cropping Cycle:
Every 2-3 weeks for 8-12 weeks (16 weeks)
Methods of Cultivation:
- Outdoors: a. Hardwood logs are inoculated with dowels or sawdust and laid horizontally side by side. The logs are then partially buried using untreated sawdust. b. A rooted stump, preferably oak or chestnut, may be inoculated with dowels or sawdust.
- Indoors: Sterilized blocks of sawdust may be used for indoor cultivation. The exhausted blocks may be buried outside to produce additional fruits or may be used as spawn for inoculating stumps and logs.
Suggested Agar Culture Media: PDYA, MYA, OMYA, with the addition of .2% hardwood sawdust used as final substrate.
Spawn recommendations: Rye, wheat, sorgum, or corn for expansions; sawdust/woodchips for the final substrate.
Substrates for Fruiting: 50/50 mix of hardwood sawdust and hardwood chips supplemented with bran and gypsum. Also, doweled logs may be used for outdoor fruiting.
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Popcorn spawn |
Wood chips spawn |
Shiitake on sawdust block |
Shiitake on sawdust block |
Shiitake on sawdust block |
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Shiitake wood dowels |
Shiitake wood dowels |
Shiitake wood dowels |
Shiitake wood dowels |
Primordia on agar |
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Shiitake logs fruiting |
Shiitake logs fruiting |
Shiitake logs fruiting |
Shiitake logs fruiting |
Shiitake logs fruiting |
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Shiitake logs |
Log incubation greenhouse |
Fruitings |
Fruitings |
Shiitake on logs |
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Shiitake on logs |
Shiitake on logs |
Dried shiitake |
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