Blue Oyster

Blue Oyster

Product Description

Cultivation Difficulty: easy
Type: Edible/Medicinal
Substrate: hardwood chips and sawdust, hardwood logs
Colonization/Fruiting Temperatures: 70-80F/50-70F
Available In: 10cc liquid culture

Blue Oyster mushroom cultures for fast growth, high yields, and vibrant blue color. Known for their mild, earthy flavor and versatility in cooking, Blue Oysters are perfect for gourmet dishes. Our isolated cultures ensure reliable colonization and consistent results. Ideal for both beginners and experienced growers. Order your Blue Oyster culture today!"

• 100 parts hard wood sawdust/small woodchips

• 10 parts bran

• 1 part gypsum (calcium sulfate)Water until moist and well soaked through. Drain or squeeze out excess water. The substrate should be damp but not wet. Pack into autoclavable bags and sterilized from 1-4 hours at 15 psi depending on the volume of the substrate. Larger volumes need a longer sterilization time to heat the core enough for complete sterilization. Depending on the type of bag and method of inoculation, the bags can be sealed before or after sterilization. Colonization is slow and may take as long as 1-2 months.Fruiting requires removing or puncturing the bag and providing a cool, well ventilated and humidified environment with indirect light. Hand misting daily and covering the bagless sawdust block loosely with a light plastic grocery bag (to maintain humidity) gives acceptable results on the kitchen counter.We offer a quick and easy Shiitake Mushroom Block – Ready to Grow Kit for those wishing to grow this mushroom at home. Shiitake is also easily cultivated from cut hardwood logs using shiitake mushroom plug spawn.Shiitake mushrooms are also available in dried retail packs or dried in bulk by the ounce.

• Cultivation Difficulty: Easy
  Type: Edible
  Substrate: Pasteurized straw, wood chips, sawdust, various grains, coffee grounds, agricultural waste, newspaper and cardboard.
  Colonization/Fruiting Temperatures: 70-75F/65-80F
  Available In: 10cc liquid culture

• This is one of the most aggressive and abundantly fruiting oyster mushroom varieties we have worked with. An attractive blue tinted oyster mushroom with cultivation requirements similar to the pearl or common oyster mushroom. Blue oysters fruit easily on a wide range of substrates and are good candidates for recycling wood and paper waste into edible mushrooms.

• This oyster mushroom runs spawn and fruits quickly. We’ve experienced fruiting in less than two weeks when spawning pastuerized straw with our blue oyster mushroom sawdust spawn blocks. Fast and forgiving, this is a great candidate for a stock oyster mushroom variety in small scale mushroom farming operations.

• As with all Oyster mushrooms, blue oysters need plenty of fresh air to develop normally. High carbon dioxide levels from mushroom metabolism will accumulate in sealed growing environments and can reduce cap size and elongate stems severely. Fruiting in open humidity chambers with frequent fresh air exchange will produce best possible yields.

• The blue coloration of this mushroom is much more pronounced in the early stages of growth. When mature only a slight “hint” of blue coloring remains, but the fruits can often turn nearly white with age.