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North Spore Organic Shiitake Mushroom Outdoor Log Kit

    $ 30.00 $ 24.80 24.8 USD

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    Skill level    Beginner
    Grow location    Outdoors
    Spawn shelf life    6 months (refrigerated)
    Incubation    6-12 months
    Fruiting temps    55-70°F
    Best log type    See wood chart below
    Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is a flavorful mushroom that produces brown, medium-to-large, umbrella-shaped caps that fruit from late summer through the fall growing season. They are a delicious edible fungus from East Asia and their flavor is often described as rich, savory, buttery, and umami.

    Shiitake tends to produce generous flushes and they are a great mushroom for beginners. They colonize quickly and are the most reliable producers of any species.

    Each outdoor log kit contains:
        A drill bit
        Log sealing wax
        A wax applicator
        100 ct plug spawn or voucher
        Instruction guide

    Note: Dowel may be fluted or spiral. Aside from being kiln dried, our wooden dowels are not treated in any other way. 

    Shiitake wood chart:
    BEST WOOD SPECIES*    Alder, Beech, Hophornbeam, Hornbeam, Hard Maple, Oak, Sweetgum
    OTHER SUITABLE SPECIES    Basswood, Birch, Chestnut, Eucalyptus, Hickory, Soft Maple, Pecan, Sassafrass, Sycamore, Tuliptree, Tupelo, Willow
    AVOID    Ash, Aspen, Black Walnut, Cherry, Cottonwood, Elm, Hemlock, Peach, Pear, Pine
     
    That's not mold, it's mycelium!
    Your kit includes plug spawn colonized with mushroom mycelium. It may appear covered with a soft, white, mold-like substance - that's the mushroom mycelium! It is completely normal. The mycelium of some species is more prominent than others. 

    Inoculation
    Shiitake works best with the log method. It will take at least 9-12 months of colonization before producing mushrooms and tends to fruit throughout the summer to fall growing season and after rainfalls. Preferred wood species are oak, maple, or beech.