Pleurotus+pulmonarius+-+Phoenix+Oyster

= = =Introduction= > **1. Common names** Indian Oyster, Phoenix Mushroom

> **2. Taxonomy - Scientific name**

=**Description**= A spring and summer mushroom with rich genetic variety. > **1. Fruit / Cap** > **2. Natural habitat** Different from ostratus for its preference of conifer woods (e.g. Picea (spruce), Abies(firs)) and a variety of hardwoods, and at higher altitude (1200 - 3000 m ) > **3. Fragrance Signature**

=**Features**= > **1. Spores print** White to yellowish, to lavanda gray when dense. Production of high spore loads. > **2. Mycelial characteristics** > > **3. Microscopic feature** > =Growth Characteristics= > 1**. Temperature** >> Tolerant to high temperature. > **2. Humidity** > **3. O2/CO2** > **4. Light** > **5. Substrate composition** > **6. Summary [1,2]** >> **Spawn Run** >>> Incubation Temperature: 75-85°F, (24-29°C) >>> Relative Humidity: 90-100% >>> Duration: 8-14 days >>> CO2: >5000 ppm >>> Fresh Air Exchanges: 1 per hour >>> Light Requirements: n/a >> **Primordia Formation** >>> Initiation Temperature: 50-75° (80°) F, (10-24° (27°) C) >>> Relative Humidity: 95-100% >>> Duration: 3-5 days >>> CO2: 400-800 ppm >>> Fresh Air Exchanges: 5-7 per hour >>> Light Requirements: 1000-1500 lux >> **Fruitbody Development** >>> Temperature: 60-80* F (18-27°C) >>> Relative Humidity: 85-90% (95%) >>> Duration: 3-5 days >>> CO2: 400-800 ppm >>> Fresh Air Exchanges: 5-7 per hour >>> Light Requirements: 1000-1500 lux >> **Cropping Cycle** >>> Every 7-10 days, for 3 flushes. > =Consumption=

=Preservation= Continued growth after harvest. Quickness to spoil.

=Natural Cultivation= Cultivated in wood of Alder, Cottonwood, Poplar, Oak, Maple, Elm, Aspen and some conifers. Other materials include wheat, rice or cotton straw, corn cobs, sugar cane bagasse. > =Indoor Cultivation= > **1. Inoculation** >> [to add: Mycelium 5, 10 and 14 days after inoculation] > **2. Spawn run** >> Transfer agar and grain culture on time, before the culture become too dense and uncutable, >> [to add: Fruit from bag, from column] > **3. Primordia** > **4. Fruiting** >> Lack of cluster-bouquet formation. Premature fruiting. >> =Cultivation Substrates= Broadly adaptive > ===**1. Agar :** MYPA, PDYA, OMYA and/or DFA=== > ===**2. Fruiting**=== = = =Availability= = = =Contamination and pest= Attractiveness to fungus flies. = = = = =References=
 * For his agar photo photo, Stamets uses Malt extract.
 * **Main**: Cereal (wheat, rice) straws, Hardwood sawdust,
 * **Secondary**: Corn stalks, sugar cane bagasse, coffee waste, pulp mill sludge, cotton waste and numerous agricultural and forest waste. Alphalpha 20% addition to straw.
 * 1) Gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, Paul Stamets, P223.
 * 2) [|Pleurotus pulmonarius (Phoenix Oyster), Shroomery]