Pleurotus+ostreatus+-+Common+Oyster

=Introduction= > **1. Common names** > **2. Taxonomy - Scientific name** **Description** > **1. Fruit / Cap** > **2. Natural habitat** > **3. Fragrance Signature** =**Features**= > **1. Spores print** > **2. Mycelial characteristics** > **3. Microscopic feature** =Growth Characteristics= > 1**. Temperature** > **2. Humidity** > **3. O2/CO2** > **4. Light** > **5. Substrate composition** > **6. Summary [1]** >> **Spawn Run** >>> Incubation-Temperature: 24 °C / 75 °F >>> Relative Humidity: 85 – 95 % >>> Duration: 12 – 21 days. >>> CO2: > 5000 – 20000 ppm >> **Primordia Formation** >>> Activating-Temperature: 10 – 15.6 °C/ 50 – 60 °F >>> Relative Humidity: 95 – 100 % >>> Duration Primordia: 3 – 5 days >>> CO2: < 1000 ppm >>> Light: 1000 – 2000 Lux >> **Cropping** >>> Temperature: 10 – 21 °C/ 60 – 70 °F >>> Relative Humidity: 85 – 90 % >>> Duration: 4 – 7 days >>> CO2: < 1000 ppm >>> Light: 1000 – 2000 Lux >> **Cropping-Cycle** >>> 3 to 4 flushes, 7 to 14 days apart

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=Natural Cultivation= =Indoor Cultivation= > **1. Inoculation** >> Mycelium 5, 10 and 14 days after inoculation > **2. Spawn run** >> Fruit from bag, from column > **3. Primordia** > **4. Fruiting**

=Cultivation Substrates= Hardwood (most suitable: oak, beech, cottonwood, maple, aspen, elm, ash, birch, willow), bale of wheat straw. For indoor cultivation is recommended woodchips or wheat straw mixture in substrate bags

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 * 1) [|Pleurotus ostreatus - Tree Oyster]