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    Commercially-available mushroom spawn:

    Mushroom

    Inoculant

    Scientific Name

    Commercial Name

    Pleurotus ostreatus

    Oyster Mushroom

    Grain Spawn, Dowel or Fungus Box Kit

    Pleurotus eryngii

    King Oyster Mushroom

    Grain Spawn or Fungus Box Kit

    Pleurotus cornucopiae citrinopileatus

    Golden or Yellow Oyster

    Grain Spawn, Dowel or Fungus Box Kit

    Pleurotus columbines

    Blue Oyster

    Grain Spawn, Dowel or Fungus Box Kit

    Pleurotus pulmonarius

    Indian Oyster

    Grain Spawn or Dowel

    Pleurotus cystidiosus

    Abalone Mushroom

    Grain Spawn

    Pleurotus salmoneo-stramineus

    Pink Oyster

    Grain Spawn or Fungus Box Kit

    Agaricus bisporus

    Button Mushroom

    Grain Spawn

    Agaricus blazei

    Almond Mushroom

    Grain Spawn

    Agaricus brunnescens

    Portabella

    Grain Spawn

    Flammulina velutipes

    Enokitake

    Grain Spawn

    Lentinus edodes

    Shiitake

    Dowel, Sawdust Block or Inoculated Log

    Grifola frondosa

    Maitake

    Dowel or Grain Spawn

    Lepista nuda

    Wood Blewit

    Grain Spawn or Outdoor Kit

    Stropharia rugoso-annulata

    Wine Cap Mushroom

    Grain Spawn or Outdoor Kit

    Agrocybe cylindracea

    Pioppino

    Fungus Box Kit

    Coprinus comatus

    Shaggy Ink Cap

    Grain Spawn

    Hypsizygus ulmarius

    Elm Mushroom

    Grain Spawn or Toilet Roll Kit

    Hypsizygus tessellatus 

    Beech Mushroom

    Grain Spawn

    Laetiporus sulphureus

    Chicken of the Woods

    Dowel or Inoculated Log

    Ganoderma lucidum

    Reishi or Ling Chi

    Dowel or Fungus Box Kit

    Hericium erinaceus

    Lions Mane

    Dowel, Fungus Box Kit or Inoculated Log

    Hericium abietis

    Conifer Coral Mushroom

    Dowel

    Pholiota nameko

    Nameko

    Dowel or Grain Spawn

    Tuber aestivum var. uncinatum

    Black Summer Truffle

    Hazel or English Oak with Truffle

    Tuber melanosporum

    Black Winter Truffle

    Hazel or Evergreen Oak with Truffle

    Tuber borchii vittad 

    White or Bianchetto Truffle

    Hazel or English Oak with Truffle

    Morchella angusticeps

    Black Morel

    Grain Spawn or Outdoor Kit

    Morchella esculenta

    White Morel

    Grain Spawn

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