Reishi Mushroom Plugs - (Ganoderma spp.)

Reishi Mushroom Plugs from Mushroom Mountain are roughly 100 hardwood dowel plugs pre-colonized with Reishi mycelium (Ganoderma spp.) for growing the lacquered Mushroom of Immortality on logs or sawdust. Strain options include Hemlock (Ganoderma tsugae), Red (Ganoderma lucidum), and Gold (Ganoderma curtisii). Reishi is corky and bitter, so it is usually dried and made into teas, tinctures, and extracts rather than eaten fresh.

At a glance

• Form: approximately 100 pre-colonized hardwood dowel plugs by weight
• Species: Ganoderma spp., choice of Hemlock, Red, or Gold strain
• Grows on: hardwood logs such as oak, cherry, maple, elm, sycamore, and beech, half buried; Hemlock grows on hemlock; also fruits indoors on sterilized sawdust in 14 to 21 days
• Fruiting temperatures: Hemlock 45 to 75F; Red and Gold 60 to 85F
• Edibility: bitter and corky, best dried for teas and extracts
• Availability: year-round

Best for

• Outdoor log cultivation, half-buried logs work best
• Indoor sawdust fruiting for faster results
• Makers of teas, tinctures, and extracts
• Soap and cosmetic makers using Reishi

How to use

• Drill holes in hardwood logs, insert plugs, and seal with wax
• Half bury logs in a shaded, humid spot, or fruit indoors on sterilized sawdust
• Dry harvested fruitbodies and grind them for teas or extracts
• Avoid planting in healthy hemlock trees; use only sick or declining hemlocks

About Mushroom Mountain

Mushroom Mountain is a South Carolina cultivation company producing fresh spawn, grow kits, and mushroom extracts in-house with decades of cultivation experience.

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