Premium Phoenix Oyster mushroom grain spawn – 100% colonised on locally sourced New Zealand grown wheat and ready to be mixed into your substrate for fruiting mushrooms. Spawn is ready to use as soon as it arrives.
 
Phoenix Oysters are a popular commercial strain of Pleurotus Pulmonarius (commonly known as Grey Oyster, Lung Oyster or Italian Oyster). It produces attractive grey to dark brown caps, with white gills and stems. It’s a reliable, vigorous, wood-loving side-fruiter and one of the most commonly cultivated oyster strains worldwide. This commercial strain is one of my oldest strains that has never let me down.
 
Unique Culture Information
 
Scientific name: Pleurotus Pulmonarius
Flavour & texture: Offers a delicate, mildly sweet flavour with notable nutty undertones. It features a savoury, umami-rich taste and a velvety, tender, or "meaty" texture when cooked. Holds well when cooking.
Spawn Storage: If you cannot use your spawn right away you can store it for up to 4 months in the fridge. Spawn vitality cannot be guaranteed with fridge storage.
Difficulty: Very Easy - Beginner friendly.
Growth speed: Very fast - oyster mushrooms are aggressive growers, perfect for beginners.
Incubation time & temperature: 15-22 days @ 23-25°C
Fruiting temperature: 10-30°C (Darker caps in cooler temperatures)
Inoculation to Harvest: 25-30 days
Yield: Very high with quality fruit bodies and lots of clusters.
CO2 Tolerance: Average - fruits best below 600-700ppm
Ideal Fruiting Humidity: 80-90%
Native status: Native and Imported
Recommended Fruiting Substrates: Cereal Straw (Wheat or Barley), Masters Mix (50% wood pellets / 50% soy hulls) or 20% Bran + 80% Pine Fire Pellets.
Substrate Preparation Method: Oyster grow well on both Heat or Hydrated lime pasteurised substrate as well as 15PSI pressure sterilised substrate in filter patch bags.
Growing Style:  Works best as a side fruiting mushroom in poly tube bags, filter patch bags and buckets.
 
Receiving Spawn:
Upon receiving your spawn it is ideal to take it out of the box within a day or two, stand the top of the bag up so the filter patch is exposed and the spawn can breath. Keep in a room temperature (10-25°C) place out of direct sunlight until used.
 
Beginners / first-time growers:
If you’ve never used grain spawn before (or you’re not sure how to mix it into substrate), start with our >> Easy 5 Step Oyster Grow Kits instead.
These kits include grain spawn and bulk substrate with detailed step-by-step instructions that teach you exactly how to use spawn to grow mushrooms. It’s the easiest way to learn the whole process hands-on.
 
All spawn and culture work is done in-house in our own laboratory.
 
All spawn cultures we offer have been sourced within NZ or imported under MPI import permit with permission to on-sell.
 
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Always identify any mushroom before consuming!