100 Chicken of the Woods Mushroom Plug Spawn to Grow Gourmet Medicinal Mushrooms

Easily grow your own Chicken of the Woods Mushroom mushrooms for years to come. Chicken of the Woods Mushroom Plug Spawn is wood dowels inoculated with the Chicken of the Woods Mushroom mushroom species mycelium, and used to grow Chicken of the Woods Mushroom mushrooms on freshly cut logs or stumps. You will specifically need hardwood logs such as Alder, Ash, Birch, Bitternut, Cherry, Chestnut, Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Maple, Oak, Pecan, Sweet gum, Sycamore, Tulip poplar, Walnut, Willow and others. Chicken of the Woods Mushroom mushrooms do not grow on conifers. Simply drill 5/16" holes 1" deep to hammer the Chicken of the Woods Mushroom plugs into. The holes should be drilled right before plugging them, and spaced about 4" apart. Logs should be roughly 6 inches in diameter and four feet long. They need to be freshly cut, or at least cut within the past 20 days. Avoid using logs with missing or split bark, try to find unpenetrated logs, except on the sides they were cut. Chicken of the Woods Mushroom Plug spawn can also be used to grow mushrooms on live trees, but should only be done strategically down branch where pruning is planned later. Our Chicken of the Woods Mushroom plug spawn is made from hardwood fluted or spiral dowels. Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world. Some species, especially Laetiporus sulphureus, are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mushroom, or the chicken fungus because many think they taste like chicken. Individual "shelves" range from 5 cm to 25 cm (2"-10" inches) across. These shelves are made up of many tiny tubular filaments (hyphae). The mushroom grows in large brackets - some have been found that weigh over 45 kg (100 pounds). It is most commonly found on wounds of trees, mostly oak, though it is also frequently found on eucalyptus, yew, sweet chestnut, and willow, as well as conifers in some species. Other Names: Crab of the Woods, Sulphur Polypore, Sulphur Shelf This mushroom can only grow on large stumps or logs more than 20" in diameter. It does not fruit well indoors. Cold Temperature Incubation Temperature: 70F-80F Incubation Time: 12-14 Days Fruiting Temperature: 55F-65F Fruiting Humidity: 85%-93% Pinning Time: 4-10 Days Total Fruiting Time: 14-18 Days