This is a very quick way of establishing a mushroom patch with many species. Many mushroom hunters tend to dig up patches they find in nature and move them to other locations to get a new patch started. Then each year they add more small wood chips to the patch and the patch continues to thrive year after year. Most people just establish patches outdoors and they take anywhere from 8-16 months to establish and fruit. This species has been found growing on many other hardwoods as well. I've hardly read any reports of people fruiting these indoors. In nature, the azurescen typically grows on fast decomposing hardwoods, and does best on alder wood. Very typical of wood loving edible mushrooms as well. Once the first hard frost comes then the mycelium stops sending up mushrooms. This is typical of most wood loving cold weather psilocybe mushrooms. However spawn runs have been published as high as 75F but spore germination and fruiting temperatures are always much lower. Even for spores to germinate, the temps need to be down around the 50F-55F range for 1 to 2 weeks to start the life cycle in nature. The psilocybe azurescens is a cold weather mushroom that grows in temperature ranges below 40F in nature. The only other psilocybe mushroom to have been analyzed to have higher concentrations of psilocybin is the psilocybe subaeruginosa. It's a very popular mushroom for hunting in the fall months and typically fruits in that region of the USA from mid October into early January depending on when the first hard freeze comes. The Azurescen mushrooms has a unique shape and is nick named "flying saucers" due to it's classic UFO shape. Textbooks such as Paul Stamets Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World say it has been analyzed to have the highest concentrations of psilocybin and psilocin, almost 3X as much as cubensis. If you plan to re-use your needle, sterilize before and after each subsequent use.Azurescen mushrooms are native to the pacific nw area of the USA, and are spread through countries in Europe. It grows from northern Oregon along the coast up to Canada. We recommended inoculation in either a still air box or flow hood to reduce the possibility of contamination. Always handle using sterile technique and shake thoroughly before use. Syringes should be inserted into a self-healing injection port. Syringes are beginner-friendly and ideal for those looking for an easy way to inoculate grain bags and jars.įor best results, refrigerate upon receipt. Liquid culture is mycelium suspended in a nutrient-rich medium. Our liquid culture syringes are ~10ml and come sealed in a plastic sleeve with a sterile 16 gauge needle and alcohol wipe. Given their difficulty, we do not currently recommend for commercial use. Morels are a famously difficult mushroom species to cultivate but are great for experimenting with new methods. This morel strain (Morchella exuberans) was cloned from a wild specimen found growing under fruit trees in NH and is one of our favorites! Morels are best suited for outdoor cultivation, although some growers have been successful with indoor cultivation through trial and error.
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