Commercially-available 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