Commercially-available mushroom 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 |
Thanks to Clifford Davy of Forest Foragers.