Stropharia rugosa cultivation

[Thom O'Dell]

I have some experience with this species:
We grew sterile sawdust spawn, bulked that up on pasteurized sawdust and
inoculated alder chips. It is an erratic fruiter, but can be prolific...
I harvested one unexpanded button that weighed over 7 lbs!
I have not seen it fruit on pure straw, but have never tried.
good luck
--
Thom O'Dell

odellt at fsl.orst.edu
or
todell at fs.fed.us
http://www.orst.edu/~odellt
http://www.mgd.nacse.org/fsl/survey

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In article <20010310114123.29702.00000360 at nso-fd.aol.com>, aruncus at aol.com
(Aruncus) wrote:


> I have read that liquid Innoculation is the best way to grow  Stropharia
rugosa
> spawn as it is slow to germinate and  colonize the primary substrate.  Is
> anyone familar with growing the species and what it takes to be successful
with
> it ?  I have heard that it is not dependable enough to grow commercially.  I
> am considering growing it on straw bales this season as suggested  in Stamets
> book and am going to buy a culture soon.  If anyone has a culture I would be
> interested in buying  yours at the right price.  Kevin
>
>