Known as ‘Lion’s Mane’, the Latin name of the Hericium Erinaceus translates closer to the name ‘bearded hedgehog’. Best known for its beneficial effects on mental health, its long white spikes are iconic in the mushroom world. You can begin growing from the second your order arrives, as all our fresh spawn arrives ready for inoculation.
All our spawn boasts a very low generational count. The lower the generation of the spawn, the nearer to the original spore sample, so at only the fourth generation, Urban Farm-It can promise you the best. Lion’s Mane is best cultivated on logs, so when you enter the world of natural process growing, it is key to have high-quality spawn that you can depend on.
| Binomial name | Hericium erinaceus | |
| Old nomenclature | None | |
| Inoculation rate | mix with ± 1% spawn | |
| Natural substrate | composition: | 80% hardwood, mixed fine + coarse) 10% cereals 10% bran |
| Incubation | room temperature: | 25 °C |
| substrate temperature: | 27 °C | |
| duration: | Ca. 20 days | |
| Primordia induction | (night time)* temperature: | 18-24 °C |
| relative humidity | 90- 95 % | |
| Fruiting conditions | room temperature: | 16-21 °C |
| relative humidity: | 85–95 % | |
| CO2-concentration: | 500-1000 ppm | |
| light: | Less than 500 lux | |
| Flushes | number: | 2 |
| interval: | ca. 2 weeks | |
| between flushes: | ||
| Total production cycle | ||
| Average yield | Approx. 150 g saleable mushrooms per kg fresh substrate† | |
