Cultivation Info
| 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† | |