«Maitake» (Grifola frondosa) - Organic Mushroom Spawn

Lion’s Mane is a beautiful and unusual ‘teethed’ mushroom comprised of layers of soft cascading spines.  It gets its name from the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish not from the big cat! Lion’s Mane is now a rare find in the wild.

Fruit bodies (4 to 6 cm diameter) with gelatine-like to rubbery texture, and dark brown to black share, depending on the humidity. Little infection of insect larva’s, and a very long storage capacity. Easy to grow.

On the lower surface, underneath the smooth cap, most species have gill-like ridges that run almost all the way down its stipe, which tapers down seamlessly from the cap. Many species emit a fruity aroma, reminiscent of apricots.

Suillellus luridus (formerly Boletus luridus), commonly known as the lurid bolete, is a fungus of the bolete family, found in deciduous woodlands on chalky soils in Asia, Europe, and eastern North America.

Is an perennial plant, 100 cm high, with strongly branched stems. The flowers are small, collected in loose inflorescences, during flowering form a lush pink cloud.

Suitable for fresh consumption, also fried, boiled, pickled, various mushroom dishes, soups, sauces and gravies are prepared, the hat is 3-6 cm in diameter, convex at first, becomes flat as the mushroom ages, with a well-defined wide tubercle.

Mushrooms that are excellent for fresh consumption, a cap with a diameter of 3-10 cm, at first convex, later convex prostrate, with a straight, thin, slightly ribbed edge, smooth, sticky in wet weather, light yellow.

Isolated from the wild from an ancient woodland in Yorkshire, our unique Summer Oyster Mushroom has a superior flavour and texture that has been inherited from it’s wild origins. An exceptionally nice oyster mushroom to grow and eat.