«Poplar mushroom» (Agrocybe aegerita) - Organic Mushroom Spawn

A couple of weeks ago it seemed that the mushroom year would be a lost one but bolete hunters could put their mushroom-searching urge to good use last week already. The first ceps, or king boletes.

Slippery Jack Mushrooms are wild mushrooms that grow in symbiotic relationship with pine and spruce trees. They grow from mid-summer to early autumn. The caps are saffron coloured or yellowish-brown, though they can be a dark chestnut brown.

Latipurus belongs to the class of xylotrophs, affects the core of the tree, the fungus contains natural antibiotics that are active against staphylococci, and is used to treat malignant and benign tumors, lung diseases.

The Flirt is common and widespread in Britain and Ireland and wherever there are oak or Beech trees on mainland Europe. The gills and stem surface of this brittlegill rapidly turn a deep salmon or rusty-pink when rubbed with iron salts (FeSO4).

This rare mushroom originated in Japan, maitake is recognized as one of the most powerful anticancer therapies used for weight loss, in particular, due to its ability to normalize metabolic and hormonal processes.

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.

A genus of marsupials with underground tuberous fleshy fruiting bodies, considered valuable delicacies, in the form of irregular tubers, usually 2-12 cm in size and weighing 30-300 grams, the surface is uneven, covered with a thin velvety skin.

An early ripening variety, the growing season from germination to technical ripeness is 45-55 days, the plant is compact in shape, 35-40 cm high.