Shiitake Block WR (Lentinula edodes) (Wide temp range) Spore Print

The parent strain these spore prints were taken from is a commercial strain that is fast at colonizing, fruits in a wide range of temperatures, and produces a heavy first flush of beautiful, tasty shiitake mushrooms.  This strain averages 1.25 lbs from a 5 lb supplemented sawdust block on the first flush.  An additional 3 or more flushes are possible by resting the block, re-hydrating and striking the block in-between flushes.  Like clockwork, with high humidity in the fruiting room on day 4 or 5, pins form and a week later you'll have terrific shiitake mushrooms! Fruiting Substrates: -Oak sawdust & wheat bran @ 15% supplementationColonizing Temperature:65 to 78 FFruiting Temperature:50 to 80 FFruiting Humidity: 94 to 98%Air Exchanges:4 to 6 per hour New, novel strains of mushrooms are created when starting from spores.  You could discover the next popular strain of your favorite variety when growing mushrooms this way.  Even better, spore prints are more resistant to extreme weath