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Available Here: Liquid Culture, Colonised Culture Plates on Agar, Master Culture Slants.
An unusual species, the Shaggy Inkcap is a short-lived delicacy. With mild but excellent flavour, the mushroom should be eaten immediately after picking.
Within 24h of picking, or at maturity, the fruit body self-destructs, reducing down to an inky mess.
Found across Europe and North America, primarily in lawns, meadows, and enriched soils.
Spawn directly into manure-enriched soil. Newly laid or fertilised lawns are an ideal habitat for the coprophilous Shaggy Inkcap. Some swear by spawning on the site of a previous bonfire. They can also be spawned into 4-6 inch beds of hardwood sawdust, or manure fertilised straw.
Commercial cultivation is held back by the mushroom’s delicate constitution, short shelf-life, and uniquely messy method of self-destuction.
As the mushroom matures, the gills blacken, or “deliquesce”, transforming into a black, spore-laden fluid which drips from the rapidly receding cap margin. The cap eventually totally recedes, leaving only the stem.
Collected from a wild specimen in the UK, this strain fruits from 15-24˚c.
Preferred agar culture media: MEA, MYA, PDA, PDYA
Preferred substrate: Fertilised lawn, straw/manure compost, woodchips
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Temperature: 21-27°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 12-14 days
CO2: >5000pm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 0-1 per hour
Light Requirements: n/a
Temperature: 16-21°c
Relative Humidity: 95-100%
Duration: 12-15 days
CO2: 500-1000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 4-8 per hour
Light Requirements: 500-1000 lux
Temperature: 16-24°c
Relative Humidity: 80-90%
Duration: 5-7 days
C02: 500-1000 ppm
Fresh Air Exchanges: 4-8 per hour
Light Requirements: 500-1000 lux
