How to Grow Enoki Mushrooms
How to Grow Enoki Mushrooms
Growing enoki mushrooms involves inoculating sterilized grain or hardwood mushroom substrate with Flammulina velutipes mycelium and fruiting the colonized substrate at cold temperatures to produce the long stemmed, small capped fruiting bodies enoki mushrooms are known for.
Enoki mushrooms are a cold weather species that require temperatures between 40 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit to fruit properly. The distinctive long thin stem and small cap that characterizes commercial enoki mushrooms is produced by fruiting in low light and restricted fresh air exchange conditions, which causes the stems to elongate. Growers who fruit enoki at warmer temperatures or with too much airflow will produce a shorter, broader fruiting body more similar to the wild form of the species.
Enoki mushrooms are available in several strains including standard white enoki, gold enoki, and warm weather enoki strains suited to higher fruiting temperatures. Use the links below to find step by step guides for growing enoki mushrooms by strain.