Description
Cauliflower Mushroom (Sparassis crispa) Grain Master
For sale is a 1-quart jar of Cauliflower Mushroom Spawn. This is a generation 1 grain master mushroom spawn jar used for expansion of isolate mycelium, optimized for spawn run times and bio efficiency.
Out Grow has isolated this Sparassis crispa culture for conifer compatibility and dense ruffled fruit body formation.
What a G1 Grain Master Is
A grain master is a jar of fully colonized grain made to be transferred, not consumed. Generation 1 means the mycelium in this jar came directly from one of our agar plates rather than from another bag of grain, so it sits one step from the culture library instead of three or four. That matters because every transfer is another opportunity for contamination to ride along, and because a G1 jar still has the full expansion runway ahead of it. One quart can seed several more quarts of sterile grain, and those can seed your bulk substrate.
How to Use This Jar
Rest the jar, break the grain apart, and let it recover. Cauliflower spawn can be expanded into more grain, used to make mushroom plugs, or used to inoculate a wood based mushroom substrate.
Cauliflower Growing Conditions
Cauliflower are more difficult than beginner mushrooms like oysters, however the payoff is worth it. This is a conifer species rather than a hardwood one, and it is commercially grown on larch, pine and Douglas fir sawdust. The mycelium colonizes grain in 14 to 21 days at 68 to 77F, then works through a sawdust block over 60 to 120 days before fruiting at 54 to 64F. Conifer logs and stumps are the other proven route and require less intervention. The fruit body is a dense ruffled cream coloured mass unlike anything else you can grow, and there is nobody else selling spawn for it.
| Spawn run | 68 to 77F |
|---|---|
| Grain colonization | 14 to 21 days on grain |
| Substrate colonization | 60 to 120 days |
| Fruiting temperature | 54 to 64F |
| Substrates | Conifer sawdust: larch, pine, Douglas fir. Conifer logs |
| Difficulty | Advanced |
| Season | Cool season |
| Note | Conifer substrate. Also suits plug production and conifer logs |
Storage and Shelf Life
Refrigerate at 35 to 40F. Warm to room temperature for a day before transferring. Do not freeze.
In the Kitchen
A ruffled cream coloured mass that looks like a sea sponge and eats like pasta. Wash it carefully, it traps debris. Excellent sauteed or in soup.
Guarantee and Live Shipping
Every jar is inspected before it leaves our lab and guaranteed to arrive alive and contamination free. If it does not, photograph the jar sealed and unopened and contact us within 48 hours of delivery for a replacement or refund. Live spawn is temperature sensitive, so we hold shipments during extreme heat and cold rather than sending something that will not survive the trip.
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Cauliflower Mushroom Spawn, 1 Quart Jar
Description
Cauliflower Mushroom (Sparassis crispa) Grain Master
For sale is a 1-quart jar of Cauliflower Mushroom Spawn. This is a generation 1 grain master mushroom spawn jar used for expansion of isolate mycelium, optimized for spawn run times and bio efficiency.
Out Grow has isolated this Sparassis crispa culture for conifer compatibility and dense ruffled fruit body formation.
What a G1 Grain Master Is
A grain master is a jar of fully colonized grain made to be transferred, not consumed. Generation 1 means the mycelium in this jar came directly from one of our agar plates rather than from another bag of grain, so it sits one step from the culture library instead of three or four. That matters because every transfer is another opportunity for contamination to ride along, and because a G1 jar still has the full expansion runway ahead of it. One quart can seed several more quarts of sterile grain, and those can seed your bulk substrate.
How to Use This Jar
Rest the jar, break the grain apart, and let it recover. Cauliflower spawn can be expanded into more grain, used to make mushroom plugs, or used to inoculate a wood based mushroom substrate.
Cauliflower Growing Conditions
Cauliflower are more difficult than beginner mushrooms like oysters, however the payoff is worth it. This is a conifer species rather than a hardwood one, and it is commercially grown on larch, pine and Douglas fir sawdust. The mycelium colonizes grain in 14 to 21 days at 68 to 77F, then works through a sawdust block over 60 to 120 days before fruiting at 54 to 64F. Conifer logs and stumps are the other proven route and require less intervention. The fruit body is a dense ruffled cream coloured mass unlike anything else you can grow, and there is nobody else selling spawn for it.
| Spawn run | 68 to 77F |
|---|---|
| Grain colonization | 14 to 21 days on grain |
| Substrate colonization | 60 to 120 days |
| Fruiting temperature | 54 to 64F |
| Substrates | Conifer sawdust: larch, pine, Douglas fir. Conifer logs |
| Difficulty | Advanced |
| Season | Cool season |
| Note | Conifer substrate. Also suits plug production and conifer logs |
Storage and Shelf Life
Refrigerate at 35 to 40F. Warm to room temperature for a day before transferring. Do not freeze.
In the Kitchen
A ruffled cream coloured mass that looks like a sea sponge and eats like pasta. Wash it carefully, it traps debris. Excellent sauteed or in soup.
Guarantee and Live Shipping
Every jar is inspected before it leaves our lab and guaranteed to arrive alive and contamination free. If it does not, photograph the jar sealed and unopened and contact us within 48 hours of delivery for a replacement or refund. Live spawn is temperature sensitive, so we hold shipments during extreme heat and cold rather than sending something that will not survive the trip.
Browse the rest of the mushroom spawn collection.