Rainbow mushroom mycelium (medicinal), 10 g

At first, the mushroom looks very much like a common raincoat mushroom, but it is not as firm and has a distinctive gelatinous flesh. It grows to a certain size in a timeframe that is quite long for an ordinary mushroom—about a week—and then the mushroom begins to work wonders. A small bud sprouts from it, which quickly transforms into a fruiting stem, and this stem begins to shoot upward uncontrollably, like a living creature. The stem and cap grow out of the egg very quickly, at a rate of 5 mm per minute. The fruiting body reaches up to 25 cm in length, has a long, thick, hollow, and fragile stem, and a cap covered with blue-green spores. Only young rainbow mushrooms are eaten. Before consumption, the outer shell is removed, then the egg is chopped finely, mixed with sour cream, salted, and eaten raw.
At-home cultivation sites are mainly shaded areas of the yard or indoor spaces—basements, porches, balconies, etc. The growing temperature is 15–30 °C. The best time for planting is late fall (up to a frost of –5 °C) so that mushrooms appear in the spring, or from early spring to early summer for an autumn harvest. Indoors, oyster mushrooms can be grown year-round. In open areas, the mycelium will live for 7–8 years; indoors, 5–6 years.
Garden and vegetable garden waste is used as a substrate: fallen fruit, weeds, leaves, vegetable tops, hay, straw, etc. All of this is mixed together and formed into a bed 20–25 cm high. The mycelium is spread in an even layer over the surface of the bed, then covered with a 5–7 cm layer of soil.
Water sparingly using drip irrigation once a week. It is not necessary to cover the mycelium planted before winter, as it can withstand even the harshest frosts. The heat generated by the compost decomposing in the mound is sufficient for the mycelium to develop during the winter.
Planting in boxes indoors is done in a similar manner. However, you need to cover the compost with damp burlap until white hyphae appear on the surface. 10 g of mycelium is sufficient to inoculate 1 square meter of compost.
Amateur mushroom cultivation does not guarantee results, as mushroom growth depends heavily on many factors.
Soil acidity is a very important factor for successful mushroom cultivation. For oyster mushrooms, the optimal pH is 7–7.5. Soil that is more acidic (lower pH) must be deacidified by watering with a solution of quicklime (100 g of lime per 5 L of water per 1 square meter).
We recommend using MYCELIUM ACTIVATOR, which contains the set of macronutrients necessary for mycelium development, a hydrogel for moisture retention, a soil deoxidizer, as well as indicator tests for monitoring soil pH levels.
The mycelium has a shelf life of 5–7 years. Store in a dry place.
The manufacturing date is indicated on the packaging.