Lion's Mane Mushroom Grow Kits
(Hericium erinaceus)

Small Lion's Mane Mushroom Grow Kit - Single Bag

Medium Lion's Mane Mushroom Grow Kit - 4 Bag Kit

Large Lion's Mane Mushroom Grow Kit - 10 Bag Kit

Everything you need to start exploring the wonders of edible mushroom cultivation! The Lion's Mane Mushroom Grow Kit(s) contain everything you need, including the source mushroom culture, to begin cultivating the highly sought after Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) Mushroom.

Note: Small kit includes one Bag and 3cc culture syringe, medium kit includes four Bags and a 10cc culture syringe, and the large kit includes ten Bags and a 10cc culture syringe.

Each Lion's Mane Mushroom Kit includes a number of pre-sterilized substrate Bags specially designed for wood loving mushrooms. Also included is enough culture material to get each bag started and a plastic humidity tent for fruiting. A filter patch is attached to each Bag to allow for gas exchange during colonization and fruiting. The Bags measure 4" wide, 3" deep, and 18" tall and contains approximately one pound of sterilize substrate..

The Lion’s Mane is a member of the unusual teethed fungi, which form tooth-like structures instead of gills. The mature mushrooms look like white, light-pink pom-poms and are often said to taste somewhat like lobster when cooked with butter

In an effort to reduce the amount of paper waste created at our company, we will not include printed instructions for this kit. Directions for use are conveniently displayed for your reference below.

Directions for use:

Upon arrival, inspect your Myco Environment Bag(s) for punctures or tears, if any are noticeable, contact us to arrange for a replacement to be shipped. Unfold the Bag, allowing the extra material to stand straight up.

Locate the small foam disk sealed and attached in a plastic housing near the base of the Bag. This disc is the self-healing injector site. Note: The disc will be covered by a small plastic shield. Do not attempt to remove the plastic covering the disc, you will inject through it. Sterilize a small section of the outside of the Bag (on the plastic shield) directly over the foam disc with an alcohol soaked wipe. With the same alcohol soaked wipe, sterilize the needle on your inoculation plunger.

Inoculate the substrate (material inside the bag) with the inoculation plunger solution by inserting the needle through the plastic shield and foam disc at the previously sterilized spot. Squirt 2-3cc of the culture solution directly into the substrate material. After injection, remove plunger from hole. The self-healing foam disc will seal the puncture site.

DO NOT insert the needle through the white filter patch found near the top of the Bag.

Place the kit's bag(s) in a dark location and incubate at 70-75F. It is recommend to store the bag fully extended as developing mycelia will give off gases that will slowly expand the interior of the Bag. This ballooning effect is crucial for proper air exchange and culture development.

Note: During drier summer months it is advisable to store the Bag in a humid location. Excessively dry environments may draw moisture from the Bags.

Because colonization will begin in the interior of the substrate material it may take between 14-20 days for you to notice the spreading of colonizing mycelium towards the outside of the Bag.

Full colonization takes at least one month at proper incubation temperatures after injection of the culture. When the entire wood mix has turned white with developing mycelium the Bag is ready for fruiting.

A simple and effective fruiting setup can be constructed from supplied humidity tent and a dinner plate to catch excess water. Placing this fruiting setup in a cooler location (65-75 degrees) will help increase yeilds.

Puncture or cut small holes in the plastic covering the fully colonized and mature mushroom kit at substrate level. Place the kit in the center of the plate on a riser (jar lid or smaller upside down plate) to support the kit above water which may collect in the dinner plate. Loosely cover the kit with the humidity tent. Remove the humidity tent at least once a day and mist the kit and inside of the tent heavily. Mushrooms should begin to develop within a few days and be ready to harvest after about a week.

Tested and proven, this all you need to begin your journey in the art and science of mushroom cultivation.