Reishi "HEMLOCK" - (Ganoderma tsugae) - Also known as the “Mushroom of Immortality” or Ling-Chi, there are a few species of Reishi mushrooms native to temperate climates, and this is the prettiest we have found. This mushroom is a very large, beautifully lacquered with brilliant yellow new growth and white tips, like the sun setting perfectly, this mushroom is living art. A potent medicinal mushroom, Reishi's powers range from sugar regulation for diabetics to cancer fighting properties. This strain is proving to be a potent natural antibiotic as well, exhibiting inhibition against Strep and Staph, making it useful for throat sprays and soaps or cosmetics. Outdoors this mushroom grows on oak, cherry and maple logs, half buried the best, but can adapt to other hardwoods. We also fruit this one indoors very easily on sterilized sawdust, fruiting in 14-21 days! This mushroom is corky and bitter, so we prefer to dry them fresh and grind them up in a blender to make a fluffy fiber, then make extracts.
NOTE: We do not recommend planting this mushroom in healthy hemlock trees. It is great though to give a sick hemlock tree another chance and a purpose, and plug it up with this fungus.
Edibility and taste: Bitter, Corky texture
Grows on: Hemlock
Fruiting Temps: 45-75F
Availability: Year-round
Reishi "RED" - (Ganoderma lucidum) - This is red capped, commercial Chinese strain of Reishi, also known as the “Mushroom of Immortality” or Ling-Chi. This mushroom is beautifully lacquered with almost entirely red new growth and white tips. We cultivate this one in bags indoors and keep the bags shut until they have stretched a bit, then roll down the sides to let them flatten. A potent medicinal mushroom, Reishi's powers range from sugar regulation for diabetics to cancer fighting properties. We like to make tinctures and extracts with the fruitbodies, and use the extracts to dose beverages including our Reishi Red Ale, a mushroom beer with medicinal therapies brewed right in! Outdoors this mushroom grows on oak, cherry and maple logs, half buried the best, but can adapt to other hardwoods. We also fruit this one indoors very easily on sterilized sawdust, fruiting in 14-21 days! This mushroom is corky and bitter, so we prefer to dry them fresh and grind them up in a blender to make a fluffy fiber, then make extracts. Approximately 100 plugs by weight.
Edibility and taste: Bitter, corky texture
Grows on: Hardwood logs: oak, elm, maple, sycamore, beech, plum, peach, mimosa
Fruiting Temps: 60-85F
Availability: Year-round
Reishi "GOLD" Plugs - (Ganoderma curtisii) - Also known as the “Mushroom of Immortality” or Ling-Chi, there are a few species of Reishi mushrooms native to temperate climates, and this is the prettiest we have found. This mushroom is beautifully lacquered with brilliant yellow new growth and white tips, like the sun setting perfectly, this mushroom is living art. A potent medicinal mushroom, Reishi's powers range from sugar regulation for diabetics to cancer fighting properties. This strain is proving to be a potent natural antibiotic as well, exhibiting inhibition against Strep and Staph, making it useful for throat sprays and soaps or cosmetics. Outdoors this mushroom grows on oak, cherry and maple logs, half buried the best, but can adapt to other hardwoods. We also fruit this one indoors very easily on sterilized sawdust, fruiting in 14-21 days! This mushroom is corky and bitter, so we prefer to dry them fresh and grind them up in a blender to make a fluffy fiber, then make extracts.
Edibility and taste: Bitter, Corky texture
Grows on: Hardwood logs and sawdust: oak, elm, maple, sycamore, beech, plum, peach, mimosa
Fruiting Temps: 60-85F
Availability: Year-round