Shiitake Mushroom Sawdust Spawn - (Lentinula edodes) - 5lb
Shiitake Mushroom Sawdust Spawn - (Lentinula edodes) - 5lb
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Grow your own rich, meaty shiitake mushrooms on logs for years of harvest.
Shiitake are one of the most reliable and rewarding mushrooms to grow outdoors. Once established, your logs can produce seasonal harvests for multiple years with minimal maintenance.
Why You’ll Love It
- 🌳 Perfect for hardwood log cultivation
- 🔄 Multi-year production from a single inoculation
- 🍽️ Deep, savory, umami-rich flavor
- 🌦️ Strains for different climates and seasons
- 💪 Strong, fast-colonizing spawn
Best Way to Grow
Shiitake are primarily grown outdoors on logs.
Common methods:
- Drill + plug + wax (classic log inoculation)
- Totem method (stacked log sections)
Best results on hardwoods like:
- Oak, maple, sweetgum, poplar, and more
⚠️ Avoid: conifers, fruit trees, elm, and other unsuitable species
Choose Your Shiitake Variety
Each strain is adapted to different seasons and temperatures:
Shiitake “Wide Range”
The most forgiving and beginner-friendly strain.
- Fruiting Temps: 55–75°F
- Best For: Beginners and most climates
- Season: Spring & Fall
- Flavor: Meaty and savory
This is your go-to shiitake if you want reliable results without overthinking it.
Shiitake “Warm”
Built for summer production.
- Fruiting Temps: 70–85°F
- Best For: Warm climates or summer fruiting
- Season: Summer
- Flavor: Meaty and savory
Great for extending your harvest into hotter months.
Shiitake “Cold”
A cold-weather specialist with beautiful dark caps.
- Fruiting Temps: 40–55°F
- Best For: Winter production or cooler climates
- Trigger: Cold snaps help initiate fruiting
- Flavor: Rich and savory
Ideal for growers who want to produce during colder seasons.
Shiitake “Wild N.C.”
A unique wild-derived strain with strong character.
- Fruiting Temps: 45–80°F
- Best For: Natural outdoor growing
- Flavor: Bold, classic shiitake aroma
Originally found growing on oak in North Carolina, this strain brings a more natural, wild expression of shiitake.
What Do Shiitakes Taste Like?
- Rich, savory, and deeply umami
- Firm, meaty texture
- A staple in kitchens worldwide
Stacking Methods
What to Expect
- Colonization takes time (this is a long-game mushroom)
- Once established, logs can produce for multiple years
- Fruiting typically happens seasonally depending on strain and weather
Shipping & Freshness
- Most orders ship in 1–2 business days
- Spawn is produced fresh for strong performance
Important Note
This spawn is intended for log cultivation.
👉 For indoor growing, please see our shiitake fruiting kits.
Need Help Getting Started?
Check out our full guide on growing shiitake mushrooms on logs.
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INSTRUCTIONS
• Drilling holes, filling with spawn, and sealing with wax
or
• Totem method (stacking log sections with spawn in between)
• Oak, maple, sweetgum, poplar, cherry, birch, and more
Avoid:
• Conifers, fruit trees, elm, and other unsuitable species
• Warm: Best for summer production and warmer climates
• Cold: Best for cooler climates and winter fruiting
• Wild N.C.: Great for natural outdoor growing with strong flavor
Choosing the right strain helps match your local climate and desired harvest season.
• Rich, savory, umami flavor
• Firm, meaty texture
They are widely used in cooking and considered one of the most flavorful cultivated mushrooms.
• Produced fresh for strong colonization
• Selected for reliable performance on logs
• Suitable for both beginners and experienced growers
Guys, thanks for the quality control on the recent bag of shiitake wide range sawdust spawn. My last two bags I ordered had quite a bit of wood chips in it making my plunger difficult to capture a full load of spawn plug to inoculate my logs. I’ll send you a video of my mushroom garden soon as I have approx 150 logs 6”-8” dia by 4’ long. I also bought pink and Phoenix oyster sawdust for my other log garden. Tim
Won’t know for about 10 months
Our spawn arrived in great shape. We have used it before with success. Looking forward to lots of product.
Looking good will be buying more
As always, Mushrooms Mountain is the best spawn supplier. Thanks for being awesome y’all!
Product as described, fully colonized with mycelium. Now we wait and see.
I had the spawn refrigerated until today 3/13/2026.
I started using it to inoculate some oak logs.
It looks great and I'm hopefu lthat I'll be harvesting some delicious shitake mushrooms later this fall.
Depending upon the harvest I'll be ordering from you again.
I've been hobby-growing these mushrooms since 1986.
It came on time , and easy to use.
Looking forward to get started.
Always perfect!! Been ordering from her for years. Super-healthy, high quality spawn that is very receptive to inoculation. They’re attentive to orders and process them quickly(unless it’s a specialty strain & she clearly describes that shipping will take longer to receive on those mushrooms’ detail pages). Olga is the best!! She swiftly responds to any questions you may have & has about any information you could ever ask for in her mycological encyclopedia of a brain. They are the penultimate for ordering quality mycological supplies at a fair and affordable price, with the added bonus of free shipping. I don’t order from anywhere else. Love them! 🙌🏻💜
Great culture.
High quality spawn and fast shipping