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Lion's Mane Mushroom Grain Spawn
14 reviewsGrain Spawn - This is used for commercial indoor production using sawdust. You do not use grain spawn for log inoculation. Grain spawn comes in bags approximately 6lbs each.
Inoculation:
Indoor Commercial Production - Lion's Mane mushroom grain spawn can be mixed into sterilized or lime pasteurized substrates including but not limited to hardwood sawdust, straw, and coffee grounds. These processes range from requiring a fair amount of infrastructure for larger projects to simple and low-tech. We recommend purchasing a book on mushroom cultivation if you are interested in pursuing this style of mushroom production as a hobby or profession. We recommend 'Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing and Working with Fungi' by Peter McCoy, 'Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation' by Tradd Cotter, or 'Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms' by Paul Stamets.
Difficulty: Beginner
Lion's Mane are a great mushroom for beginning indoor cultivators. They are reliable producers year-round and produce substantial first, second, and third harvests making them one of the best commercial varieties.
Cooking: Due to its consistency and flavor, it can be used as a seafood substitute in recipes. We like to slice it into rounds and pan-fry it in olive oil or butter, or try ripping it up and making 'Lion's Mane Cakes' by following a crab cake recipe!
Properties: Lion's Mane is considered both an esteemed edible mushroom and a valuable medicinal and is currently being studied for its effects on neural health, Alzheimer's, and dementia. The mushroom contains a substance called erinacine, which has the ability to catalyze the production of nerve growth factor (NFG) and reduce the effects of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders (Yamada et al., 1997). A study in Japan, on men aged 50-80 years old with mild cognitive impairment, suggests that Lion's Mane is effective at improving cognition. Subjects were split into two groups and half were given dry powdered Lion's Mane three times a day and observed over 16 weeks. At weeks 8, 12, and 16, the group taking Lion's Mane scored significantly better on a cognitive test than the other half in the placebo group (Mori et al., 2008). You can read more about this study here.
Other Lion's Mane products:
Lion's Mane 'Spray and Grow' Kit
Lion's Mane Log Kit
Lion's Mane Sawdust Spawn
Lion's Mane Plug Spawn
Lion's Mane Cultures
Lion's Mane Tincture
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The quality of the product is amazing and the amount of fruiting are fantastic!
First time trying lions mane, autoclave bags and masters mix. Inoculated 8 bags of lions mane on 14 November. Harvested over half a pound from the first bag on December 3! Can’t believe it’s that fast. I cut off the top of the bag and had the entire top covered in lions mane. Today is 6 December. Second bag is almost ready to harvest. Cut off the top of that bag too. Third bag has lions mane developing. Cut Xs in that bag to compare growing/harvesting results. Reordered two more bags of grain spawn. Lions Mane crab cakes are fantastic.
Really like the seed - think it is milo/millet. Mixes and dispenses easily in the 6# sawdust blocks I made with the 8″ X 5″ X 19″ bags also from N. Spore.
Well I wanted to start my hobby cultivation and ordered Lion's Mane Grain spawn now I have 6 bags doing nicely; it would be nice if you could buy smaller spawn bags because it was too much for me but well I packed them up nicely for faster growth. Would buy again, no doubt.
As a relatively new grower, I think North Spore's products are awesome. They've definitely simplified the process of cultivation for me. Their video resources have also been super helpful. I'm very happy with my lions mane progress so far. As a Mainer it feels great to support this local company.
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