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Skill level | Beginner |
Grow location | Outdoors |
Spawn shelf life | 6 months (refrigerated) |
Bag weight | 5.5 lbs |
Incubation | Beds: 2-8 months |
Fruiting temps | 50-70°F |
Also known as the "Garden Giant," Wine Cap (Stropharia rugoso-annulata) is a delicious mushroom with a mild, earthy flavor reminiscent of artichokes and potatoes. It's an ideal mushroom for beginners as it colonizes quickly and yields reliable flushes.
Wine Cap can fruit in as little as two months and will produce in the same bed for several years. Fresh woody material (like hardwood chips) can be added each year to maintain the health of the bed. Inoculated material from one bed can also be used as spawn to inoculate new beds!
Recommended use:
- Wine cap sawdust spawn is only recommended for use in outdoor beds.
- Wine cap sawdust spawn must be combined with a substrate (like wood chips) in order to fruit.
- Please note: Wine cap does not grow on logs.
Upon receiving your spawn:
Remove it from the shipping box as soon as possible. Then, unfold the top of the bag, making room for air space. It's also important to check and confirm that the filter patch is not obstructed. This will help the organism breathe and continue to thrive!
Scroll down for cultivation, inoculation, and storage guides.
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Click here to download our pamphlet on outdoor bed cultivation using sawdust spawn. Be sure to use clean, untreated products when making outdoor beds.
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Wine Cap is a vigorous mushroom that grows naturally on outdoor beds of woody debris. It grows best on straw (not hay), hardwood chips or sawdust. Hardwood recommendations are soft maple, poplar, box elder, and magnolia. They can tolerate a mixture that includes some softwoods - generally no more than 25%. You can also mix different woody materials.
Wine Cap seems to do better if the beds have a variety of particle sizes, such as a mix of both sawdust and wood chips. Avoid branches or other very large pieces of wood as these take longer to colonize and can create too much air space in the bed. Freshly cut wood is preferred, though Wine Cap can also grow well on more aged materials. Many folks are having success with the chip mixes coming from roadside crews pruning under power lines -- and it's a free resource!
Wine Cap does best in partial shade but can tolerate some direct sun. Ideal locations would be at the edge of fields and woods, around the base of trees, in perennial gardens, or as part of the mulch in vegetable gardens, where annual veggies will provide some shade. Once established, Wine Cap beds require little maintenance. During dry periods, the bed can be watered but do not over-water, as excessive watering can suffocate the mycelium.
- In a suitable location, remove any leaves, etc., down to either bare ground or plain grass. No need to dig a trench, but the bed should be in contact with the soil. One bag of sawdust spawn is enough to inoculate approximately 16 square feet.
- Spread mixed woody material over the soil, about 1'' deep.
- Break up the Wine Cap sawdust spawn and evenly sprinkle the spawn on top of the layer of woody debris.
- Add a second layer of woody debris about 2-3'' thick.
- Thoroughly water the bed.
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If you don't plan to use immediately, refrigerate your Wine Cap sawdust spawn. Use within 6 months of receipt.
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Wine Cap mushrooms are best when braised, grilled, or sauteed. When young, Wine Cap mushrooms can be eaten with the stem and offer a tender yet crunchy texture when lightly cooked in oil. They can also be sliced and mixed into meat sauces or risotto, roasted or braised along with other fall vegetables and served with meat, fowl or fish, added to soups, or stuffed and baked. If using the larger, more mature mushrooms, it is recommended to remove the stems as they become stringy and to slice or chop the cap to ensure even cooking. Wine Cap mushrooms pair well with lemon juice, wine, ramps, nutmeg, fennel, polenta, pasta, quinoa, and rice.
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All our spawn is made using organic cultures from our own culture bank. Our sawdust spawn is handmade from a blend of locally sourced, all-natural, organic, and non-GMO woods and supplements from farms and forests in New England and North America.
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If you’re going to consume home-grown mushrooms, make sure to cook your fresh mushrooms thoroughly with heat. If it is your first time eating this species, it is best to start with a small amount to check for allergies, even if cooked.
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Waiting in anticipation
We recently had tree cut dow and had a bunch of wood chips piled up so we decided to give these mushrooms a try under our grape and squash arched trellises. The spawn came packaged well with good instructions my family had fun spreading them along the edges of the path. Can't wait until they pop up!
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Great Shrooms
Laid the spore down in May (SE WI), huge shrooms by May!! Thanks North Spore! Can’t wait for dinner
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A Late Trial in the South
The spawn arrived in great shape and was spread the same day it arrived. Packing and instructions were excellent. It was probably way late for a June start down south but a recent available bed of oak wood chips seemed like a perfect place to give them a try. It's been very hot, not sure if there's an upper limit? Keeping the bed watered and the rain is helping at times, so now it's time to wait and see. First time growing Wine caps..
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Thanks for your review, Bob! A properly hydrated bed in the shade should be just fine. If you need help with anything, please reach out!
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Very excited to see the end product
Product came quickly and with very good instructions. Now since the bed was created I water it regularly and with great hope will have my wine caps this fall.
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Can’t wait
I spread mine throughout my 20x40 garden and I can already see some pretty quick results!
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MY New MUSHROOM GARDEN
Item was packaged well, had clear and easy instructions included which made it a fun experience.
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Wine cap mushrooms planted and hopefully growing soon
The package came quickly and was full of mushroom-y goodness. I haven't gotten mushrooms yet but I'm feeling hopeful.
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First time trying Mushroom growing - Amazing experience!
I wasn't sure how well it was going to go for me. I have trouble with routines and remembering to care for things like houseplants. But this couldn't have been easier and watching my first mushrooms come and then keep coming, now on my third-year yield has been so rewarding. I can't recommend Northspore and their Winecap sawdust product enough. Give it a try!
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Good activity level just waiting for them to fruit
Activity on my wine cap spores is looking great after a month. Look forward to them fruiting
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So excited
Everything I have received from North Spore has been great quality. The first stuff I bought from here was off of Amazon. It has been 2 1/2 months and I already have baby mushrooms. Their website is fantastic and so helpful!
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Congrats on your first harvest, Stacey! Cheers to many more.