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| Scientific Classification | |
| Kindom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Hypsizygus |
| Species: | Tessulatus |
Hypsizygus tessulatus falls under the umbrella concept of the Japanese "Shimeji" mushrooms. Firm textured, this mushroom is considered one of the most "gourmet" of the Oyster-like mushrooms. Recently, this mushroom has been attributed to having anti-cancer properties. Increasingly better known, this obscure mushroom compares favorably to Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus pulmonarius in North American, European and Japanese markets.
- Spore print: white
- Mycelium: white, cottony, resembling Pleurotus ostreatus mycelium but not as aerial. Also, the mycelium of H. tessulatus does not exude the yellowish-orange metabolite nor does it form the classically thick, peelable mycelium, two features that are characteristic of Pleurotus species
Cultivation[]
Ostreatus is industrially cultivated edible mushroom and although they are of the easiest mushrooms to cultivate, they are considered a gourmet mushroom.
Parameters[]
Spawn run
Primordia Formation
Fruit body Development
Substrates ....[]
This species performs best on supplemented sawdust. Good wood types are cottonwood, willow, oak, alder, beech, or elm. The effectiveness of other woods has not yet been established.[1] It seems that straw does not provide commercially viable crops unless inoculated up to 25% of its weight with sawdust spawn.
Natural Habitat[]
Hypsizygus tessulatus sometimes appears alone, but is usually in dense clusters of seven or more individuals; often on poplars or maple, but occasionally found on beech, birch, elm or fir; sometimes in large groups high in the crotch of a dead tree, or in smaller groups on dead stumps or logs. This species common in Pacific Northwest.
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ Stamets, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms (Third Edition), 2000