The Latest Cultivation Techniques and Methods Tutorial for Lion's Mane Mushroom

The lion's mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) is a rare edible fungus, named for its shape resembling a monkey's head, and it is currently quite popular in our country's market. Its price has been continuously rising, attracting many people who want to cultivate it, and to cultivate it you must master the cultivation techniques. Let's take a look at the detailed introduction below.

1. Greenhouse Construction

Choose a place with flat terrain, a clean environment and close proximity to a water source to build the greenhouse; the size of the greenhouse depends on the cultivation scale. Since the lion's mane mushroom is a thermophilic fungus, the greenhouse must have good insulation measures; it is recommended to use double-layer hollow walls, and ventilation measures must also be done well. Dig the ground down 50cm, cover the greenhouse roof with drip-free film for insulation, and you can also use a winter-warm vegetable greenhouse to cultivate lion's mane mushrooms.

2. Raw Material Formula

The selection of cultivation raw materials is an important point in cultivating lion's mane mushrooms. Below are two raw material formulas for everyone's reference: (1): 90% cottonseed hulls, 8% wheat bran, 1% gypsum, 1% superphosphate; (2): 58% cottonseed hulls, 30% miscellaneous wood sawdust, 10% wheat bran, 1% gypsum, 1% superphosphate. Mix and stir them, then add water and stir evenly; the water content should be around 65%, and it should not be too much or too little.

3. Bagging and Sterilization

After the culture medium is prepared, it is time to start bagging. Choose polypropylene plastic bags as the culture bags, with the specific specification of 15×32cm. Fill each bag with 8 liang to 1 jin of medium, press it tightly appropriately when filling, and tie it tightly with fine string after filling. Next is the high-temperature sterilization treatment. Sterilization includes atmospheric pressure sterilization and high pressure sterilization. For atmospheric pressure sterilization, put the cultivation bags into a sterilization pot, heat it to 100 degrees, keep it going for 10-12 hours, then stop the fire and let it sit for 5-6 hours. For high pressure sterilization, put them into a high pressure sterilization pot and maintain the pressure at 1.2-1.5 kg per square cm for 2-3 hours.

4. Inoculation

This is the last step in cultivating lion's mane mushrooms. Send the sterilized and cooled cultivation bags into the inoculation room; before entering, spray disinfectant for sterilization, commonly using the fungicide kemeiling. During inoculation, the workers must undergo a series of disinfection procedures before entering the inoculation room, so as to avoid inoculation failure. During inoculation, first disinfect and sterilize the outer surface of the spawn bottle, then open the spawn bottle, remove the upper layer of old mycelium, then open the cultivation bag, use a tool to inoculate the mycelium into the bag, and then seal the opening. The movements must be coherent and quick; generally each bottle of spawn can inoculate 30 bags.

The above are the cultivation techniques for lion's mane mushrooms. We hope they can help you. To learn more about fungus cultivation knowledge, please stay tuned to us.