This culture of lion’s mane is able to fruit at higher temperatures than the standard lion’s mane culture we have available. A great option for locations that are hot, or as a seasonal culture to run during summer. This culture can fruit into the 80’s (°F) and down to 55-60°F like the standard Lion’s Mane.
This product may take up to 3 weeks to ship but most of the time will ship immediately or in 1-2 weeks. Please be aware of the lag before ordering. You will get an email with tracking 1 day before shipping, if you need to delay the order contact MMM ASAP to reschedule the order ship date.
Please see below the instructions for considerations about home grown food products and mushroom spores.
Instructions for use:
This information is specific to Lion’s Mane (High Temperature Tolerant).
Check your block upon arrival to make sure there are no tears or signs of mold from shipping. If the block has broken into pieces during shipping, gently press the block together and let sit 3-5 days undisturbed before moving to step 2. Lion’s mane has notoriously thin and wispy mycelium, if the block appears uncolonized let it sit 2-4 days and it should begin to whiten.
Slice a 1-2″ slit into the bag or a 1″ “X” into the side of the block. Be careful not to cut into the block itself and just cut the plastic. If there are mushroom pins, consider creating the opening around a group of pins. See example photo below.
Fold down the top of the bag and deflate the block, tape the top down so that there is minimal room between the block and plastic except where the cut was made.
Place the Ready-to-Fruit block in the most humid part of your home (not in direct sunlight) or in a grow chamber or grow tent. The kitchen is a good household place in lieu of a dedicated fruiting chamber. Lion’s Mane (High Temperature Tolerant) fruits best between 60-85°F.
Search online for easy to make fruiting chambers: monotubs, shot gun fruiting chambers (SGFCs) and tents with foggers/humidifiers are all great options and will likely increase success in fruiting and producing healthy fruits. Even a trash bag with plenty of holes can be used to increase humidity! If the Lion’s Mane produced in a fruiting chamber have large stems and long thin teeth, more air exchange is needed.
2X daily (or more if your environment is dry) spritz the plastic with distilled/filtered water where the cut was made and look for mushroom “pins”. These are the start of mushrooms! Pins should take ~1-2 weeks to develop from the time of opening the bag.
Continue to mist the fruits and plastic while they grow. Lion’s Mane are usually ready to harvest ~7-14 days after pins form and should be harvested before the teeth elongate too much and produce spores for tastiest results.
Cut the mushroom cluster from the block and enjoy for your next meal!
Soak the block in fresh distilled/filtered water for 1-6 hours while inside the bag (pour into the opening) and then drain from the bag.
Put block back into fruiting conditions, you should get at least 1 more “flush” of mushrooms from the block. If pins do not form at the cut site, consider opening the plastic at the site of the largest set of pins for subsequent flushes and sealing the original site with tape.
Lion’s Mane pins
*CAUTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS:
IF YOU PLAN ON CONSUMING YOUR HOME-GROWN MUSHROOMS MAKE SURE TO COOK THEM THOROUGHLY. IF IT IS YOUR FIRST TIME EATING THIS SPECIES, IT IS BEST TO START WITH A SMALL AMOUNT TO SEE HOW YOUR BODY RESPONDS!
MUSHROOMS PRODUCE SPORES AS THEY DEVELOP. THIS IS A NATURAL MEANS OF REPRODUCTION FOR THE FUNGUS. THEY USUALLY APPEAR AS A DUSTY SURFACE ON YOUR GROW KIT BENEATH THE MUSHROOM CAPS. PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES OR COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING FRUITING MUSHROOM KITS OUTDOORS OR IN A WELL-VENTILATED AREA AS AIRBORNE SPORES SOMETIMES CAUSE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. SPORES MAY ALSO CAUSE IRRITATION FOR SOME NON-ALLERGIC OR IMMUNE COMPROMISED MUSHROOM GROWERS, THOUGH THIS IS RARE. HARVESTING MUSHROOMS WHILE STILL IN THEIR YOUNGER GROWTH STAGES WILL REDUCE THE OVERALL SPORE LOAD.
First off I'll say I'm new to this stuff so I wasn't sure what to expect. MMM has been a pleasure to deal with and the items I got have been great. This block came ready to go and I am 100% satisfied. I live in a warmer state so will definitely be ordering this one again!!
Tue May 07 2024 01:49:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
This is the second time ordering from this site, I used email invoice and MR for my purchased and it was very simple, and im pleased to have received additional freebie LC Rieshi syringe. My Lions mane block is fruiting within days of receiving it. My past LC of red reishi was inoculated straight into hardwood substrate without grain first and is fruiting after 6 weeks from inoculation and practically crawling out of the jar! This site has clean gourmet cultures , that grow fast. The tracked shipping made it easy to pick up my block without risking it sitting out. Thanks MMM
Tue Jan 30 2024 16:29:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Received product or in good condition retina fruit, and just like advertised introduced it to prudent conditions two days later And as of three or four days ago, my block has started fruiting
Fri Oct 06 2023 00:13:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Order came in very fast and was pleasantly surprised. When I opened the box to inspect the bag it was colonized very well and had some good pins forming already and rushed to a fruiting box for humidity/air. In a week I was picking these beauties! I picked them a little early due to work but am excited to see how the next flush goes. They really are amazing looking and were very easy to maintain
Mon Mar 27 2023 15:50:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
I was nervous ordering this originally because I’ve had really bad luck with lions mane, but these grew, and oh my god were they big. Makes a wonderful addition stir fry
Thu Mar 23 2023 16:23:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
The block arrived fast within 2 days. The block did not required a lot of care, but it really throw amazing flashes with dense fruits. I really could not be any more happier. Best vendor with best quality, definitely going to repurchase!!
This was my first experience with MMM and it has been great! My area is extremely hot, like melt your face in the morning hot , but my lions mane arrived happy and healthy. Already pulled one flush and onto round two. Will definitely be coming back
Over a pound harvested and going for a third flush. Arrived ready to go and fruited fast! I made carribean style crab cakes with habichuela rosado puree, homemade remulade, fried plantains and a smoked tomato and bacon confit. MMM is the way to go guys and gals :-).
Sat Jul 02 2022 05:05:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Couldn’t be happier! I just pulled on the bag to put air in and set it in my living room under my plant’s grow lights. Ambient room temp of about 67 degrees, LED lights plus natural light. When the fruit needed more moisture I just cut the very top off and used a mixture of tap water and 3% hydrogen peroxide (1:1) to mist three or four times a day.
Mon May 09 2022 18:12:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Lion's Mane block arrived quickly and was already fruiting when I got it, which I consider a plus. So far it's given some sizeable fruits, even with how badly I botched opening it.
Mon May 09 2022 17:54:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Can't beat this vendor. There was no wait on this order and it arrived two days early than expected. This is my second or third purchase, and everything is as expected. The new labeling on the spore syringes is great. Next purchase will be some agar cultures.
Perfect service, prompt delivery, great product, amazing value
Block came with only around 40% of the substrate colonized but that’s perfectly okay. Since I first received the block two weeks ago the substrate is almost 100% colonized and ready to fruit some beautiful lions mane. No contamination and for 20 bucks, I’m more than happy with the amount of fruiting bodies I should be able to get out of this lions mane block. Thank you.
Mon Feb 28 2022 01:01:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Fun watching the growth! I emailed with questions that were answered right away, I got exactly what I paid for very quickly, and I got some freebies!! Definitely ordering again soon, 5 stars.
Wed Feb 23 2022 10:23:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Received my product sooner than expected. Thanks to local mail delivery issues, had to wait a little longer to get started, but my block is starting to fruit. I am excited to watch the Lion's Mane grow as this is my first experience with this mushroom.
Tue Oct 26 2021 17:46:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
