Scientific name: Pleurotus djamor
Common Names: Pink Oyster Mushroom, Salmon Oyster Mushroom, Strawberry Oyster, Takiiro Hiratake, Love mushroom
Natural habitat: Preferring tropical and subtropical hardwoods, including bamboo and rubber trees.
Appropriate substrate: Straw, paper, coffee pulp, cornstalks, sugarcane bagasse, hardwood (cottonwoods, oaks, alders, maples, aspens, ash, beech, birch, elm, willows, poplars)
Usage: Edible mushroom, vital mushroom
The mycelium of this pleurotus species is very robust and therefore very popular in commercial cultivation. Fruiting bodies become 5 to 15 cm in diameter. The cap is bright pink when young and loses colour as it matures.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Spawn Run
Incubation Temp: 24 – 30˚C
Duration: 7 – 10 days
Primordia Formation:
Initiation Temp: 18 – 25 ˚C
Relative Humidity: 95 – 100%
Duration: 2 – 4 Days
Fresh Air Exchange: 5 – 8 per hour
Light Requirement: 750 – 1500 lux
Fruitbody Development:
Temp: 20 – 30 ˚C
Relative Humidity: 85 – 90%
Duration: 3 – 5 Days
Fresh Air Exchange: 5 – 8 per hour
Cropping Cycle:
Two Crops, 7 -10 days apart