Description

Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is the best known and most widely used of all the Reishi varieties. It’s been used for thousands of years by Chinese and Asian cultures for its medicinal properties and is known as the “Mushroom of Immortality” or Ling-Chi. This mushroom is often dried and powdered before steeping in a tea.

Instructions

1.) Place grow bag on a table or shelf inside at room temperature (50^oF – 80^oF) with medium, indirect sunlight.

2.) Watch the brown mycelium colonize throughout the bag.

3.) When mycelium colonizes 70% of the bag, break apart by massaging contents of the bag.

4.) Place back on table or shelf until completely colonized.

5.) Once completely colonized, cut a horizontal opening in the top of the bag. Don’t cut the top of the bag completely off. Leaving the top of the bag partially on will help keep the grow bag humid.

6.) Mist with tap water from a spray bottle 2-3 times a day.

7.) It can take 5-14 days for pins (beginning of mushrooms) to form after cutting into the bag.

8.) Mushrooms will be ready to harvest 4-10 days after pins form. The warmer the environment, the faster the mushrooms will grow.

9.) Harvest when mushrooms are white with a partially brown cap, and before caps flatten out and become soft or soggy. Cut with a knife or scissors close to the bag, or grab by the stalk close to the bag and twist to separate.

You can attempt a second fruiting by withholding water mist for 7 days. Soak the block in cold water for 20 minutes and then pour out excess water from the bag, then start misting 2-3 times a day.