Mushroom Grow Kit – Australian Coral Tooth/Snowflake (Hericium Coralloides) – NO shipping to WA – made to order

Description

Australian Native Coral Tooth (‘Snowflake’) Ready-to-Fruit Mushroom Kit Guide

Our Australian Native Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides) is a truly special, award-winning fungus. Cloned from a wild fruit body we discovered in the Otway National Park (Victoria) in 2019, we spent a year in the lab refining this genetics to offer it as a reliable fruiting strain. Dubbed ‘Snowflake’ by local commercial growers, it is an absolutely delicious mushroom and highly sought after by top chefs.

Note: This is an advanced mushroom to grow, so pay close attention to maintaining a stable environment!

For a visual walkthrough on setting up your kit, check out our guide here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es5p2EaDkyg

🛠️ Getting Started: The First Flush

• Step 1: Prep the Box – Remove the perforated cut-out from the front of your kit box to expose the bag inside.

• Step 2: Score the Bag – Using a sterilised knife (wiped with isopropyl alcohol or heated with a flame), cut an “X” into the plastic mushroom bag. Make the “X” roughly the same size as the hole in the box.

• Step 3: Keep it Humid – Mist (give it a light spritz) 1 to 3 times per day with filtered or cooled boiled water. Crucial tip: Only spray the outside of the plastic flaps to create humidity; don’t spray the substrate block directly!

🌤️ Ideal Growing Environment

• Temperature: Coral Tooth requires a cool, highly stable climate. Aim for a strict room temperature between 10-18°C to fruit successfully.

• Fresh Air (Oxygen): Like all fungi, they breathe oxygen! They need plenty of fresh air to develop their beautiful, branching “icicle” structures. Do not lock them in a dark, confined space or cupboard.

• Light: Mushrooms need enough light to read a book by. This helps them orient themselves to grow outward.

• Stable Humidity: Keep it high, ideally over 80%. Because this is an advanced strain, preventing sudden drops in humidity is key to keeping the delicate branches from drying out.

🍄 Tips & Troubleshooting

• Delicate Formation: Coral Tooth grows in beautiful, cascading branches. Be incredibly gentle around the fruiting body, as the “teeth” can bruise or break easily.

• Watch the watering: Once your mushrooms actually start forming, avoid misting the delicate fruits directly, as pooling water will cause them to rot or turn yellow.

• Stalled growth? If your mushrooms suddenly stop growing or the tips begin to yellow/brown prematurely, your room may have spiked in temperature or dropped in humidity. Stability is everything for the Snowflake strain!

🔪 Harvesting Expect roughly 300-500g per harvest, depending on how dialled-in your environment is!

• When to pick: The best time to harvest is when the cascading branches (“teeth” or “icicles”) are distinct and fully formed, but before they start to dry out or take on a yellowish/brownish tinge at the tips.

• How to pick: Harvest the whole cluster at once. Using clean hands, gently grasp the base of the mushroom where it meets the block and twist/pull it away.

• Clean up: Make sure you remove all leftover bits of mushroom flesh from the block so nothing is left behind to spoil.

♻️ Preparing for Later Flushes

• Rest Period: After your first harvest, let the block rest for 2 to 3 weeks before you start misting it with water again. Later flushes always take a little longer to come through!

• Rehydrating: If your block feels really light after that first flush and rest period, it needs a good drink.

  1. Remove the block from the box.

  2. Submerge the bag in cold water for 5-12 hours to rehydrate it.

  3. The next day, tip out any excess water.

  4. Put the bag back into the box, but face it the other way (so the old “X” is at the back).

  5. Cut a brand new “X” on this fresh side and resume misting!

Happy growing!

Please note these cultures are for personal use only

Please note this culture is sold with our Mushroom Spawn and Cultures sale agreement. By purchasing you agree to this agreement