Reishi Mushroom Grow Kit Small: SW

The above photo shows our Mushroom Bag Wood Based colonizing with Ganoderma lucidum mycelium. Ganoderma lucidum mycelium fully colonizing the Wood Based Bag. Ganoderma lucidum antlers fruiting from holes punctured in the Bag. The Reishi Mushroom Kit contains everything you need, including the source mushroom culture, to begin cultivating the highly sought after Reishi Mushroom (Ling Chi Mushroom). The foundation of this Kit is the Wood Based Mushroom Bag. This Bag formula is comprised mostly of a select mix of hardwoods especially formulated for wood loving mushrooms, supplemented with wheat bran, and small amounts of vermiculite for water retention. Each kit will include a 3cc inoculation plunger filled with Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi, Ling Chi) culture, one small Wood Based Mushroom Bag, and a thin plastic, gusseted humidity tent. The Bag is shipped with all air removed for easy packing. Each Bag contains approximately 1 pound of wet sterilized substrate. To use, simply Unfold the Bag, allowing the extra material to stand straight up. Locate the small foam disk sealed and attached in a plastic housing near the base of the Bag. This disc is the self-healing injector site. Note: The disc will be covered by a small plastic shield. Do not attempt to remove the plastic covering the disc, you will inject through it. Sterilize a small section of the outside of the Bag (on the plastic shield) directly over the foam disc with an alcohol soaked wipe. With the same alcohol soaked wipe, sterilize the needle on your inoculation plunger. Inoculate the substrate (material inside the bag) with the inoculation plunger solution by inserting the needle through the plastic shield and foam disc at the previously sterilized spot. Squirt all 3cc of the culture solution directly into the substrate material. After injection, remove plunger from hole. The self-healing foam disc will seal the puncture site. DO NOT insert the needle through the white filter patch found near the top of the Bag. Place the Bag(s) in a dark location and incubate at 70-80F. Note: During drier summer and winter months it is advisable to store the Bag in a humid location. Excessively dry environments may draw moisture from the Bag. Because colonization will begin in the interior of the substrate material it may take between 14-20 days for you to notice the spreading of colonizing mycelium towards the outside of the Bag. Speed of colonization is directly affected by incubation temperatures, please check to make sure you are incubating the bag at the correct temperature. Typical colonization time is between 30-40 days. When colonization is 100% complete you will initiate the fruiting stage of the mushroom. Move Bag(s) to a location with indirect light (indoor light or filtered sunlight is best). Allow the Bags to receive 12 hours of indirect light per day (direct fluorescent lighting works as well). Reduce temperature to 65-75F. With a sharp knife cut s