{"product_id":"rise-above-supplemented-hardwood-and-bran-substrate-for-gourmet-fungi-organic","title":"Rise Above: Supplemented Hardwood and Bran Substrate for Gourmet Fungi (Organic)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the bee’s knees for growing all your wood-loving species of mushrooms on - \u003ca title=\"Lion's Mane\" href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/products\/lions-mane-hericium-erinaceus-commercial-culture\"\u003eLion’s Mane\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Shiitake\" href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/products\/lentinula-edodes-shiitake-commercial-culture-mp07\"\u003eShiitake\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Winter Oyster\" href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/products\/pleurotus-ostreatus-winter-oyster-liquid-culture\"\u003eOysters\u003c\/a\u003e, they all love a bit of this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese species of mushrooms have evolved to grab a cool little niche: just like a crab has evolved to be able to imitate a 1980s BBC TV presenter and give your bottom a sneaky little pinch before scuttling off sideways, these have evolved to be able to literally eat trees. They believe that Ronald Regan was right (jesus fuck it pains me even writing that) and that trees \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cause pollution, and so they put all their upgrade points into the Beaver skill tree.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe non-ridiculous (but still a bit simplified) explanation is that most plants use a complex polymer called lignin in cell walls which amongst other things, helps provide a mad amount of rigidity. It does a lot of other cool stuff too (helps prevent disease by literally blocking the way in, helps direct water around). It is also a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emassive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e twat for organisms to break down and eat, hence why we can use wood for building and whatnot. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo your \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esaprotrophic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(wood-eating) mycelium has evolved to be able to eat the stuff that most other organisms can’t, like lignin! This gives it a decent leg-up in nature, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e means that we can basically use another food source as the substrate, because nothing else really can make use of it. We’d still start off with a bag of grain, for sure (cramming the nutrients and water into the mycelium), and then transfer into this once your grain is colonised, because pound-for-pound there’s a lot more available nutrients in grain. Having said that, you could just squirt some liquid culture in here and it would start colonising, you just might end up with less mushrooms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you’ve got a big garage or that sort of thing then yup, you can grow wood-loving species directly in logs but not everyone’s got access to that kind of space, and it can be a hard sell to your partner when you’re like “uuuhhhhh yeah one of the kids has gotta move out because that’s the log room now”, so we reckon these bags are worth a go before the Social get involved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePremium organic hardwood, smashed to smithereens, mixed together with some nutrient-rich organic bran, hydrated perfectly before being pasteurised, then sent out to you to grow delicious mushrooms on. Send us some pictures of your gourmet grows by the way, we wanna see them!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do I get?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBig bag of sterile supplemented hardwood substrate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYup that’s it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Organic!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Makes sense to grow wood-loving mushrooms on wood!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Smaller than most logs!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✅ Will grow \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elots\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of tasty mushrooms if you treat it right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eYou \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e freeze it if you’re going to be ages colonising your grain\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProbably won’t need to though\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDon’t let it dry out, so keep it somewhere… coooool and daaaarrrk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-723ffd7c-7fff-501c-bac9-593c670ef292\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you would like to buy this and some grain at the same time, then we do a bundle that’ll save you a few quid (and we even let you choose your own grain): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/search?q=hardwood+bundle\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclick this sentence and you will be transported to the bundle page wooooooo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MycoPunks","offers":[{"title":"2.6kg","offer_id":40600822775999,"sku":"riseAbove2.6kg","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"4kg","offer_id":40600822808767,"sku":"RiseAbove4kg","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0542\/6721\/6063\/files\/Rise_Above_Supplemented_Hardwood_and_Bran_Substrate_for_Gourmet_Fungi_Organic.jpg?v=1746004327","url":"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/is\/products\/rise-above-supplemented-hardwood-and-bran-substrate-for-gourmet-fungi-organic","provider":"MycoPunks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}