Strain Spotlight: The Golden Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus AM2)

The golden oyster mushroom originates from environments with warm climates. This makes it suitable for cultivation in the warm season of the year. Paradoxically, the AM2 golden oyster mushroom strain is a special one: it simply fruits to lower temperatures [65 - 85 F] than its normal for this type of oyster mushroom. Another special feature of this strain is the robust and consistent size of fruitbodies. They are not only consistent in size but also firm (compared to what this mushroom is like -it is known to have fragile and soft fruitbodies) -this feature is very important for shelf life. Prolonged shelf life is what farmers need when they want to sell their mushrooms in order to keep them fresh for their clients. This means that this particular strain may be transported to longer distances. As you can see this has also the advantage that can be grown all year long and together in the same grow room with other oyster species that prefer low temperatures.

AM2 -photo credits: Simply Manna Mushroom Farm

This cold tolerant strain may be grown on various substrata: straw, corn cobs, sawdust, or other agricultural wastes. Many farmers simply like it because it's easy to work with. The caps are light yellow with darker spots in the center. Color and taste are important features too. The warm yellow color of this strain combined with other colorful strains such as BRAT (dark blue), ElmA (dirty white), salmon VDE1 (warm pink), COLUMBUS (light blue) will form an excellent bunch ready to go on the market. It has a typical flavor (even better that most common oysters).

If interested in this one you'll find it here in the form of culture or grain spawn.

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