Almond Mushroom
Agaricus brasiliensis
Available as
Mother cultures (Petri dish)
Grain spawn
About this strain
A warmth-loving relative of the button mushroom with a unique, sweetish almond aroma, strongest while cooking. It forms large, meaty mushrooms — caps reach 7–25 cm across and are covered with brownish, fibrous scales, while the stems are thick and white. It tastes distinctly of almonds and nuts, and drying makes the aroma even stronger.
It is grown like the button mushroom — on mushroom compost under a casing layer — but needs high temperatures throughout the cycle, approx. 24–27°C. It therefore does best in a heated room, and in summer also in a polytunnel or greenhouse.
How to grow it
Preparation
- Substrate
- mushroom compost (traditional or synthetic), in 10–12 kg bags or on shelves; casing: approx. 4–5 cm
- Spawn rate
- approx. 20–25 l of spawn per tonne of compost
Growing stages
Spawn run (incubation)
- Temperature
- air approx. 24°C, compost 26–30°C
- Humidity
- approx. 95%
- Duration
- approx. 4–5 weeks
- CO₂
- >5,000 ppm
- Fresh air
- approx. 1 per hour
Primordia formation
- Temperature
- 22–25°C
- Humidity
- 80–90%
- Duration
- approx. 3 weeks after casing
- CO₂
- 400–800 ppm
- Fresh air
- 5–7 per hour
- Light
- low, diffused
Once the compost is colonised, apply 4–5 cm of casing; pins appear when the mycelium grows through the casing.
Fruiting
- Temperature
- 24–27°C
- Humidity
- 75–85%
- Duration
- 4–8 days
- CO₂
- <2,000 ppm
- Fresh air
- 5–7 per hour
- Light
- minimal
Harvest
- Flushes
- 3
- Between flushes
- 2–3 weeks
Pick while the caps are still convex, before the veil over the gills breaks — after that they open and darken quickly. Between flushes raise humidity to approx. 90%. Yield: approx. 10 kg per m² of growing area. The mushrooms dry well, and drying intensifies the almond aroma.
Please note: these growing parameters bring together the experience of practising growers — a starting point, not a guarantee of results. Every grow has its own substrate, climate and equipment, and even small differences can noticeably change the yield. Adjust these values to your own conditions.
Available products
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Mother cultures (Petri dish)
- 1 pc.
Grain spawn
- 5 l
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