april 2010

PF STYLE SHITAKE

I lost my photos of shitake on BRF cakes (B is brown, R is rice, and F is flour) - aka PF TEK cakes. Here is a post and photo by a dude called Bluecat, someone who I have talked to on the Mycotopia web site. The photo follows the post. They are pretty ugly huh? That is the mycelium with the ugly discolorizations, but it isn't contaminated. That's the way the shitake mycelium acts. Bluecat uses half the amount of brown rice flour (1/8 cup) instead of the usual 1/4 cup. 1/8 cup of brown rice flour (BRF) works very well with the magic shrooms.

bluecat (Bluecat)
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Username: Bluecat

Post Number: 34
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 01:24 am:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i tried the same experiment hundreds of times.the regular pf half pints with no sawdust are always the best.both faster,and more productive.you really only need one plug per jar,right down the middle.i get the best results with just over 1/8 cup brf.if you use much more than that,they get sticky and grow slower.good luck,have fun.

This is the "gourmet" edible mushroom - SHITAKE (Lentinus Edodes). It was cultivated with the straight PF TEK. Instead of spores, SHITAKE spawn "plugs" were inserted into the jars substrait. After about 3 months, the cake turned black and the mushrooms formed. The black looking cake is actually just the outer surface. This is where the mycelium dies back but under the black "skin", the cake was a normal whiteish colored mycelium.