Growing pioppino
Pioppino or black poplar mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita) fruits as a ready-to-fruit block at 15.6 to 22.2 °C. Keep the bag closed until the pins are about 5 cm. The first harvest follows after 9 to 14 days.
Field & Forest Products (VS) · BS-12Pioppino grows in clusters. Young pins dry out quickly; that is why it stays in the closed bag at first.
Field & Forest Products (VS) · BS-12Setting up
Stand the block upright and pull the corners with the filter forward, so that air can get in. Give 8 to 10 hours of natural or artificial light per day and keep the humidity at 60 % or more.
Field & Forest Products (VS) · BS-12Opening
Only open the bag when the pins are about 5 cm and then cut it open below the seal. Opening too early lets the young pins dry out.
Field & Forest Products (VS) · BS-12Harvest and second flush
Harvest when the underside of the caps comes away from the stem. Hold the cluster at the base, twist gently and pull. The second flush follows 12 to 21 days after the first. If the room is below 70 % humidity, fold the bag closed again in between.
Field & Forest Products (VS) · BS-12Kit or pack
We found no Belgian ready-to-fruit kit; Mushroom Mania sells pioppino as a DIY pack. Dutch practical research gives 22–24 °C and 2 to 3.5 weeks for colonisation.
Mushroom Mania (BE) · BS-71Praktijkonderzoek Plant & Omgeving / Wageningen UR · BS-47What we do not know
We found no yield per block.
Field & Forest Products (VS) · BS-12Growing and eating safely
Allergic lung reactions to inhaled spores have been described in professional growers of, among others, oyster mushroom and shiitake. No risk measure is known for this species or for a single hobby pack. Harvest on time, do not grow in a bedroom, ventilate and always eat the harvest cooked.
PubMed PMID 3169217 · BS-61PubMed PMID 22329454 · BS-75NCBI Bookshelf · BS-60GroCycle (VK) · BS-43Voedingscentrum · BO-02Source
- Kan je champignons/paddenstoelen rauw eten? — Voedingscentrum
- How to Grow Pioppini Mushrooms from Ready-to-Fruit Blocks — Field & Forest Products (VS)
- How to harvest mushrooms — GroCycle (VK)
- Biologisch geteelde bijzondere paddestoelen (Baar & Amsing 2004) — Praktijkonderzoek Plant & Omgeving / Wageningen UR
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (StatPearls, Chandra & Cherian, bijgewerkt 10-07-2023) — NCBI Bookshelf
- Extrinsic allergic alveolitis in oyster mushroom growers (Eur Respir J 1988) — PubMed PMID 3169217
- Kweekpakketten-overzicht (DIY 5 kg-pakketten) — Mushroom Mania (BE)
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by Shiitake mushroom spores (Med Mycol 2012) — PubMed PMID 22329454
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