White Enoki (Enokitake) Liquid Culture Syringe (10cc)
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Description
Description
White Enoki (Enokitake) Liquid Culture Syringe (10cc) — Flammulina velutipes, a white cultivar selected for pale coloration, slender stems and tight clustering. This is the enoki you see bundled in grocery stores: long ivory stems topped with small smooth caps, quite unlike the orange-capped, velvet-stemmed form that grows wild.
- SpeciesF. velutipes
- Volume10cc
- GeneticsWhite Cultivar
- DifficultyAdvanced
- Colonization~10 Days
Why Growers Choose White Enoki
Enoki colonizes fast — around ten days on grain, among the quickest in this catalog — and then asks you to do something none of the other species require. The long, thin, pale form that makes enoki recognizable is not what the mushroom does naturally. It is a shape you produce deliberately, and getting it right is the whole challenge.
Left in open air at room temperature, this cultivar fruits as short, stout mushrooms with broad caps. Perfectly good eating, but nothing like the bundles you buy at an Asian grocer. The commercial form comes from growing in tall containers fitted with paper or plastic collars, kept cold and in near darkness. The collar traps carbon dioxide around the developing cluster, and that CO2 is what drives the stems upward while holding the caps small and tight.
In the kitchen enoki is mild and lightly sweet with a distinctive crisp snap that survives brief cooking. It is a staple of hot pot, ramen and clear soups, where the clusters are separated and dropped in at the end.
What's In the Package
- One 10cc liquid culture syringe, sealed and lab-tested
- 16-gauge 1.5" luer lock needle
- Sterile alcohol prep pad
White Enoki Growing Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Flammulina velutipes — white cultivar |
| Also Known As | Enokitake, enoki, golden needle mushroom, winter mushroom |
| Recommended Substrates | Rye berries for spawn; hardwood sawdust, supplemented straw or wood pellets for bulk |
| Incubation Temperature | 70–75°F |
| Incubation Humidity | 82–85% |
| Colonization Time | ~10 days |
| Fruiting Temperature | 50–75°F — the cold end of that range gives the classic form |
| Fruiting Humidity | 90–93% |
| Time to Harvest | ~14 days after fruiting conditions begin |
| Lighting | Near darkness keeps stems pale and caps small |
| Shape Control | Collared containers trap CO2 and elongate the stems |
| Storage | Refrigerate at 35–45°F; do not freeze |
How to Use Your Liquid Culture Syringe
- Let the syringe come to room temperature, then shake gently to redistribute the mycelium evenly through the broth.
- Flame-sterilize the needle until it glows orange and let it cool for a few seconds.
- Wipe the injection port on your grain spawn bag or jar with the alcohol prep pad.
- Inject 2–3cc per quart jar, or 3–5cc per 3–5 lb spawn bag. One 10cc syringe inoculates roughly 2–4 containers.
- Incubate at 70–75°F in the dark for about ten days, shaking once at roughly 30% colonization.
- Spawn to hardwood sawdust in tall jars or containers, fit a paper collar above the surface, and move to a cold, dark space to fruit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are my enoki short and stubby instead of long and thin?
Because they are growing in open air. Left to fruit normally, this cultivar produces short mushrooms with wide caps — that is its natural form. The tall, slender clusters sold in stores are produced by fitting a paper or plastic collar around the top of the container so carbon dioxide accumulates over the growing surface. The trapped CO2 stretches the stems and keeps the caps small. Cold temperatures and near-darkness complete the effect.
How do I get the classic grocery-store enoki shape?
Three things together: a tall container with a collar extending a few inches above the substrate to hold CO2, temperatures at the cold end of the range, and near-total darkness. Miss any one and you drift back toward short, broad, darker mushrooms. This is a technique-driven mushroom more than a difficult one to colonize.
How is this different from wild enoki?
Wild Flammulina velutipes looks nothing like the cultivated form — it has orange-brown caps and dark velvety stems, and it fruits on hardwood in cold weather, often through winter. This is a white cultivar selected over generations for pale colour and slender clustering growth, then grown under conditions that exaggerate those traits further.
What temperature does enoki need?
Colonize at 70–75°F, then fruit cold. The listed range runs 50–75°F, but the low end is what you want for proper form — this is a cold-weather species by nature and warmth encourages the short, cap-heavy growth habit. An unheated basement or a spare refrigerator space suits it well.
How much liquid culture do I use per bag or jar?
Use 2–3cc per quart grain jar and 3–5cc per 3–5 lb spawn bag. A single 10cc White Enoki syringe will inoculate roughly two to four containers. Adding more than the recommended dose does not speed colonization meaningfully and simply uses up the syringe faster.
Do I need a flow hood or still air box to use liquid culture?
A still air box is strongly recommended and a laminar flow hood is better still. Liquid culture syringes ship sealed and lab-tested, but the moment you pierce an injection port you are exposing your grain to whatever is in the room air. Working in still air with flame-sterilized tools dramatically improves your success rate.
How should I store the syringe before use?
Keep it refrigerated between 35 and 45°F and never freeze it — freezing ruptures the cell walls and kills the culture. Store it in the sealed bag it shipped in, away from strong odors. Bring it back to room temperature and shake gently before injecting.
Packed to Arrive Alive
A liquid culture syringe is living mycelium, and the trip from our Illinois lab to your door is the part of its life you have the least control over. That is why every Myco Labs liquid culture ships inside a foil-lined insulated mailer rather than a plain envelope. The insulation buffers the syringe against summer heat sitting in a delivery truck and against sub-freezing temperatures in winter, so your culture arrives viable in either extreme.
When it arrives: move the syringe to the refrigerator at 35–45°F until you are ready to inoculate. Never freeze it. Bring it back to room temperature and shake gently before use.
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