Hericium cirrhatum, Syn.: Creolophus cirrhatus is a species of fungus in the spiny beard family.

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Good breeding success of Maitake is achieved on a standard recipe for wood decomposers. Especially important is the structure of the substrate, it must be loose-fluffy and can breathe well. Use not only very fine, but also medium-fine sawdust, preferably from beech.

Aim for only single fruiting bodies on the substrate, better leave the culture only a few fruiting windows, ideally only pinpricks in places where primordial growth is already visible, instead of exposing them over a large area.

1. Dissolve the malt extract and agar in distilled water.
2.  Sterilize the solution by autoclaving at 121°C for 15-20 minutes.
3. Pour the sterilized media into petri dishes or other containers under sterile conditions.
4. The Yeast is optional, but you can add it to any recipe for nutritions, same for Peptone.

Rye Berries, grain mix, Hardwood

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Secondary decomposer, white rot trigger

Hericium cirrhatum grows from August to November on the rotten wood of dead deciduous trees. It occurs on copper beech, birch and oak trees. The saprophytic fungus produces white rot on its substrate.

Deciduous trees, dead wood, preferably beech, birch, late summer to winter, very rarely also from June onwards

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Hericium cirrhatum are considered very delicate when young, older specimens are occasionally described as bitter.