Day 90. Fresh reishi after harvesting - flush 1 by Shroomok

Fresh weight - 410 grams. Dry weight - 58 grams (14% solid mass and 86% water). Image from forum thread Day-to-day Reishi growing diary post #62 #2

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• Day-to-day Reishi growing diary

  Day 90-91. First flush results and Drying Reishi mushrooms The total weight of fresh Reishi mushrooms was 410 grams. Not too much for such bags, to be honest. But again, they were harvested much earlier. I didn't use a dehydrator. Just left them to dry at room temperature. Within 24 hours, they became properly crusty and dry (my room humidity was lower than 50%). The final dry weight is 58 grams, meaning mushrooms contained about 14% solid mass and 86% water. The cool thing is, the Reishi completely retained their color and shape. They still look alive! It’s really cool to see. This is how dry reishi fruits look like compared to fresh: (Check out the photos in better quality in the attachments below!)

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