Day 135. Reishi 2nd flush harvesting process by Shroomok

To harvest reishi mushrooms I just screw off each mushroom cluster. Image from forum thread Day-to-day Reishi growing diary post #76 #9

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• Day-to-day Reishi growing diary

  Day 135. Reishi second flush harvestThe next 5 days my reishi bags spent in a grow tent.Mushrooms grew a little bit bigger and new branches formed - they have white-beige colorSome clusters look funnyHowever, I decided to harvest them all, since every bag had started sporulating extremely hard. You can see dark brown spores on bags.To do this I just twisted off each mushroom cluster.And that's it!Second flush yield resultsFinal results of the 2nd flush:Fresh weight: 163 gDry weight: 77 g. That means 2nd flush mushrooms contained about 47% solid mass and 53% water.Although the 2nd flush produced less fresh mushrooms, the dry weight turned out to be higher.For comparison, 1st flush results: Fresh weight - 410 g, Dry weight - 58 g (14% solid mass, 86% water)Here are dried Reishi mushrooms from the 2nd flush. They look just like fresh ones! A few photos to compare fresh mushrooms right after harvesting and dried reishi:(Check out photos in a better quality below in attachments)

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