Pearl Oyster aka Pleurotus ostreatus - NH Strains

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The pride of our culture bank, "Queen of the Hill" from Hill, NH is a prolific wide temperature range oyster mushroom suitable for 3 seasons

Our first NH strain "Mill Brook Beauty" from our own neighborhood in Grafton is a delicately flavored oyster with a flower-like growth pattern that fruits in cool fall weather

• Store in fridge 3 to 7 days - oysters taste best when used as soon as possible - always refrigerate and thoroughly cook all varieties of fresh mushrooms
•  Can be frozen after par cooking
•  Can be sliced thinly and dehydrated until cracker crisp, then stored up to 1 year in an airtight container - always review food safety guidelines when preparing food for long term storage!
• Wipe debris from outdoor grown mushrooms with a damp cloth - soak and pat or spin dry only if necessary

• Mild seafood flavor and delicate anise aroma
• Meaty texture, good choice for a mushroom main dish
• Versatile- replace button mushrooms or seafood in many recipes
• Larger caps make great sandwiches or parmigiana

• Cultivation difficulty - easy to intermediate
• Grown indoors on supplemented sawdust or outdoors on logs, wood chips, or straw
• Requires full shade
• Season: Outdoors - early spring through late fall  Indoors - year round
• Can colonize a variety of hardwoods