Blue Oyster Mushroom Grow Kit from Smart Mushrooms. Grow bag contains mycelium for Pleurotus columbinus, Blue Oyster mushroom, a gourmet culinary mushroom with a meaty yet tender velvety texture and a flavour that has a hint of liquorice. Before cooking there is often a salty aroma of the seaside. It makes the ideal mushroom for all stir-fries and sautéed dishes.

Each kit will grow up to 400g of fresh mushrooms in 2-3 flushes with the first flush arriving in as soon as 2 weeks. The young mushroom fruiting bodies have a distinct blue-grey colour often become more grey as they mature. Each kit contains a handy glass spray bottle to keep the mycelium moist. Spray regularly twice a day and while you are waiting swot up on your Oyster mushroom recipes, one of which is included in the kit. Blue Oyster Mushrooms is a cool weather mushroom so it is easy to grow all year round.

Full easy-to-follow instructions are included with the kit:

1. (Day One) Pull the cardboard tab on the front of the box near the base. (Use scissors if necessary)

2. (Day One) Cut an X in the growbag corner to corner (Try not to cut the mycelium substrate or remove the filter on the bag)

3. (Day One - Seven) Place box in a spot with some light (not direct sunlight) and spray with water twice a day

4. (Day Eight - Fourteen) Continue spraying as you watch the mushrooms grow and harvest when the edges start to flatten

5. Enjoy your delicious mushrooms. After harvesting leave the kit alone for two weeks then dunk in water overnight and start the cycle over again, spraying twice a day.

 Grows on recycled oak sawdust which can be recycled into your garden soil or garden compost.