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If you’ve heard about this remarkable mushroom and are curious about growing your own lion’s mane, you’re in the right place!
This easy-to-grow kit will start producing mushrooms in 1-3 weeks and can yield 2-4 harvests. You can find detailed instructions for all our kits on our website. Each of our mushroom fruiting blocks weighs 1.8kg and is made from sustainable, vegan, and peat-free substrates. Learn more about our materials here.
Why grow Lion’s Mane:
Lion's mane mushrooms are delicately flavourful and simple to grow!
Hericium erinacious is a rare and highly sought-after edible mushroom. It grows wild across old-growth forests in North America, Europe and Asia. With its uniquely meaty texture and well-researched health benefits, it is both a delicious meat alternative and a nutritious addition to your plate.
Being a rare fungus in the U.K., lion's mane is a protected species, which means it it cannot be legally harvested from the wild. Luckily, with this kit you can grow your own tasty lion's mane at home and use it when its at its freshest.
Our ready-to-grow kits include detailed instructions and a humidity tent for hassle-free growth. This beautiful mushroom expands to form a white, fluffy ball and later develops the hanging tendrils that give it the fitting common name ‘the lion's mane mushroom’. The strain that we use in our kits produces large mushrooms with firm creamy flesh.
Cooking Tips:
The outside of this mushroom has a texture similar to delicate crab meat and makes a great vegan seafood substitute. Its solid centre is delicious sliced and pan-fried in butter, with salt and garlic, for a culinary experience reminiscent of succulent, fatty lamb cutlets!
Wondering how to cook your lion's mane? Find some recipe inspiration in our blog!
Difficulty: Medium
Maximum Yield: up to 1kg total (over a few flushes)
Approx. Number of Flushes: 2-3
Time to Fruit: 3-5 weeks
Flavour/Texture: Sweet / Delicate
Preferred temperature: 16-25℃
Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor all year round, can be grown outdoors during warmer months
For detailed instructions on growing Lion’s Mane Mushrooms, check our online guide here.
All of our mushroom kits are meticulously grown and packed at our urban mushroom farm in London. We guarantee the freshness of every kit, which is ready to start growing as soon as it arrives. Covered by our Harvest Guarantee, so if it does not grow after following our instructions, get in touch and we can send you a replacement.
Lion's Mane Mushroom Ready-To-Grow Kit
Lion's Mane Mushroom Growing Kits contain detailed Instructions, a growing box, a humidity tent and a 1.8kg colonised mycelium block grown on natural, vegan substrates.
Start within 2 weeks for best results (this can be extended to 1 month if kept in the fridge or a cool, dark place).*Please note: Christmas pre-orders are specially made to be started by mid-January.
Read more about the uses and benefits of Lion's Mane mushroom in our blog post.
