This kit contains:

- 40 wooden dowels inoculated with velvet shank (Flammulina sp.) mycelium
- 25g of wax to seal the log once the dowels have been inserted
- detailed instructions for use. See our online instructions for log inoculation here.
 
*Please Note: This kit includes dowels colonised with your chosen mushroom species. However, you'll need to source a fresh-cut hardwood log (no older than 6 weeks). If you don't have a local tree surgeon, we recommend Hanging Wood. Their sustainably harvested logs come from copparded trees from their managed woodlands in the North Downs, where trees are cut at the stem, leaving the root to regrow new stems every 5–10 years.
 
For drillling into logs, we recommend using a 8.5mm brad point drill bit which we sell here. This is specially designed for drilling into wood and will create the perfect sized holes for the plug spawn.

Golden enoki mushrooms have a mild, earthy, and slightly fruity flavour. They are part of the genus Flammulina, known colloquially as 'enoki', 'golden needle', 'winter mushroom', 'velvet foot' & 'velvet shank' mushrooms, and grow best in cooler temperatures.
 
They grow across much of Europe, North America and Asia, inhabiting dead trees and stumps. This mushroom is loved by foragers as its bright orange caps are a welcome sight during the cold winter months when not much else is growing!
 
This strain was cultivated from a spore print of a Flammulina sp. specimen found near York, likely belonging to Flammulina populicola.