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🌱 Enoki / Enokitake

Flammulina velutipes
mushrooms saprophytic fungus on wood
☀️ Sun
low to no light (for white, elongated stems)
💧 Water
high humidity 90-95%
🗺️ Zones
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🧪 Soil pH
5.5-6.5 (substrate)
🪴 Soil Type
Well-drained
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained

🍴 Edible Parts

🍽️ Hot pot, soups, ramen, stir-fries, salads (raw), Japanese, Chinese, Korean cuisine

🤝 Companions (5)

🤝 Shiitake
Companion on mushroom log stacks; different preferred wood types
🤝 hardwood logs
Winter mushroom—fruits in very cold temperatures (even under snow). Wild form looks different from cultivated (long-stemmed, small-capped). Cultivated in narrow-necked bottles for characteristic shape. Not a companion plant.
🤝 indoor bottle cultivation
Winter mushroom—fruits in very cold temperatures (even under snow). Wild form looks different from cultivated (long-stemmed, small-capped). Cultivated in narrow-necked bottles for characteristic shape. Not a companion plant.
🤝 oak or elm logs (host)
Enoki grows on dead hardwood; oak and elm are preferred substrates
🤝 shade trees (maple, beech)
Forest canopy provides the cold, dark conditions enoki needs for the prized long-stem form

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ warm temperatures during fruiting
Growth inhibition or competition

📝 Growing Notes

Winter mushroom—fruits in very cold temperatures (even under snow). Wild form looks different from cultivated (long-stemmed, small-capped). Cultivated in narrow-necked bottles for characteristic shape. Not a companion plant.

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