Fresh Stropharia rugosoannulata - Wine cap Mushroom

Common Names: King Strophoria, Garden Giant, Wine Cap, Godzilla Mushroom

Description:  A delicious gilled mushroom with a very large fruitbody, distinctive red-burgundy cap, and a thick partial veil that leaves a skirt on the stem.  This is the best choice to grow on outdoor woodchip beds, and is rather difficult to grow indoors because it requires bacteria to initiate mushroom formation.  Outdoor mushroom beds often form single mushrooms over a pound and up to 5 pounds!  Because of its high yield outdoors on both woodchips and straw and ease of identification it is the best choice for outdoor growth