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Hanging oyster mushroom bags during colonisation

Oyster mushroom bags hanging on cords while the mycelium colonises the substrate. The photographer's substrate here was coffee waste.

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2026-09-24
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Tall plastic bags of dark substrate hanging from hooks and cords in a small room.

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    What this shows

    The first stage of oyster growing, before fruiting. Hanging keeps air moving round each bag. The substrate differs from the straw used in most Indian units.

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    This is a real, open-licensed contextual image. It does not establish this platform's farm, operating setpoint, construction specification, diagnosis, yield or commercial result.

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    EXTERNAL OPEN MEDIA
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    Livehealthy / Wikimedia Commons
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