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4-6week lead time on all 5 kg sawdust spawn blocks.
Gaia Mountain Mycology - Premium 5kg sawdust spawn blocks
Clean. Vigorous. Guaranteed to fruit or for use as a spawn media.
Whether you're a home grower or building your mycology skills professionally, our Premium Mushroom sawdust blocks are crafted with precision to help you succeed.
We use our top-quality sterilized, in-house prepared grain to innoculate these kits, in front of HEPA-filtered laminar airflow, packaged in bags with 0.22 micron filter patches, ensuring your blocks arrive100% clean and ready to grow.
All blocks are pressure-sterilized at 15-18 PSI and transferred directly to the innoculation bench, from our sterilization vessels for maximum sterility.
We stand by our craftsmanship quality:
100% Clean Arrival Guarantee - if your sawdust spawn blocks show contamination due to our sterilization process, we'll replace them.
* Note: While we guarantee our products to be of the highest quality when they leave our lab, we cannot be held liable for courier mishandling after dispatch.
🍄 Available Mushroom Species and strains:
Choose by season or species characteristics:
🌬 Winter Oyster Series (Cool Season: 1018°C fruiting temps)
Blue Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Fruiting Temp: 10-18°C
RH: 85-95%
Fast colonizer, high-yield, great for outdoor grows
King Oyster (Pleurotus eryngii)
Fruiting Temp: 12-20°C
RH: 80-90%
Meaty stems, slow fruiting, high value
Black Pearl King Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus × eryngii hybrid)
Fruiting Temp: 12-20°C
RH: 85-90%
Hybrid vigor, rich umami flavour
Black Abalone Oyster (Pleurotus Cystidiosus)
Fruiting Temp: 10-18°C
RH: 85-95%
Dense caps, chewy texture
Grey Oyster
Fruiting Temp: 12-18°C
RH: 85-95%
Reliable producer in variable climates
White Oyster
Fruiting Temp: 10-18°C
RH: 85-95%
Snow-white fruiting, cold-loving
Summer Oyster Series (Warm Season: 18-30°C fruiting temps)
Yellow Oyster (Pleurotus citrinopileatus)
Fruiting Temp: 20-28°C
RH: 85-95%
Fast fruiting, tropical flavour
Pink Oyster (Pleurotus d'jamor)
Fruiting Temp: 24-30°C
RH: 85-95%
Vibrant colour, quick yields
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🌿 Other Gourmet & Medicinal Spawn Available
Black Poplar (Agrocybe aegerita)
Fruiting Temp: 1522°C
RH: 8590%
Mild flavour, excellent on logs
Black Wood Ear (Auricularia polytricha)
Fruiting Temp: 1826°C
RH: 9095%
Jelly-like texture, medicinal value
Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus)
Fruiting Temp: 1622°C
RH: 9095%
Brain-boosting, shaggy white clusters
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
Fruiting Temp: 1624°C
RH: 8595%
Medicinally important mushroom, grown mainly to assist in alleviating various health ailments and to improve quality of wellness
Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)
Fruiting Temp: 2228°C
RH: 8090%
Powerful adaptogen, varnished conks, Medicinally important mushroom, grown mainly to assist in alleviating various health ailments and to improve quality of wellness
Shiitake 4320 (Lentinula edodes)
Fruiting Temp: 12-20°C
RH: 80-90%
Rich, umami-heavy caps; log or block grown
🌰Chestnut (Pholiota adiposa)
Fruiting Temp: 12-20°C
RH: 85-95%
Beautiful golden clusters, nutty flavour
🚚 Shipping Details
Standard delivery via The Courier Guy (Locker Service): 3-5 working days
Cold pack options available on request (extra charges apply)
Dispatch: Mondays & Tuesdays only for orders outside Western Cape
National shipping across South Africa
4-6 week lead time on all production fruiting blocks, unless otherwise stated.