CULTIVATION OF NISSAN REISHI

Natural Cycle
Nissan Chemical emphasizes the fruit body cultivation of reishi

The life cycle of the mushroom

The mushroom life cycle begins with the airborne propagation of spores, which settle on dead trees or in soil and grow into a primary mycelium, which joins with another primary mycelium to form a secondary mycelium. This then expands by absorbing nutrients through its root to grow into the thick stem and cap shape which is generally known as a mushroom. This stem and cap part is called the fruit body, while the part that is rooted in the dead tree or the soil is called the mycelium.

Spore Primary mycelium Secondary mycelium Fruit body Spore Primary mycelium Secondary mycelium Fruit body

Mycelium Fruit body Dead tree/soil Mycelium Fruit body Dead tree/soil

Fruit body cultivation/mycelium cultivation

There are two ways of growing reishi mushrooms. One is to cultivate the fruit body and the other is mycelium cultivation. Nissan’s mushrooms are grown through fruit body cultivation under near natural conditions. Nissan Reishi is then made with rigorously selected fruit body specimens.

Fruit body cultivation The fruit body is cultivated over almost a full year, as in the natural world, before the essence is extracted.
Mycelium cultivation The mycelium is grown artificially within a short timespan before the essence is extracted.

Nissan Reishi fruit body cultivation

There are two ways of growing reishi mushrooms. One is to cultivate the fruit body and the other is mycelium cultivation. For Nissan Reishi, we emphasize cultivation of the fruit body, which allows the mushroom to mature steadily under near natural conditions. Nissan Reishi is then made with rigorously selected fruit body specimens.

Sept. Oct. Nov. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Inoculation fungus cultivation (2 months) Cultivation of mycelia on logs (3 - 4 months) Cultivation of reishi fruit bodies (4 months) Harvesting/drying Creation of bottled starter culture Logging and cutting Preparation of log trays Seeding of starter culture onto logs Laying out of log trays Germination Growth and formation of caps Harvesting/drying Sept. Oct. Nov. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Inoculation fungus cultivation (2 months) Cultivation of mycelia on logs (3 - 4 months) Cultivation of reishi fruit bodies (4 months) Harvesting/drying Creation of bottled starter culture Logging and cutting Preparation of log trays Seeding of starter culture onto logs Laying out of log trays Germination Growth and formation of caps Harvesting/drying

1Creation of bottled starter culture

The seed fungus is sown on a sawdust medium to create a bottled starter culture

2Logging and cutting

Trees from natural forest are felled and cut to log size

3Preparation of log container

The seed fungus is sown on logs and the logs placed in containers

4Log cultivation of mycelia

The mycelia are cultivated in an incubation room

5Laying down of log culture

The culture logs are laid out in a greenhouse under strictly controlled thermal and environmental conditions

6Germination

7Growth and formation of caps

8Harvesting/drying

The harvested mushrooms are dried and used as the main ingredient

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