The Warm Note
Pleurotus pulmonarius · Kitchen
Warm Note - Italian Oyster
The warm kitchen oyster for people who cook a lot.
$27.00
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Grown for a warm kitchen harvest
Italian oyster keeps fruiting when the house is warm. You get the same simple X cut as the other kitchen oysters, and the cluster goes straight into a hot pan. If golden oyster is dinner this week, this one is dinner all summer.
A cooking oyster for 65 to 75 F. See How to grow for the cut, the misting, and when to pick.
No pins, no mushrooms, or contamination in 30 days. We replace it or refund you.
Living product. Start within 7 to 10 days, or keep the unopened bag in the fridge. Never the freezer.
30 day grow promise. If it does not grow, we make it right.
One kind per bag. Read the sticker before you cut. Full steps are on How to grow.
Grown for
Everyday cooking
How you use it
Sauté, eggs, broth, toast
First harvest
5 to 12 days
Temperature
65 to 75 F
How it fruits
Side fruit through an X cut
Expected yield
About 0.75 to 1.5 lb on the first crop
Flavor
Mild, a little sweet, tender
Difficulty
Easy
The facts
About Italian oyster
Timeline
Pins in a few days in a warm room. First harvest about 5 to 12 days after you cut. Cool rooms slow it down.
As food
This is a cooking mushroom, lean and savory. Cook it all the way through and do not eat it raw.
Worth knowing
This is Pleurotus pulmonarius, the warm weather oyster. If your house runs hot, start here instead of blue oyster.
Food and tea. Not medicine. The FDA has not reviewed this.
See how to grow this block · Not sure which mushroom? See the guide.
Why this one
Before you add it to cart
This is a start here block because it uses the same opening as golden oyster and it likes the temperature of a normal busy kitchen.
Start here if your kitchen runs warm.
The full steps for every species, including the ones that need an open top, a cold night, or a sealed bag, live on How to grow. Use this page to decide if you want this mushroom. Use that page when the box is on your counter.
See how to growFood and tea. Not medicine. The FDA has not reviewed this.
Harvest
Caps 1 to 3 inches, still slightly curved in.
After you pick
Keep spraying the same X. If nothing returns, soak the cut face 20 minutes. Drain. Mist again.
In the kitchen
High heat, little oil, salt at the end.
Recipe
Italian oysters on toast
1. Tear the cluster. 2. Cook in olive oil until the edges crisp. 3. Garlic, parsley, lemon. Serve on toast.
If something looks wrong
Fuzzy white, no mushrooms yet
That white growth is the mushroom. Keep misting.
Pins stall or turn crispy
Too dry. Mist more, or loosely tent with air holes.
Green, black, or sour mold
Photograph it. Email Team@harmonixhome.com within 30 days.
