Culinary Profile
How to grow Golden Enoki at home
Flammulina velutipes, Golden enoki
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Golden Enoki (Flammulina velutipes) takes about 39 days to grow at home, from spawn to the end of the first harvest. Colonize at 22 °C (72 °F) in the dark, then fruit at 15 °C (59 °F) and 92% humidity with moderate fresh air and 12 h of light a day.
Golden Enoki is the wild-type, gold-capped form of enoki. Same species as white enoki, grown with more light and air for shorter stems and amber caps.
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What conditions does Golden Enoki need at each stage?
| Stage | Days | Temperature | Humidity | Fresh air | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonization | 18 | 22 °C (72 °F) | 90% | little fresh air: fan runs 15 s every 60 min | Dark |
| Pinning | 7 | 16 °C (61 °F) | 95% | little fresh air: fan runs 15 s every 60 min | 12 h a day, white 20%, blue 80% |
| Fruiting | 14 | 15 °C (59 °F) | 92% | moderate fresh air: fan runs 20 s every 45 min | 12 h a day, white 20%, blue 80% |
How long does Golden Enoki take to grow?
About 39 days from the start of colonization to the end of the first harvest window.
- Day 1 to 18: Colonization
- Day 19 to 25: Pinning
Keep still and wet to pile up pins.
- Day 26 to 39: Fruiting
Light brings out the gold cap color.
Get dates for each stage from your own start day with the grow timeline calculator, or compare every species in how long mushrooms take to grow.
Light recipe
Dark while it colonizes, then 12 h a day of cool white with some blue.
Light details
Golden enoki is the wild-type form of F. velutipes. No variety-specific lux was found, so this is the labeled general default. Light is what colors the caps.
WS2812 blue is roughly 465 to 475 nm. The RGB mix is an approximation of cited wavelengths, not a measured spectrum.
| Phase | Hours on | White | RGB mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| colonization | 0 h on | white 0% | RGB 0 / 0 / 0 |
| pinning | 12 h on | white 20% | RGB 0 / 0 / 80 |
| fruiting | 12 h on | white 20% | RGB 0 / 0 / 80 |
What goes wrong when growing Golden Enoki?
What does this profile watch for?
A Shrooly cannot reach true cold-room enoki temperatures. This uses the coolest firmware target and more light than white enoki so caps color up.
No pins after colonization
Make sure the block is fully colonized first. Then check that the chamber reaches the pinning conditions: 16 °C (61 °F), 95% humidity, and little fresh air. Pins need more fresh air than colonization. More on this.
Dry, cracked, or curled caps
Usually humidity is too low, or air is blowing straight on the mushrooms. This profile holds 92% humidity while fruiting. More on this.
Green, black, or slimy patches
Patches that are not white mycelium are usually contamination such as green mold or bacteria. Bag the block, take it out of the chamber, and clean the chamber before the next grow. More on this.
Kit or block doing nothing? Work through grow kit not growing. To check your fresh air, put your chamber size and fan into the fresh air planner.
Golden Enoki growing FAQ
What temperature does Golden Enoki grow at?
In this profile Golden Enoki colonizes at 22 °C (72 °F) and fruits at 15 °C (59 °F). Colonization: 22 °C (72 °F). Pinning: 16 °C (61 °F). Fruiting: 15 °C (59 °F).
What humidity does Golden Enoki need?
92% while fruiting. Colonization: 90%. Pinning: 95%. Fruiting: 92%.
How long does Golden Enoki take to grow?
About 39 days with this profile: 18 days of colonization, 7 days of pinning, 14 days of fruiting. Real blocks vary, so move on when the block is ready, not only when the days run out.
How much light does Golden Enoki need?
Colonization: dark. Pinning: 12 h a day, white 20%, blue 80%. Fruiting: 12 h a day, white 20%, blue 80%.
How much fresh air does Golden Enoki need?
Moderate fresh air: fan runs 20 s every 45 min while fruiting. Colonization runs with little fresh air.
Is Golden Enoki good for beginners?
It is one of the harder species in this library. Try an oyster first if you have never grown before.
Related grow guides
- How to grow Enoki
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- How to grow Black Oyster
- How to grow Blue Oyster
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- How much humidity and fresh air do mushrooms need?
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Sources
- General default. No variety-specific photoperiod or lux was found for this species. Colonization is dark (Sakamoto 2018; Penn State oyster spawn run). Fruiting uses 12 h as a labeled default, not a page-cited Stamets value, and 20% white, which is 92 lux on this chamber, inside the Penn State oyster 50 to 300 lux band. Blue 80% approximates the 440 to 470 nm finding. This is a labeled default, not a measured value for this variety.
- Sakamoto 2004 enoki. Yuichi Sakamoto, Influence of light on the morphological changes that take place during the development of the Flammulina velutipes fruit body, Mycoscience 45 (2004). A temperature drop induces fruiting in the dark. Dark fruits are long, pale, and pinhead. Light then forms a cap.
- Stamets. Paul Stamets, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, Ten Speed Press. Used here as a general cultivation reference. This recipe does not take a photoperiod or lux number from a cited page in that book.