Your Guide To CVG and Monotubs

Pan Cyan is pickier than cubensis — it wants actual manure in the substrate, a proper casing layer, and consistently warm temps. The mycelium is thinner and slower, but the end product speaks for itself. Not a beginner species.

Wine Cap is the permaculture mushroom. Toss spawn into wood chips in a shady garden bed, keep it watered, and wait for fall. No sterile technique, no fruiting chamber. Individual caps can hit 12 inches across. Slugs are your main competition.

Portobello is just a cremini that kept growing — same species, different harvest timing. The catch: it needs composted manure and a casing layer to fruit. No casing, no mushrooms. This guide covers the full composting cycle.