Q: I love mushrooms and heard that shiitake mushrooms can be grown on logs in my backyard. Do you know anything about that? - Phil from Campbell Hall A: Happy Spring, Phil. Yes, I do know something ...

Shiitake mushrooms are supposed to be one of the easiest mushrooms to cultivate. Partly because you don’t have to deal with soils and substrates and partly because inoculating logs with just one type ...

After the button mushroom, the shiitake mushroom is the most commonly cultivated mushroom in the world, according to Cornell University. The practice of growing shiitake mushrooms intentionally on ...

Not just any old logs will do. They should be 3″ to 6″ in diameter and about 3 1 /2′ long – cut from deciduous hardwoods. Oak, maple, ironwood, and beech all make good candidates. Avoid pine and fruit ...

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Fallen logs on the forest floor make a perfect home for Shiitake mushrooms. These fungi--sold as a delicacy in the produce section of your local supermarket--thrive on the downed wood, turning it into ...

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Mushrooms, the fruiting part of underground fungi, may be the strangest item we commonly find on our dinner plates, as they are neither plant nor animal. The largest living thing on Earth is a fungus ...