Using Your Woodlot Resources To Cultivate Specialty Mushrooms

摘要

Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) and oyster (Pleurotus spp.) mushrooms are specialty mushrooms that are well-suited to small-scale production. Unlike Agaricus types (common button mushroom, portabellas, and criminis), which require large, highly mechanizedfacilities with environmental controls, shiitake and oyster mushrooms can be log-cultivated outdoors. While growers with access to a woodlot will have a clear advantage in terms of production site and log supply, these mushrooms can also be cultivated in other heavily shaded locations.