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This page offers the basic cultivation techniques and information on the economics of log grown shiitake enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you might come across one of 10,000 fruiting mushrooms in the Eastern Forest, only a handful can be cultivated reliably. These are the decomposing fungi that can be grown on logs, stumps, woodchips, and in vegetable production beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Species include Shiitake (Lentinula edodes<\/em>), Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus<\/em>), Lions Mane (Hericium spp.<\/em>), Red Wine Cap (Stropharia Rugosa-annulata<\/em>), Almond Agaricus (Agaricus subrufescens<\/em>), and Nameko (Pholiota nameko<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mushroom Species<\/strong><\/td>Shiitake<\/td>Oyster<\/td>Lions Mane<\/td>Wine Cap<\/td>Almond Agaricus<\/td>Nameko<\/td><\/tr>
Wood Species<\/strong><\/td>Oak, Sugar Maple, Beech, Birch, Chesnut, Sweet Gum, others<\/td>Poplar, Tulip Poplar, Willow, Box Elder<\/td>Beech, Sugar Maple<\/td>Mixed hardwood chips<\/td>Mature Compost<\/td>Black Cherry, Sugar Maple<\/td><\/tr>
Preferred Methods<\/strong><\/td>Bolts<\/td>Bolts, Stumps<\/td>Stumps<\/td>Beds<\/td>Beds<\/td>Bolts<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Each mushroom has its own preferred species of wood and method for successful cultivation. ONLY log shiitake can be reliably cultivated outdoors as a commercial crop, though other species can offer supplemental income when they fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reliable fruiting of other species for commercial sales is most often done in indoor cultivation systems. Read on more to meet the Mushrooms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShiitake on Logs\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Shiitake mushrooms are among the oldest of all agricultural crops, with cultivation dating back to several thousand years in parts of China, Korea, and Japan. They began being cultivated in North America in the 1980s and offer the most economically viable of all the outdoor methods of mushroom cultivation. Data from past research indicates that, over three seasons, a 1,000 log operation would cost $4,740 to establish and would yield 1,040 pounds of mushrooms annually and could generate $12,480 of income for the farmer each year. This rate can be perpetually sustained from year four onward and would qualify a producer for agricultural exemption in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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VIDEO: INOCULATION BASICS<\/p>\n\n\n\n