1. Get the Right Log. First, find yourself a chunk of hardwood. Shiitake mushrooms grow best on hardwood—oak if you have it, but birch, beech, maple, and other dense, non-aromatic hardwoods work ...

It was a perfect day to visit a mushroom farm. ... Bright plastic plugs on the end of each log indicate that the logs are inoculated, and the various colors specify the variety.

Deep Hollow Forest Farm specializes in sustainable log-grown mushroom farming. Owner Brian Scott shifted from ICU nurse to full-time mushroom cultivator in 2021. Farm products include fresh, dried ...

The tour group Sunday ranged in age from 24 to 66. Some brought their own woven baskets. Part of the fascination with mushrooms, and the difficulty with identifying them, is their incredible ...

Mushroom fungus helps speed log decomposition in areas that could be used as productive land. A weedy tree’s ability to provide a substrate for mushroom production may provide landowners with ...

Kalvin Stern, co-owner and operate of Fiddlehead Knob, a mushroom farm in Mower County just north of the Iowa border, explains his cultivation techniques at the Lost Creek Fungi Hunt on Sept. 8 ...

Autumn Rutter of Deep Hollow Forest Farm helps customers pick out mushrooms at the Boalsburg Farmers Market on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 ...