[Pil-pc-oceania] mushrooms

[David Arnold]

Ruth,

 if you have some water available, you could get freshly cut 1m oak logs, 10
- 15cm dia., paint the ends to reduce drying out, and innoculate them in
late winter with infected wooden plugs of *Lentinula edodes *spores.  Keep
these watered over summer, in a cool shady space.  In mid-autumn soak for 24
hrs to stimulate fruiting, then stand the logs vertically.  Shiitake
mushrooms should begin to appear about 1 week after this.

You could ask Passu, parsuram at ceres.org.au , if he can help you with access
to the spores.

dave


On 08/11/2007, Ruth Rosenhek <rainforestinfo at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me where to find a mushroom kit and a good
> how-to-grow-mushrooms guide (or perhaps a short course if there is
> one)? or any other suggestions on this...
>
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