Inoculation of Logs and Stumps
Best Wood Types for Growing Mushrooms Oak and common hornbeam (suitable for shiitake), maple, poplar, alder, beech, birch, willow… (NOT conifers or fruit trees) Mushroom yields are higher on harder wood species (oak), while colonization occurs faster on softer woods (poplar). Wood harvested during the tree’s dormant period contains the highest levels of sugars and […]