Woodpile Mushrooms

[rotuts]

I have a nice woodpile, and a nice woodstove

 

this log came in yesterday :

 

 

the wood is Oak.

 

Ive had a wood stove for years.  A long time ago I leaned you could take 'fresh' cut wood,

 

buy various mushroom 'plugs', drill 'clean' wholes for the plugs and seal w wax

 

you keep this pile moist and cool, avoided freezing, a problem for me, and got all sorts of

 

mushrooms to eat, etc.

 

I never looked into it further as the wood needed to be fresh cut so it wasnt contaminated w

 

Riff & Raff, and freezing winter put the cabosh on that plan

 

this log reminded me of the potential here.  the mushrooms you see are tiny and

 

the log came in from the 'pile at 20 F.  this is the only log Ive seen this way

 

Ive stacked over time a Bazillion cords.

Edited January 1, 2015 by rotuts (log)

[btbyrd]

Check out this video where they innoculate a bazillion cords of wood and let them fruit in the forest.

[rotuts]

That's it !

 

and I burned those bazillion cords !

 

note how they stack the logs.    check  

 

note the 'shade-screens'          check

 

and the water- misters              check

 

what a great idea !

[TicTac]

I wouldn't eat the ones you posted, however....I recently learned from an elderly Italian gentleman how to identify 'Oak Oyster' mushrooms, which solely grow on Manitoba Maple trees.

 

One of the most enjoyable activities/hobbies ever - it's like being a kid again and going on a massive scavenger hunt.

 

Not to mention you get to eat the most amazing mushrooms as a reward (nothing like fresh picked mushrooms!)

 

I also learned how to take some of the smaller less favorable specimens and 'inoculate' (mushing a piece into a 'groove/notch' in the wood or simply putting a cap on a step to shed its spores in the wind).  Proof will be next fall.