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Taryn Hubbard Environmental Research Spring 2010 Jason Hamilton. Food and Medicine production Non-timber forest product Exciting biological process Nutrition—Protein, Vitamin B Medicinal—Benefits to immune system Business opportunity Beneficial decomposition
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Taryn Hubbard Environmental Research Spring 2010 Jason Hamilton
Food and Medicine production • Non-timber forest product • Exciting biological process • Nutrition—Protein, Vitamin B • Medicinal—Benefits to immune system • Business opportunity • Beneficial decomposition • Mycoremediation: “Use of fungi to degrade or remove toxins from the environment.” 1 • Mycoforestry: Restoration, mycorrhizal relationships • Natural composters, pesticides, and fungicides
How does it work? • Location • Outdoors • Indoors • Substrate • Straw, log, sawdust • Spawn • Mushroom starter culture—mycelia & grain/sawdust • Ideal growing conditions • Warm, humid, moderately lit
Oyster • Shiitake • Maitake (Hen of the Woods) • Wine Cap/King Stropharia • Reishi • Portabello, Button, Crimini • Morel • Lion’s Mane • Chicken of the Woods • Turkey Tail • Straw mushroom
Shiitakes: freshly cut logs, 3-8” in diamater • Ideal bark: in between thin & thick, developing ridges • Hardwood—Oak is best! • 70-77˚F, 80-85% Humidity • Natural shade & canopy cover—mix of deciduous & evergreen forest • Clean forest floor, little to no slope
Spring or fall • Will fruit faster if spring • Drilling pattern • Plug or sawdust spawn • Cover with wax • Prevents infiltration • Holds water • Stacking formation: “Crib” • “Forcing” logs • Soak in water to “awaken” mycelia • Different varieties different time frames • Reishi & Maitake: 2+ years!
Must replicate ideal conditions in an indoor setting • Oysters: • Temperature = 60-70˚F • Humidity • 80% inoculation • 90% spreading • 100% fruiting • Light • Air flow • Species dependent
Sterilize substrate • Boil chopped straw(170º for 1-2 hours) • Carbon to Nitrogen ratio = 20:1 • Layer sterile bag – substrate & spawn • Spawn: Grain or sawdust • Seal bag • 10-20 quarter-sized holes for fruiting • Hang bag to maximize fruiting area
Difficult to replicate an ideal environment • Humidity & air flow • Infestations • Fungus gnats • Green mold • Outdoor insects & animals • King stropharia bed • Time and Size
Benefits • Supply of healthy mushrooms • Safety • Delicious! • Learn to build, create, and manage a space • Business potential • Forest fertility • Growth & Decomposition • Community connections • Teachers, local cultivators
Future Fungi Goals • Mushroom marketing & business • Collaboration with EcoVillage, New Roots Charter School, and other community connections • Spawn production • Fungi in the forest • Fungi in the community garden • Mycoremediation • Mycology course • Wild mushrooms
Thank you! • 1Paul Stamets Mycelium Running • Penn State University Cultivation of Oyster Mushrooms • Mary Ellen Kozak & Joe Krawczyk Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in a Continental Climate