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Fungi as additional tree crops
"Joe Zorzin" wrote in message ...
"Daniel B. Wheeler" wrote in message om... While purchasing maitake (Grifola frondosa) today at a local farmer's market, I also saw some nice Cantharellus formosus, aka Western chanterelle. Since I haven't found many of these, I asked the guy running the operation where they came from, and found out a farmer was irrigating a field nearby, and was also irrigating some of the trees on his property. The chanterelles were fruiting in response to this irrigation. While I kind of wonder if the chanterelle production is paying him for his irrigation costs, it is an interesting concept. Daniel B. Wheeler www.oregonwhitetruffles.com Daniel, you should publish a book, "Cooking with Mushrooms". Do you have any recipes? Be sure to distinguish those that might cause psychedelic effects, as we don't want any of that! After all, we're all redneck woodsmen. G Maybe somewhere down the line there will be a cookbook, Joseph. As fir the later point, if you go to the Oregon Mycological Society's 52 Annual Fall Mushroom Show, you can look at the variety and maybe even some of the potential crops your forested land is also likely producing. You can decide for yourself whether you have other economically important fungi.G While I don't think there will be any Oregon White or Oregon Black truffles on display (I hope I'm wrong), I'm working on having some other fungi which are commercially important present: Grifola frondosa, Lentinula edodes, Ganoderma tsugae, Cantharellus formosus, Laetiporus sulphureus, Hypomyces lactifluorum, etc. Of especial interest to foresters is which ones are symbiotic, parasitic, or saprophytic. For example, the saprophytic Lentinula edodes is a good choice for reducing 2-12" diameter debris into an additional forest product. Daniel B. Wheeler www.oregonwhitetruffles.com |
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