Mushroom Species and Tree Recommendations
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| Latin Name: | Fistulina Hepatica | Laetiporus Sulphureus | Flammulina Velutipes | Hericium Erinaceus | Pholiota Nameko | Pleurotus Ostreatus | Ganoderma Lucidium | Lentinus Edodes | Pleurotus Pulmonarius | Pleurotus Euosmos |
| Common Name: | Beefsteak | Chicken-of-the-Woods | Enoki | Lion’s Mane | Nameko | Pearl oyster | Reishi | Shiitake | Summer oyster | Tarragon oyster |
| Log Size | +20 cm | +20 cm | >10 cm , <10 cm | Max 15 cm | All. Part buried | >15 cm | All. Part buried | 12 – 20 cm | All | All |
| Stumps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Harvest | Aug Sept | Aug, Sept after rain | Oct – March | Aug – Oct | Dec – Feb | Oct – March | Summer | 4 per year | Aug – Oct | May – July |
| Alder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ash | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Oak | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Beech | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Birch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Cherry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Chestnut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Elm | 1 | |||||||||
| Fruit trees | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Hazel | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hornbeam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Maple | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Plum | 1 | |||||||||
| Poplar | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fast harvest 1 | Fast harvest    2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sycamore | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Willow | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fast harvest 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Walnut | 2 | |||||||||
| Softwood | yes | |||||||||
| Conifer | 1 | |||||||||
| Fir | 1 | |||||||||
| Spruce | 1 | |||||||||
| KEY | 1 = Best | 2 = Good | x = Unsuitable |