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 |