Gourmet mushroom products, from the wild. The Turkey Tail Mushroom (Trametes versicolor), aka Yun Zhi, Kawaratake, Coriolus versicolor. Turkey Tail mushrooms are one of the most researched and respected of the medicinal mushrooms.
They are also one of the most common in the northern forests of world, from Europe to China and Japan, from Siberia to the US and Canada. This member of the polypore family has the longest history of medicinal use in China and Japan, where it is known as Yun Zhi and Kawaratake, respectively. Turkey Tails are tough and chewy, so they are generally consumed by drinking the tea made by boiling them for a prolonged period. (This type of hot-water extraction is called a decoction. Click here for an explanation of why this type of extraction is used.) Turkey Tail mushrooms are medically significant for many reasons (as the monograph below details) but they are most popularly known as being the natural source of the anti-cancer polysaccharide PSK. Click here to order dried and ground certified organic Turkey Tail mycelium from our online store. Some highlights: Links - Let's Grow Mushrooms. Grow Morels - Morel Mushroom Growing Kit.
Grow Morel Mushrooms: The Morel Habitat Kit was developed so everyone could enjoy growing their own morels in their own backyard and have a personal supply of fresh morel mushrooms to eat in the spring.
The Morel Habitat Kit is not designed for commercial production of morel mushrooms, but it can supply an individual with pounds of morel mushrooms in an earth friendly garden area as small as 4 - 5 sq. ft. Morel Habitats are perennial and may be started any time your soil is workable - Spring, Summer, Fall and even Winter (in areas with a mild climate). Morel Habitats may be started in any type of soil and have produced morel mushrooms in all areas of the United States that have a definite transition from winter to spring. We provide spawn (seed), which contains our unique morel strains and will allow you to seed a back yard Morel Habitat that can produce pounds of morels each year in a properly maintained four foot by four-foot area. Delicious Recipes. Mushroom Cultivation: Shiitake, Oyster, Reishi & Kombucha. Mushroom Cultivation Plugs. The commercial outdoor grower has used mushroom plugs for many years.
Now the MUSHROOM MAN brings it home to you! Log cultivation is usually done with logs 4 - 6 inches in diameter with a length of 3 to 4 feet. Oak is particularly good for the cultivation of most mushrooms though many other species work well also: poplar, aspen, sugar maple, willow, alder and birch, among others. Instructions Mushroom Log Inoculation Log cultivation is usually done with logs 4 to 6 inches in diameter with a length of 3 to 4 feet. To select the appropriate trees for the cultivation of different gourmet mushrooms, refer to the tree selection guide on the back of this sheet.
You can usually begin to inoculate logs one month before the average last frost date as long as day-time temperatures are above 40o F. Each log usually produces 2.5 lb - 4 lb over its lifetime. Log Maintenance It is very important to take care of your logs while they are colonizing or resting in between fruitings. Tree Selection Guide. Plug Spawn.