Hi. New to forum but have decided to try and grow mushrooms on the 5 acre property we bought last year in Southern Indiana.
TLDR: I believe I have logs with Ambrosia Beetles/Ambrosia Fungus present in them. Is this going to inhibit or completely prevent my Oyster's from establishing and growing in/on these logs?
TIA!
An Aspen tree fell in March of this year and I processed it into firewood and any 3-5 inch branch sections into future Mushroom logs.
I know Aspen isn't the best for oysters but according to the chart at Field and Forest Products (where I got my spawn) it will work ok.
I'm late in getting these logs done due to circumstances around the property (adding chickens and geese). I got a bed of Winecaps done in May. But, I'm just now getting to the logs which have been sitting on racks.
When I went to start drilling I noticed what looked like little brown tubular formations over many of the logs. I believe I've correctly identified it as 'fras toothpicks' from the Ambrosia Beetle digging tunnels in the wood. So, now I'm assuming the Ambrosia Fungus is no in the logs.
Otherwise, I walk the property daily with our new pup and have photo documented several species of mushrooms. We have wild Oysters in several places, Deathcaps have popped up a couple times, A huge Dyers Polypore on an old stump and many others I'm not sure about the exact identification of. I may start a thread with photos of everything I've found. I've long been curious about wild mushrooms but never had the time till now to think about learning to identify correctly.