MUSHROOM BASICS
Unlike plants, mushrooms belong to this kingdom.
What is Fungi?
This is the type of mushroom being grown on logs in the video.
What is shiitake?
You can grow mushrooms outdoors without these expensive systems.
What are sensors, climate-control systems, or indoor growing spaces?
This mushroom is described as being very aggressive and particularly suited to growing in straw.
What are oyster mushrooms?
This is one of the most important things an outdoor mushroom bed needs.
What is water/moisture?
This is the material that mushroom mycelium grows through and uses as food.
What is substrate?
Look for trees approximately this many inches in diameter.
What is 4–6 inches?
An outdoor mushroom bed mainly needs a shady place, access to water, waste materials, and this.
What is spawn?
This mushroom is well suited to wood chips.
What is Namako?
A straw bed may need more frequent watering than a wood-chip bed because straw has this characteristic.
What is large particle size / lots of space between the pieces, causing it to dry out quickly?
This is the living fungal material that you add to your substrate to start growing mushrooms.
What is spawn?
The spawn used in the drill and fill method is mycelium grown on this material.
What is sawdust?
This method involves alternating layers of substrate, spawn, and water.
What is the lasagna method?
This mushroom can be grown in straw or wood chips and is a great addition to a garden.
What is wine cap?
If a substrate becomes too compacted, it can create this type of environment that encourages bacteria and mold.
What is an anaerobic environment?
The white material you can see spreading through the ends of an inoculated log is this.
What is mycelium?
The holes drilled into the log are arranged in this pattern when viewed around the log.
What is a diamond pattern?
Name two materials that can be used as substrates for outdoor mushroom cultivation.
What are wood chips, straw, leaves, compost, or composted animal manure?
This mushroom likes manure and is described as a heat lover.
What is Almond Agaricus?
This is the biggest problem for mushroom logs, especially during dry weather.
What is drying out?
Put these three stages in the correct order: fruiting, colonization, inoculation.
Inoculation → colonization → fruiting
A condition that can occur when logs are not kept close to the ground during winter.
What is drying out?
Mixing different sizes of particles in a wood-chip substrate instead of using material that is all the same size provides this benefit.
What is air/oxygen circulation?
You have hardwood logs, straw, and composted animal manure. Name the mushroom that would be the most obvious choice for each: logs, straw, and manure.
Logs — shiitake
Straw — oyster
Manure — Almond Agaricus
You're building an outdoor mushroom bed. It's in full sun, you don't have easy access to water, and your substrate is extremely fine and compacted. Name THREE things you should change.