Shiitake interest grows in Eau Claire Menomonie area
River Country RC&D Council reports strong interest in commercial and hobby Shiitake mushroom cultivation in the Claire Menomonie region. Seminars in Eau Claire and Menomonie drew over 130 attendees each, with speakers Joe Krawczyk and Mary Ellen Kozak detailing on site cultivation, log setup, and marketing prospects.
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Claire-Menomonie
River Country
Rc&d ‘Council
Eau Claire
Menomonie
Joe Krawczyk
Mary Ellen Kozak
McFarland
Henry Anderson
Jay Jordan
Shiitake Log Cultivation for Early and Late Mushrooming
County wood sources and commercial loggers urged to keep host logs clean. Logs cut 3 feet long 4 to 5 inches diameter produce best fruit. oak noted as productive. Logs cut in fall after leaf color or spring before budding, cut green and dried 6–8 weeks before spawn. Spawn plugs sealed with wax, logs laid in shade yard under 8 percent shade 2 years, moisture kept 35 percent. If drying, soak overnight. fruiting after soaking with 85–90 percent humidity and 45–72 degrees. Mushrooms appear in spring and fall. Kozak’s method uses packed logs in dry sawdust to induce earlier fruiting between seasons.
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Krawczyk
Ms. Kozak
Philip J. Tremblay
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