Obviously we all know mushrooms are a valuable resource for the bushcrafter so long as you know what you're looking for but has anybody ever considered making a log pile next to their forest shelter and innoculating it with dowel spawn or seeding the surrounding area with spawn in order to ensure a more convenient and reliable supply of tasty organic gourmet mushrooms?
As a point of fact a log pile innoculated with certain species would produce more than you could eat, imagine being able to return from a wild camping weekend with a sack full of organic mushrooms to sell at your local delhi? or the bracket fungus G. applanatum is very easy to grow and is useful for carrying fire, catching a spark, medicinal tea, etching etc. alternatively they could be dried and stored in jars inside your shelter for use later when there isn't a harvest / for anybody else who happened upon your shelter if you labeled them appropriately.
I used to grow them indoors and it's much easier than you might imagine.
You may find this website interesting http://www.mycologue.co.uk/xcart/home.php?cat=3
There is also a company in Wales who I used to buy from that sell very cheap bulk dowel spawn.
Hopefully some of you might find this interesting.
As a point of fact a log pile innoculated with certain species would produce more than you could eat, imagine being able to return from a wild camping weekend with a sack full of organic mushrooms to sell at your local delhi? or the bracket fungus G. applanatum is very easy to grow and is useful for carrying fire, catching a spark, medicinal tea, etching etc. alternatively they could be dried and stored in jars inside your shelter for use later when there isn't a harvest / for anybody else who happened upon your shelter if you labeled them appropriately.
I used to grow them indoors and it's much easier than you might imagine.
You may find this website interesting http://www.mycologue.co.uk/xcart/home.php?cat=3
There is also a company in Wales who I used to buy from that sell very cheap bulk dowel spawn.
Hopefully some of you might find this interesting.
