Shiitake on Sugar Maple
Getting some nice shiitake and oysters this year but harvests have been very small mostly due to the weird weather. Very dry all year with early Spring 20 degrees below normal and later 20 degrees above. Doing little force fruiting since my larger customers are not buying much so I do have lots of dehydrated vacuum sealed available for sale. Let me know!
First Lions Mane on Red Maple logs inoculated last summer. Hopefully more coming soon.
Learn More
If you need more information or have questions please send an email to: PaulRaeWest@chickenhollow.com. Also check us out on Facebook at: West Mushrooms | Facebook
About Us
West Mushrooms is a log grown Shiitake mushroom farm located in Stoughton Wisconsin. Growing for over 8 years we generally keep about 500 mushroom logs. Our mushrooms are grown on logs sustainably harvested from our forests as part of our forest improvement plan. Our forests are managed for watershed protection, wildlife enhancement and biodiversity so the trees we do harvest are carefully selected and harvested with care.
Log grown Shiitakes are better tasting and more nutritious than indoor sawdust grown Shiitakes, which is what is sold in grocery stores. We grow a range of strains from April through November on a variety of tree species in outdoor conditions. This gives our shiitakes a robust texture and flavor as well as creating a beautiful healthy mushroom.
We host on-site hands-on mushroom inoculation workshops where you will learn many of the growing processes. You'll also meet other people interested in mushrooms!
Also grow Oysters on Sugar Maple, Winecaps in woodchip beds, Oysters on Wheat Straw along with Lions Mane on Sugar Maple logs and Enoki on Cherry.
Top Health Benefits of Shiitake
- Activates The Immune System
- Supports Heart Health
- May Fight Cancer
- Provides Natural Energy
- Supports Skin Health
- Decreases Inflammation
- Lowers Cholesterol
Grow your own Shiitakes. I think every home should have a few mushroom logs. Inoculate your own or we sometimes sell inoculated logs ready to fruit.
Events
West Mushrooms – Inoculation Workshops
Our last inoculation of the year is being held this Saturday 6/4/22 from 9am until about noon. Come and get to know other mushroom nuts. Have fun, learn a lot and a leave with some from shiitake mushrooms. Please let me know via email at PaulRaeWest@Chickenhollow.com if you'd like to attend.
We hope you will be able to come to one of our mushroom inoculation workshops on May 8th, May 15th or May 22nd. We will also give a tour of our small farm, have a bite to eat and enjoy conversations with wonderful people interested in sustainability and mushrooms. West Mushrooms is small hobby farm operation, so we rely on our volunteers to help us with the inoculation process. We love sharing our knowledge of the stages of log grown mushroom production and hope our passion for growing mushrooms will ignite yours.
Everyone will have a chance to learn and rotate through each workstation and gain some insight into what it takes to grow log-grown Shiitake and other mushrooms. This is a hands-on event so dress for the weather and for working. We need to plan since we have limited space and will provide lunch so when you select your date please be committed to attend.
After the event, if you choose to take home your own Shiitake logs to nurture, you will be able to purchase a few at a reduced volunteer rate. Remember this is a living organism so you are adopting a living mycelium nursery to care and nurture for about a year before you even see a mushroom.
If you need more information or have questions please send an email to: PaulRaeWest@chickenhollow.com. Also check us out on Facebook at: West Mushrooms | Facebook
Early season volunteers