It seems to be that time of year. We were hiking up the mushroom trail with Robin Browne and saw our first ever on that trail. Had to look up but there were a few well-laden bushes. Maybe there's more sun on them now that some of the skinny Bishop Pines are dying back. Previously we've found them …
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Log Plugging
So one of the myriad techniques used in mushroom cultivation involves drilling a hole into the trunk of a living tree or a fresh log and "plugging" the hole with wooden dowels that are ridden with mushroom spawn (mycelium). This is supposed to encourage this mushroom to take over the interior …