You will need more than spores.

Angle Grinder Adapter Highly recommended time saver, it is an inexpensive alternative to high-speed drills. This adaptor quickly converts your angle grinder into a high speed drill. The drill was designed here at The Mushroom Farm after two years of productions and dozens of drills. It is machined tooled aluminum adapter will fit into any angle grinder with a 5/8x11 spindle. It allows wobble-free high speed drilling and can cut your log inoculation time dramatically. It is for use with 12mm bits only.

Soft Steel 12mm Bit They are economical and can be resharpened. A self-feeding tip guides them. It is available with or without the collar stop. The collar stop is molded directly onto the bit and drills the precise depth to accept one inoculation of spawn from the inoculation tool.

Thumb- Style Brass Inoculator One hand operation. Use your thumb to depress the plunger once this tool is knifed into some sawdust spawn. The plunger fills a measured amount of the spawn into the tube. Then place the inoculator over the drilled hole and press down on the top to fill them perfectly. Ideal for inoculating small, crooked logs as your other hands is free to hold and move the log around.

Cheese Wax A food grade paraffin based wax that will not chip or slip in cold weather. One pound will seal about 10 logs.

Aluminum Tags They are an inexpensive way to permanently and easily record data by inscribing with a ball point pen. Ideal for use on logs ends.

Mycological Knife This handy foldable Italian made combination knife sports a bright red plastic handle and a clip so it won't get lost in the woods. Its curved stainless steel blade has a serrated edge for cutting or scrapping in the field, or digging out a wine bottle cork over a fine mushroom dinner. The mushroom brush neatly tucks into the handle for comfortable carrying.

The Totally Mushroom Cookbook by Helene Siegel and Karen Gillinham, soft cover, Ninety four pages of recipes using all the cultivated species we produce or you are likely to see, as well as commonly found wild mushrooms. Recipes range from simple to gourmet using commonly available ingredients.

References- These books have been useful to our farm operation and management. They are in no particular order.

The Mushroom Cultivator, by Paul Stamets and J. Chilton, 1983 soft cover, 416 pgs. Practical guide to growing mushrooms at home, describing basic biology and applied techniques used with 15 species. Includes contaminants common to the lab and the growing rooms, details on designing a grow room, and compost preparation.

Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom(3rd ed.), by Paul Stamets, soft cover, 592 pgs. This edition of the best book on mushroom cultivation has been expanded to include over 500 photographs and diagram, and adds six more species to the 25 described in previous editions.

Mycelium Running How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, by Paul Stamets, 2005, 352pgs. An excellent overview of modern mycologia, this colorful work covers many topical subjects: mycorestoration, mycofiltration, mycoremediation, and mycroforestry along with a glossary, bibliography, and extensive section on selecting and cultivating edible fungi.

Shiitake Grower's Handbook, by Prybylowicz/Donoghue, 1988 soft cover, 218pgs. An extremely useful compilation of scientific work and techniques, clearly written and highly recommended. Covers log and composite substrate Shiitake cultivation. 

Mushroom Cultivation 3rd Edition Appropriate Technology for Mushroom Growers, by Peter Oei, 2003 soft cover, 429 pgs. The improvements in this book make it seem completely new. Excellent coverage of sterilized, pasteurized and composted substrate cultivation, including low and high-tech methods and the fungi associated with each.

Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in a Continental Climate, by M. E. Kozak and J. Krawczyk, 1993 soft cover, 112 pgs. Details on log cultivation experiences and insights from northern and southern climates. Includes illustrations and photos from around North America.

Year-round Shiitake Production in the North, by M. E. Kozak and J. Krawczyk, 1991 soft cover, 34 pgs. Covers experiences and recommendations for renovating or constructing a facility to produce Shiitake indoors on natural logs. Review environmental considerations, strain management, and cost analyses for both a 1,000 log and a 10,000 log operation.

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