The last harvests of Forest Fungi soon? U of MN research on abrupt global warming mycelium damage
Specifically, they saw a shift from species commonly found in mature forests that have high biomass mycelium (the thread-like body of the fungus that explores the soil and that is likely important for network formation) towards low biomass species that are generally found in highly disturbed ecosystems.
“There is a supported hypothesis that these low biomass species probably do not provide the host much benefit in terms of nutrition compared to high biomass species,” says Fernandez. “We found that the networks formed by these fungi that ‘connect’ the trees shifted from relatively complex and well-connected networks to ones that are simpler with less connections.”
That's for Ectomycorrhizal fungi with symbiotic living tree networks!
Shiitake feed on trees no longer living - still there is a connection for sure.
I've now been growing Wine Cap mycelium on wood chips - similar to Shiitake.
But I'm also planting 28 Hazelnut Tree Seedlings in a few weeks! Hopefully these will produce maybe 300 pounds of Hazelnuts a year - maybe more? It's a challenge to grow and harvest, etc. with critter predation and climate conditions, etc.
Here's 40 tree tubes I got from Craig's List - a deal out of Milaca Minnesota! I had to drive extra and got to see Mille Lacs Lake also - biggest "single" inland lake in the state - you can barely see the other shoreline! Awesome. Only 45 feet at deepest though!
I harvested about 70 pounds of Shiitake this year - thanks for the CSA support! So I got my production costs covered - mainly gas money. Northern Minnesota is much better for forest mushroom farming since it's cooler! But for how long? It is heating up at a faster rate than the rest of Minnesota - due to loss of albedo effect and more jet stream dynamics from the Arctic Amplification effect (the air conditioner of the planet is breaking down fast!).
thanks,
drew hempel
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