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Growing Mushrooms on logs

 
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Guys I have a bush block in Australia.Part of the property is near a creek & quite moist and dark.
There are lots of fallen trees.
I am wondering could I drill holes into these logs & enter spirto grow mushrooms ?
Are there dangerous type logs ? Or can I basically drill & growlit of any log ?
Any help I would appreciate
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I'm not sure if there are any dangerous trees to use for this, but generally hardwoods are used - eucalyptus is popular for this in Australia, and I imagine that wattles would work as well.

Something to keep in mind is that the fallen trees might already have other fungi spores colonising them, so the ones you introduce would have to compete with these spores and the yield might be reduced.
 
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