Hi - I've been reading posts on permies for awhile, but this is my first time posting, myself. I was wondering if anyone has any knowledge or
experience about growing
mushrooms on logs or stumps of California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica)? PG&E (presumably) is having the
local tree company cut down a ridiculous number of bay
trees that are near power lines on my street (trees that *never*, knock on
wood, fall or lose branches in storms here, so are very unlikely to actually cause downed lines...grumble grumble) and I thought I'd at least get some good out of this by inoculating with some edible mushrooms. But will this work? The leaves are so strongly fragrant that it seems like the wood might have some sort of strong anti-fungal properties as well, though I do occasionally see shelf mushrooms growing on bay trees. I'm pretty new at mushroom growing, so would appreciate all the info I can get. I tried googling around a bit, but didn't find anything. Thank you for your help!