bamboo for "log culture"?

I can't find any info on google as to what kind of mushrooms will grow on bamboo shafts (not chips or sawdust) so I'm assuming nobody does this?

I'm sure reishi will grow on bamboo since I have found it growing wildly on decaying bamboo rhizomes, but reishi is a secondary decomposer (right?)

Spliting bamboo open, putting a spoonful of spawn between each joint and zip tying it back together would be much less labor intensive than traditional log culture (and the material is much more available in Taiwan) but I can't find anyone else doing this.

I'm all for learning from experience, but i would rather use someone else's experience than start from square one myself. Anyone have any insight into using bamboo shafts for "log culture"?

I thought just as i was reading this that since there would be no drilling and filling (just splitting and knitting) this might be a great way to employ exhausted substrate, filling the hollow reeds with whats left over or even filling them up with exhausted bamboo shafts from the previous batch.

I agree that it makes sense, because bamboo is the fastest growing plant, as far as I know. However, I don't know which one. I would think oysters or turkey tails would grow on them.
John S
PDX OR

I would love to hear how this works. I have only inoculated the traditional way but I have a large amount of bamboo at my disposal. Please keep us updated.

Bamboo is in the grass family just like wheat, rye, oats, etc. Something like oyster mushroom would probably be fine decomposing it. Maybe even wine cap too.

Looking for an answer to the same question... has anyone tried this out yet?

Dead bamboo is hollow and as such, I would think that the wood would dry out too much. What I would try is bamboo chips in a bucket. That is, if I had bamboo.
John S
PDX OR

Utilization of bamboo leaves for the production of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju)  [2003]
Estira, F.R.; Juan, S.V.; Pajas, M.A.; Asuncion, E.V. (Mariano Marcos State Univ., Batac, Ilocos Norte 2906 (Philippines). Coll. of Arts and Sciences);
Mushroom growing has fast become so popular worldwide. Awareness of their food value has increased and their potential as commercial crops grown on agricultural wastes has been demonstrated. This study was conducted to determine the possibility of utilizing bamboo leaves as a substrate material in mushroom production. Aside from solving wastes problem in the bamboo industry, the spent compost can be used as organic fertilizer. Mother spawns of the oyster mushroom were inoculated into each of the bagged substrate containing sawdust (S) and bamboo leaves (BL) in the following ratio preparations (T): T1-100% S; T2-75% S; T3-50% S; T4-25% S; 75% BL and T5-100% BL. Fruiting bags were allowed to spawn after 45-60 days of incubation at room temperature. To determine production, weekly yield in grams was determined. Results revealed that mushroom spawned at 100% BL obtained the highest yield (555.50 gms) whereas 25% BL, 75% S obtained the lowest yield (174.5 gms). Regardless of ratio preparation, combination of bamboo leaf and sawdust as substrate revealed to cause lower spawning response than that of the pure bamboo leaf. The utilization of bamboo leaves as substrate material may reduce the application of commercial substrate used in mushroom culture. Bamboo leaf is therefore a good substrate material for oyster mushroom production