Don't give up on 2020 logs!

This log and the logs near it have been infected by other forms of competitive fungi. In particular I’ve noticed hypoxylon and turkey tail mushrooms. On the recommendation of the folks at Field and Forest, I isolated these logs from other logs that do not have as many signs of infection. In other words, I didn’t give up on them.

This was 481.5 grams of shiitake mostly from one log. That’s just shy of 1 lbs of shiitake.

You can see a hypoxylon “canker” near the top of the log on the right hand side of the picture.

Next to a human for scale reference.