ALFRED, N.Y. — Steve Jakobi, ASC Professor/Mushroom Grower and Cornell Cooperative Extension have teamed up to provide our first ever mushroom log workshop. Steve will cover:

• The biology of fungi and the basics of the shiitake mushroom
• Choice of logs (bolts) for inoculation
• Inoculation of bolts: spawn and tools needed
• When to force fruiting
• Harvest, storage, and economics of growing
• Sources of spawn and additional resources

This hands-on workshop will culminate with each participant making their own inoculated log to take home.

Pre-registration is required, space is limited to the first 25 paid registrants. Contact Colleen Cavagna for more information or to register at cc746@cornell.edu or call 585-268-7644 ext. 12.

Workshop will be held in the Agriculture Science Building at Alfred State College – Room 109.

What: Shiitake Mushroom Log Workshop
When: March 11, 2017
Time: 9:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Where: Alfred State College – Agricultural Science Building – Room 109

—Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Allegany County

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