They are small wooden rolls on which mycelium mushroom has been planted. You do this type of cultivation on newly cut trunks of poplar, willow or other broad-leaved trees (never use old trunks because they could have gone mouldy). The growing technique is quite simple: drill some holes on the wooden trunk at a distance of 15-20 cm one from the other (they must have a diameter of 8 mm). Then plant the spawn cloves in the holes with a hammer. Incubate the wooden trunk in a plastic bag at a temperature 20-25 °C for about 3 months. Then, it must be buried 2/3 lengthwise in a dark corner or inside a vase in a basement (at a temperature between 8 °C and 25 °C). Here, they will produce mushrooms both in spring and autumn. Mushrooms start to appear after 4-8 months from the moment when you saw the seeds. It will last then for 3-4 years. The wooden trunk and/or the spraw always have to be wet.

Mushrooms of interest: Shiitake, Two toned pholiota, Golden mushroom, horn-like pleurotus, Oyster mushroom