Abstract
White and red oak (Quercus spp.), Black Cherry [Prunus serotina (Ehrh.)], Sassafras [Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees], and Eastern Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis (L.)] logs were inoculated, in 12-mm holes drilled 25 mm deep, with eight strains of shiitake mushrooms [Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler]. Logs were then placed in 80% shade houses under natural environment. Harvested mushrooms were counted and weighed and biological efficiency computed. Interactions among strains and seasons of harvest and species and seasons of harvest were significant. The higher producing strains and species produced more mushrooms later in the life of the log than the least productive strains and wood species. White and red oaks produced significantly more than the other wood species. There was only one strain, CW25, that produced significantly less than the top four yielding strains.
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