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Wood guide for growing mushrooms

Best woods for growing Hen of the Woods

Also known as Maitake, a prized culinary and medicinal mushroom with overlapping caps.

Grifola frondosa✓ 1 woods
Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa)

Which wood does Hen of the Woods grow best on?

These woods give good results with Hen of the Woods:

  • Oak

Woods that work, with average results

They work, though colonization or yield are usually lower.

  • Beech
  • Birch
  • Cherry
  • Chestnut
  • Elm
  • Hackberry
  • Sassafras
  • Soft Maple
  • Sweetgum
  • Sycamore

No data for 33 more woods.

These recommendations come from common cultivation practice. Results change with climate, wood freshness and technique. For most mushrooms, avoid conifers and softwoods.

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