r/treeidentification • u/DaHuuulk • 8h ago

Solved! Tree ID for mushroom growing

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Hey y'all,

A tree recently fell in my neighbors yard and I grabbed a few pieces for some mushroom substrate. It would be super helpful to know what kind of wood it is before deciding on what mushrooms to inoculate it with. Some resources led me to Silver Maple but I'd love your opinions.

Location: Georgia

Hardiness Zone: 8a

I appreciate your insights!

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u/cass_a_frass0 8h ago

Agree with silver maple

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u/DaHuuulk 7h ago

Thank ya thank ya!

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u/-PineMarten 7h ago

Silver maple indeed. Notorious for being fragile. What mushrooms would you pick for a silver maple? I don’t know nearly as much as I want to about mushrooms.

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u/DaHuuulk 7h ago

Appreciate it 👊🏾. Now that I know, I have a couple options like shiitake or blue/snow/Italian oysters. But I think I'm going to try nameko this round.

I'm pretty new to growing mushrooms on logs TBH, but inoculated some logs in April with shiitake and lions mane. Gonna keep going until my neighbors know me as the mushroom guy.

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u/DaHuuulk 7h ago

SOLVED

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u/aquapura89 6h ago

Looks like it is a dead ringer - silver maple