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Shiitake Mushrooms

• Producing Shiitake Mushrooms – A Guide for Small-Scale Outdoor Cultivation on Logs – NC Cooperative Extension Service
• Sources of Shiitake Spawn – NCSU Horticulture Information Leaflet #122
• Cultivation of Shiitake on Natural and Synthetic Logs – PDF – Pennsylvania State University
• Kentucky Shiitake Production Workbook – PDF – University of Kentucky

Other Mushrooms

• Durham Independent Weekly article on truffles as tobacco alternative
• Source for Perigord truffle inoculated tree seedlings
• Perigord Truffles of Tasmania
• Mushroom production and marketing guide by ATTRA
• Penn State Mushroom Spawn Laboratory
• Cultivation of Oyster Mushrooms – PDF – Penn State

Dr. Omon Isikhuemhen

North Carolina is very fortunate to have a mushroom cultivation expert in the state. Dr. Omon Isikhuemhen is an assistant professor at NC A&T State University in Greensboro. He has funding from the GoldenLEAF Foundation and others to help farmers develop a mushroom industry in North Carolina.

Please visit his website at www.ag.ncat.edu/omon/index.html.

Dr. Omon. S. Isikhuemhen
Mushroom Biology & Biotechnology
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Tel: 336-334-7259
Fax: 336-334-7844
Email: Omon@ncat.edu

Dr. Jeanine Davis
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Email: jeanine_davis@ncsu.edu

Web Crafter: Anne S. Napier ~ Email: anne_napier@ncsu.edu

Updated July 15, 2008