SilviShrooms
Predicting edible mushroom
productivity using forest carbon allocation modeling and immunoassays
of ectomycorrhizae
Potential applications
for predicting how environmental factors, stand conditions, and
forest management choices influence the size and value of mushroom
crops.
- Modify rotations, thinning densities, thinning intervals,
or tree species selection to retain or enhance mushroom productivity
in forests predominantly managed for timber production.
- Manage stands in areas with convenient access for mushroom
picking to enhance long-term mushroom production.
- Lengthen rotations or refrain from harvesting timber in
areas identified as having low timber value and high mushroom
productivity.
- Manage stand conditions to promote mushroom production
in forests not intended for timber production (for example, carbon
sequestration).
- Provide continuous mushroom harvesting opportunities across
watersheds, land ownerships, or bioregions as the mosaic of forest
conditions and age classes shifts across the landscape.
- Maintain mushroom harvesting opportunities in the coming
centuries by anticipating the shifts in forest biomes as they
respond to global warming or other anthropogenic factors.
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