Our agro-forestry project at Casey is ongoing and includes three species of fungus: oysters, shitake & morels. Casey is a mushroom emporium.Morels fruit in early May on thickly wooded slopes.These oysters cluster like seashells on a Box Elder log. This is Grey Dove.We inoculated oak logs with shitake spawn and were rewarded a year later with this characteristic fruiting.Our Casey shitakes are supple and firm with an ivory interior under an amber-brown cap. They are densely flavorful and stand up well to vigorous wok activity. Great in ramen.Ice white clusters fan out in shelf-like groupings. An autumn fruiting yields abundant waves of Polar White.
