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Maitake Cultivation

Also known a hen-of-the-woods, the maitake mushroom grows in the wild around chestnut trees in summer and fall. It's a wood rotting fungus, so it was easily domesticated. It's a fascinating mushroom with great medicinal properties.

• Alice W. Chen, Ph.D.; Paul Stamets, President Fungi Perfecti; Nian-Lai Huang, Director Sanming Mycological Institute and Sheng-Hua Han, General Manager Hua-Dan Mushrooms: Maitake at a Glance. (PDF - 108K)
  
  
• Alice W. Chen, Ph.D.: Brief Introduction of Hen of Woods (Maitake).
  
  
• Alice W. Chen, Ph.D. A Practical Guide For Synthetic-Log Cultivation Of Grifola frondosa (Maitake)