topic: fungi

Commercial Harvests of Edible Mushrooms from the Forests of the Pacific Northwest United States: issues, management, and monitoring for sustainability

report or article | 2002

This paper reviews edible mushroom harvesting issues and concerns, interim regulations placed by forest managers to sustain the resource while more information is acquired, unique sampling...

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Developing an Inventory and Monitoring Protocol for Commercially Harvested Forest Mushrooms

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Commercial harvest of forest mushrooms and fungi has turned into a multi-million dollar industry and there is controversy over how they should be managed, especially on public land. Concerns...

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Diversity, Ecology and Conservation of Truffle Fungi in Forests of the Pacific Northwest

report or article | 2009

This paper summarizes the knowledge accumulated on the diversity, ecology and management of the truffle. Effects of different practices on truffle populations and community dynamics are discussed...

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Ecology and Management of the Commercially Harvested American Matsutake Mushroom

report or article | 1997

The commercial harvest of the American Matsutake has emerged as a growing industry at a time where non-timber forest products are becoming a major industry, employing more than 10,000 people and...

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Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom Distribution by Stand Age in Western Hemlock - Lodgepole Pine Forests in Northwestern British Columbia

report or article | 2001

Commercial forest rotations are usually shorter than natural disturbance return intervals, which could affect the distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungal species dependent on late-seral stands....

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Mushroom Picking Does Not Impair Future Harvest

report or article | 2005

Results of a long term study in Switzerland reveal that long term and systematic harvesting reduces neither the future crop nor the species richness regardless of whether the technique was picking...

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