Mycorrhizal Mushrooms Mycorrhizal mushrooms grow in a symbiotic relationship with plants, typically trees. The extreme complexities of these relationships make these mushrooms almost impossible to cultivate away from trees. In fact, no one has found commercially viable ways to grow any of these species indoors. Recent reports from researchers in the U.S. and Sweden indicate that certain species of chanterelles can be made to fruit when their associated tree is only a seedling. To Young Stand Thinning from Oregon State University.
Japan is the major market for matsutake.
The Japanese have developed various techniques for enhancing the natural growth of matsutake. Matsutake Cultivation in the Hiroshima Region. Researchers in New Zealand have been developing an industry based upon the cultivation of some of these species in concert with small wood lots. In Season is an on-line magazine published by Mark Thompson. It addresses the whole range of organic agriculture with a focus on news from small farms.