Matsutake Mushroom Study Page 2

Control vs. Best Management Practice
(59 clusters analyzed)

Best management practice has no adverse effect on the number of mushrooms produced.

Wildlife Use

89 % of the mushrooms were eaten within the control treatment in year 2002, 90% in  2000 and 2001, 50% in 1999, 75% in 2003, and 63% in 2004.