@mona65 Hello Mona, thank you for your comment. It is almost impossible to procure fresh shiitake here as well, but the friend who grew these mushrooms explained the process to me, so I am going to have a try. He ordered the shiitake seeds online at https://www.fermedesaintemarthe.com, which is one of the best references in France for organic seeds. Then he collected a few pieces of logs in the woods (anything except pines), drilled a few holes in them and put the seeds in the holes. Then he stored the logs in a dry place with his stove logs and forgot about them for 2 years, giving the time to the mushroom roots to develop. Then he put the seeded logs in the rain for a couple of days and got them covered with mushrooms. I think it is worth a try, it just requires a lot of anticipation.
