Commercial harvests of edible mushrooms from the forests of the Pacific Northwest United States: issues, management, and monitoring for sustainability

Globalised forest-products: commodification of the matsutake mushroom in Tibetan villages, Yunnan, Southwest China

“…Although many NTFPs offer financial incentives for forest conservation, this may be particularly true for ectomycorrhizal fungi, which rely on particular ecological assemblages and symbiotic relationships with certain plant species in order to grow and flourish. In addition, despite concern from some scientists and government officials, overharvesting may not be a major conservation issue for ectomycorrhizal fungi species (Pilz and Molina 2002;Robinson et al 2013). Instead, disturbances such as logging, displacement of soil or leaf litter, and trampling of underground mycelia are more likely to reduce fruiting body numbers than harvesting pressure alone (Egli et al 2006;Luoma et al 2006;Egli 2011).…”

Empirical models for predicting the production of wild mushrooms in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests in the Central Pyrenees

“…The market demand has increased to the extent that the commercial value of forest fungi may equal or even surpass the value of timber [1,2,24]. Consequently, there is growing interest on the part of forest owners and managers to inventory, predict, and develop the commercial mushroom production [26].…”

Modelling Non-Wood Forest Products in Europe: a review

“…In addition, mushroom picking has become one of the most important forest recreational activities in many parts of Europe (Lund et al, 1998;Mogas et al, 2005;Martínez de Aragón, 2005;Martínez de Aragón et al, 2007). Consequently, there is growing interest on the part of forest owners and managers to inventory, predict, and manage forests to improve the production of marketed mushrooms (Pilz and Molina, 2002). The inclusion of mushroom yields as an explicit objective in forest management and planning requires models for assessing, in a quantitative way, the production of mushrooms in different forest stands and management schedules.…”