>>1159518When doing log cultivation, you don't actually have to do the step you do with SRA where you create your own inoculant. Well, you can, but for the sake of not writing up a whole second pastebin (maybe in the future) I'm going to omit that process.
Log growing is by far the simplest process for growing mushrooms, unfortunately it just takes so damn long, and success isn't guaranteed. Granted, the outdoor SRA bed method isn't guaranteed either, but it hasn't failed me yet. Wild species tend to outcompete your intended one.
All you have to do is buy "plugs", instead of grain spawn, which are wooden furniture dowels colonized with the mycelium of a wood-loving species such as Oysters, Lions Mane, Shiitake, and many others. You drill holes in the logs that match the diameter of the plugs, hammer them in, and use wax to seal the holes. Then to hold in moisture, some people also seal the ends of the logs with wax by dipping them.
Bam, you're literally done. Just wait for atleast a year (sometimes up to three) and you'll get your mushrooms. One advantage is that once a log starts producing, it often continues to for years afterwards. Stable production.