I've been thinking of a temperature controlled environment with both humidity and sunlight and high log density for optimal production volume. :D But then, I'm an industrial guy like that. The up-side would be lack of outside contamination and shrink (retail term for theft losses).
I really should just inoculate some logs right now and let them go where I know they'd get moisture out of the ground and start small, but that's not how my brain works. I think I will get an order of spores though. If I'm not going to see fruiting until next summer, there's no reason not to plug some wood now and passively wait it out.
Who do you guys get spores from?