So I picked up these logs the other day and they have great signs of being spalted but I  can’t work them just yet. Shop is buried in bee hive parts right now. Any advice on storage? They sat outside for a year and at the moment they are sitting in my driveway wrapped in trashbags. I guessing introducing fungus into the garage could be bad for the hives. I actually have four logs of it, came from a sweet gum tree. 

You might strip the bark and let them sit outside in the sun to stop further growth. Otherwise, bag 'em up again until you are ready to work them. Looks like they'll have some nice spalting.

+1 for what Gene said

Moisture causes fungal growth and when it is removed the growth stops. As to the danger of turning it the fungus is in the air we all breath and sometimes like bacteria growth conditions cause an overgrowth so there is no additional danger to turning it.

 

Storage of this wood should be in a dry place. However from my experience with SG and looking at the wood it may be too far gone. When you have mushrooms the decay has gone too far. As a famous turner (John Jordan) says "Life is too short to turn crappy wood". Now that does not mean that  do not waste some time in that area too.

This is a article on spalting from American Woodturner the magazine of the AAW.

 

http://www.aawexplo.wwwmi3-ss30.a2hosted.com/aaw_cs1_pdf/AW2506p54-60.pdf

 

Here is a link to a series of videos on spalt.

 

 

Thank you so much that’s really helpful. 

Here's something I saw today on a Facebook post from the AAW. Not so much storage but how to make spalted wood-

 

I’ll keep them bagged for now once I get the hives out of here I’ll bring it in and see how deep it goes I have two stumps that haven’t developed any mushrooms and they still have some good weight to them. But the two longer pieces with the mass fungus growth are lighter then you think. Light enough my nine year was carrying it easily. 

Edited April 18, 20197 yr by Mijohnson1984

1 minute ago, Mijohnson1984 said:

I have two stumps that haven’t developed any mushrooms and they still have some good weight to them

I have one and it is currently being slow cooked.  Been at it two days, expect two weeks of slow cooking using used motor oil.  So far I have a nice ring about 4 inches deep with another 7 to go to being flush with ground.

 

I did notice when splitting some of the branches to get fire going that the wood had spalted.   

O I’m about to be in trouble. We just had a discussion with a friend of ours about kitchen appliances being used in hobby craft. His restoring a old k5 and his been making ethanol his a chemical engineer so he has a idea of what his doing. But she’s mad that he does it in the kitchen using the good appliances. Lol I’ll have to avoid the good appliances or I maybe a short lived turner. 

46 minutes ago, Mijohnson1984 said:

I’ll have to avoid the good appliances or I maybe a short lived turner. 

Have a buddy that did some power coated parts in the oven in the house.  He may never seen good out of his right eye again.

First time I come out of a month long field problem my wife most of turned 12 shades of green when I just sat on the couch with my bdu’s still ripe.  After that I learned to change at least before heading to the house.