Fuck if you can grow in bales of hay why not anything else. If it’s got good moisture holding capabilities and enough aeration 
@Esrgood4u that was my first thought after my initial picturing of a muscle bound bearded guy spitting Bro science was just how many muscles I’d actually need to get the 1/3 of my soil mix that I need to replace coir or peat @Qtip hardwood pellets are a thing, that’s what people are using to grow mushrooms cause as you said the oils in the others makes it impossible albeit more likely in that scenario it’s because of their anti-fungal/bacterial properties. Not trying to sound too smart, just pretty toasted and overthinking things as I tend to do 
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