Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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1. I have never been successful in growing them,

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:32 PM

Aug 2012

but I love going mushroom hunting. My father did this all the time, and I cannot believe that I never went out to learn with him. I had to start from scratch finding my spots and learning what to pick and what to leave.

If you choose to learn wild mushroom hunting, get a good book, learn how to do spore prints for identifications, and the first thing that I learned----memorize the "deadly" mushrooms, and don't even pick a mushroom that could even be close to them. There are only a few deadly ones, and if there is a look-alike that is good to eat, I still avoid it until I learn to be 100% sure.

Good luck with the cultivars.

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Mushrooms!! [View all] opiate69 Aug 2012 OP

I have never been successful in growing them, Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #1

Definitely... opiate69 Aug 2012 #2

used to pick morels with my parents Whisp Aug 2012 #3

Yum!! That is one of the varities that grows around here too! opiate69 Aug 2012 #4

I don't grow them, but will pick morels and puffballs when I see them. sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #5

I think I've posted before about this. Denninmi Aug 2012 #6

Ahh.. Fungi Perfecti... opiate69 Aug 2012 #7

I have been growing mushrooms in my basement for about a year and a half now. fasttense Aug 2012 #8

For the time being, we rent so I only have an indoor kit.... opiate69 Aug 2012 #9

That's how I started. fasttense Aug 2012 #10