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RE: Mushroom Trip, February 6

in #mushrooms5 years ago

I'll have to disappoint you, the mushrooms don't "work" fast. In order for a mushroom to colonize a new spot, mycelium must spread quite a bit in the new medium, be it rotten wood, wood chips, leaf mold, etc. You'll know by watching the the mycelium strands, usually white wispy tendril or root lookalike, but more like a web.

When in the forest, look for a fallen tree with mushrooms in it and try to smash it with your boot - there should be mycelium inside. You can try to distribute those pieces to other dead logs and cover each with at least 10 cm of leaves, as to prevent drying out. Come back in a few (wet) months and look for progress.

Oh and btw, those fungi on the pine in your yard, do research them, as it might indicate your tree is being "eaten alive" and it might snap or collapse in a heavy wind event. We've had a black locust fall this last autumn, thankfully on the fenceline between us and the neighbors, but the culprit was a fungal infestation, even though no fruiting bodies were produces to signal us of the problem.

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Yeah, I didn't think it would work that fast. I was expecting to have to wait a year, as I think turkeytails are a winter fruiting fungus around here.

I'll look into the pine shrooms! They're right next to the carport and house, and the prevailing winds in our area would put the tree into the living room, which is my favorite room and would be quite unfortunate lol

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