Mushroom Hunting and Growing Advice

I just wanted to take a minute and talk about a few things that might be helpful to an unexpected mushroom forager or grower. Of course I am harvesting mushrooms while I talk. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them.

[@WaltRevenJr]

So so true about learning and some don't have many look alikes and so easy to Id. Great finds brother, I've yet to find a wild lion mane or comb tooth! And I check sooo many darn downed logs. Awesome info Paxton! Happy Thanksgiving brother

[@paxtianodirtfrog8947]

Thanks brother! Yeah, even though we're in the same state the geography couldn't be more different. Yall have morels and we have the manes. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@WaltRevenJr]

@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 Dude I know, I read before the cutoff line for the big yellas I find is right around Fayetteville here...its so so strange man. I do think you guys get half free morels down there though, a family member lives around ft.smith and she finds half frees. You're welcome brother and thank you also man!

[@WaltRevenJr]

Interesting end mushrooms, not sure what those are. How do you do spore prints? I usually put half the cap on white paper then the other half on dark and cover with a glass bowl for a while

[@paxtianodirtfrog8947]

I'm pretty sure they're the nameko mushrooms I inoculated with but I wanted to be sure. I wanted black paper because I was looking for cream colored spores but I only had tin foil which wasn't great. But yeah I would do what you do, half white, half black. I didn't think to cover them but that's a good idea as well. I want to do more prints.

[@WaltRevenJr]

@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 Yea man try covering, I feel they spore print quicker covered. Have you ever looked into koh drops? I been wanting to get some, some mushrooms will turn color/drops turn color etc for specific species. Stuff isnt cheap though! But it can also help id stuff, for me it would be handy with all the darn shrooms I show and find lol. Have a great one brother

[@kathivy]

Beautiful mushrooms. Good info. That looked like squirrel poop 😄 The mushrooms at the end looked yummy, but maybe not 😬💀 Someday I will have a mushroom log 🪵🍄

[@paxtianodirtfrog8947]

Thanks! Interesting, of all the pooping animals I never thought about squirrel but you're right it does look like that! I'm pretty sure those were the namekos that I inoculated that log with but I didn't eat them this time. I want to do a video with the actual plosion ones if I find them this winter. I hope you do get some logs going but I know its a little more challenging there to get the right wood. Have a great Thanksgiving!

[@kathivy]

@@paxtianodirtfrog8947 Happy Thanksgiving 😊👍