Mushroom foragers

[katsdar]

I have them on sweet gum and oak so the sweet gum will last 2-3 years and the oak 4-5 years and 2 different spores were used one an early fruiting and then a late fruiting. So I hope to have mushrooms by late spring early summer

 

[katsdar]

You should.

http://www.gmushrooms.com/Plugs/index.htm

thanks for the link!!

 

[Zoomie]

I have them on sweet gum and oak so the sweet gum will last 2-3 years and the oak 4-5 years and 2 different spores were used one an early fruiting and then a late fruiting. So I hope to have mushrooms by late spring early summer

NICE. Sounds like a great plan!

I take the bits and pieces of my finds (whatever does not go into the pot) and put them around my "yard" where they will have a better chance of establishing themselves. I've actually succeeded once or twice, enough to make me keep trying. But the way you are doing it is really the way to go and much better than my haphazard approach.

 

[Lynn-n-JimsVT]

One of my spring projects is to work with my Plott hound on finding Morels. I watched a video on it and it looks doable, he has a great nose and since I'm not hunting him I need to keep him focused and working his senses. He gets plenty of time in the woods so I think it's a natural. Anyone else tried similar? Results?

 

[Bogtown Chick]

One of my spring projects is to work with my Plott hound on finding Morels. I watched a video on it and it looks doable, he has a great nose and since I'm not hunting him I need to keep him focused and working his senses. He gets plenty of time in the woods so I think it's a natural. Anyone else tried similar? Results?

No but I'm intrigued and have a date with YouTube tonight it looks like.

 

[henny1129]

One of my spring projects is to work with my Plott hound on finding Morels.  I watched a video on it and it looks doable, he has a great nose and since I'm not hunting him I need to keep him focused and working his senses.  He gets plenty of time in the woods so I think it's a natural.  Anyone else tried similar? Results?

I've never tried but I've always thought of training one or both of our hounds to find morels. Like you, we don't hunt with them, so I think it would be good for them to do this, I've just never tried. The Beagle would probably just wander away though.

 

[jerryse]

What happened to the morel progression map ? I get a message that says page can not be found .

 

[jerryse]

‎Jay J. Pitts‎ to I Love Wild Mushrooms!
March 9 at 10:51pm ·

Yesterday in NW Arkansas. Wed. 03/08/17

 

[Zoomie]

‎Jay J. Pitts‎ to I Love Wild Mushrooms!
March 9 at 10:51pm ·

Yesterday in NW Arkansas. Wed. 03/08/17

 

[R2elk]

Found this today. First mushrooms of the year. They are on a nearly dead elm trunk.





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I believe this is Brown Oyster mushrooms. I battered and fried a bunch of it yesterday morning. Tasted more than is advised and then continued to snack on it all day long. I have not noticed any ill effects and in my opinion it was very good and somewhat addictive for me as I had to keep going back for more.

In order to harvest some to cook, I removed a large chunk of the bark revealing a huge mass of the mushrooms.