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koods said:
One thing I've noticed consistently is that very wet, water logged mulch conditions pretty much halts myc growth).

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Maybe that is what I'm noticing.  Most of the mulch beds near me are irrigated daily.

Also, you mentioned light cycles.....I too have had this thought.

BTW....I am only going off my own observations so far (in April and May I saw about every mushroom that grows that time of year in the mulch beds here but no ovoids?).  I could be totally off the mark.  But your comment about water logged mulch really made sense of why I might not be seeing them in mulch beds near me.

Also, I didn't mean it can not be done.

Just that I doubt we can do what Sporulator did (or people in the PNW do) and just spread myc around and in the following years go back and pick mushrooms.  I think we have to help them along in our climate.  Or make our beds near streams if we want mother nature to do the job.

I'm always open to the idea of a southern mulch bed made by mother nature (spores landing on mulch themselves and germinating)that fruits by mother nature, but I have yet to see anyone post it. And I don't think there is a thread/post/information on the webs that I haven't read regarding ovoids or caerulipes (again, I can be totally wrong though).



I'm still sticking with having a much better success rate building your patches near streams rather than your back yard though. 

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koods said:
Didn't see any mush, but noticed a lot of little white puff balls of myc on much of the wood that had produced this spring

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I also went out today and noticed the same thing.

Do these look familiar?




Due to our discussion, I went out and made a patch with some Scott's Mulch where I found some ovoids in May (well...beside the spot...I didn't want to disturb the good myc). 

Here is the area undisturbed:



I dug a ditch and filled it with partly colonized Scott's mulch:



Then I layered some sand on top of it:



We'll see if mine fruit before yours. 

On a side note:  I have some in containers that I started with Scott's mulch and then filled with sand about a month ago.  Both looking good so far I think:



I also started a multi spore inoculation into PF jars.  6 of 12 didn't contaminate.  I took 2 of the jars last monday and layered them in with Aspen Snake Bedding topped off with wet cardboard to keep it from drying out too fast.  My pride and joy so far (only one week later):



And lastly some fruits I saw today.

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Yes....I'm bored today at work. 

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avidpicker said:
Definitely check through landscaped areas in the fall,chances are you'll find them there before you find them in their natural habitat.

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Thanks for the good advice.

I wonder what causes that to happen?

If anyone hasn't figured out yet, I am trying to figure these guys out.  And you've all been very helpful. 

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MacMerdin said:
Good to know. 

I wonder what kind of maintenance is required to get them to fruit in east coast mulch beds?

Could I spawn to a mulch bed that I know has daily irrigation with minimal effort on my part as far as watering it?

I'm still thinking that clandestine patches in their natural habit would work better though.

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MacMerdin said:
Good to know. 

I wonder what kind of maintenance is required to get them to fruit in east coast mulch beds?

Could I spawn to a mulch bed that I know has daily irrigation with minimal effort on my part as far as watering it?

I'm still thinking that clandestine patches in their natural habit would work better though.

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you clearly never listened i have only found them in mulch beds , the best way to find them on the east coast is find wine caps, then just constantly watch the beds around the wine caps as well and you will most likely find them, i followed one for a month then one day theres some down the street in another bed with wine caps where i hadnt seen wine caps the hole season

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