TheDuder said:

Theres never a very good place to post woodlover grows/ growing questions so I've decided to make a thread dedicated to just that.

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Indeed!...I often have random questions about wood lovers and outdoor cultivation and never know where exactly to post.


I'm stoked about this thread, and the incoming season around my parts.







Can a patch/mycelium dry out entirely over summer, and then bounce back and start spreading and fruiting once the rains return and temps cool?

Because that's what my patches did last year...I've been wondering about this and waiting to see what happens this time around.




I found some patches of p allenii and cyans around my town a few years ago. I took some small clumps of the colonized wood chips from a few of the patches that I found and placed them in a natural riparian woodland area around spring time a few years ago. I watered the spots once a week or so for a few weeks, the myc was spreading onto other woody material in the duff/soil and a small amount of wood chips I placed there....Then around June, I got busy with other things and I wasn't able to water the patch...All of those spots I planted went the entire summer with out a drop of water, and daily temps of 90 to 105+ (though each spot was well shaded). This is in northern California where everything is crispy dry not too far into summer, though it is a riparian area so lots of trees/shrubs and tall grass and a river within 100 yards of each patch.

When fall arrived and the first rains of the season came I was way surprised to see the myc was spreading once again at each of those spots I planted...and then a month later, 2 of the 3 spots I planted out there actually fruited. I figured each spot was dead because it went with out any water and in very hot/low humidity conditions.



My basic understanding of things...I was under the impression that mycelium has to remain somewhat moist, and if it dries out then the patch is basically dead...?....


Sorry for the totally newb rambling question . I've been around this place for years but I still have never cultivated any sort of fungi so my understanding of such is still on the newb level lol...I've just done some hunting/photographing and simple identification. I have plans to eventually plant several riparian woodland areas in northern cali with cyan, allenii, and ovoid myc since it seems the allenii and cyan myc I've planted can thrive on it's own in such habitats .






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