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Prisoner#1 said:
cultivating morels is difficult at best....

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Directly under where I am standing, approximatly 5 days ago, appeared these 2 cultivated morels (Morchella elata or related). (note: picture was used to illustrate they are growing under my deck, and to show how much snow we had in febuary. They are not growing in the winter of course.)



Now, its only two but the season is just beginning here and is still a bit too cold. I was waiting to see if more were to develop, but I couldn't resist posting. Harvested wild mycelium was spawned to the ashes of burned dead trees (some wood remained, not fully burned) collected from the same area they were found fruiting. The ashes were also mixed with spent substrates composted the previous year, and washed sand (sand without clay, for fill and cement work). This was done last year during the end of morel season, and the bed was disturbed slightly on the surface soon after the snow melted this year. The moss you see is found growing naturally under my deck, and was transplanted around the patch for water retention. The deck is on the 2nd story, so it does get a bit of light but very minimal, and never directly.

I will post complete details later this season, but I wanted to illustrate it can't be that hard if you have the right weather conditions for them. There are much, much harder species to grow out there with some defying all attempts. Cultivating Morels is not out of the reach of the novice cultivator (at least outdoors).

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Author's research and photographs show extreme biology and unheard of evolution in the morel mushroom including phenotypic variation, cyclic evolution and a reversion anomaly.

Summary of Morel Evolution


Descriptive Material

What morels are - describes morels.
Biology - details of morel biology.
Glossary - look up specialized terms.
Explanations - develops points on mycorrhiza, photos, endotrophism, induction and history.


Peripheral

Ice Age Theory
Plant Phenotypes
Animal Phenotypes
How to Find Morels
Creationism
Phenotypic Variation Explained
Literature Review
The Ower Procedure
The Environment does not Control Morel Variations
Automation technology is needed
Links

Research by Author

1. An Anomaly of Morchella as a Tool for the Study of Differentiation
2. Phenotypic Variation as an Adaptation Mechanism by Morchella

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