Yumeryu said:

God I want to find patches like some of you are posting. I would praise the mushroom God's. In fairness I have found at least 3 a day everyday since the 1st but the spot I found is getting high grass and slim pickings. I really need to find a few new spots.

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Once you get the feel of how and where they grow you'll find cluster fuck patches all the time. Until then definitely take others advice and stem butt the hell out of mulched areas. Make a nice bed in your yard if you have one or just spread everywhere you can. Most patches will produce in a year 2 tops. Good luck everyone

MacMerdin said:

My preferred method of making homemade beds is to grow out pf tek jars and plant them in the mulch (or break them up and scatter).  You can get huge fruits the next spring.

This was my first homemade ovoids using this method:

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Thayendanegea said:

Here's my first home grown babies coming up in my flower beds. Just planted colonized wood pieces into my wood chip beds last spring. These guys are gonna be beefy.

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Nice.  I remember you saying you were gonna do that.

This year I have three beds, four pots, and a tote bin fruiting.  It's cool playing around with different teks and materials, then watching the progression from colonizing to consolidation to sporocarps. 

The myc is now moving into a woodland area next to one of my beds and becoming naturalized in a spot that stays wet most of the year.  Armillaria is killing the poplars, maples, and a few oaks, providing much food for the ovoids and oysters I've transplanted.

Tryptaphenalysergi said:

Hey guys, hoping to get some feedback on these habitat pics. These are all taken within 50 to 100 yds adjacent to the creek. As you can see by the helicopters and the tree pic, box elders are ubiquitous in the area. Am I looking in the right spot? Thanks in advance!

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koods said:

Tryptaphenalysergi said:

Hey guys, hoping to get some feedback on these habitat pics. These are all taken within 50 to 100 yds adjacent to the creek. As you can see by the helicopters and the tree pic, box elders are ubiquitous in the area. Am I looking in the right spot? Thanks in advance!

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Some may disagree, but that spot looks too muddy

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koods said:

Yeah an area that got covered with mud a few weeks ago is probably not gonna produce if they are they're

Six inches higher in elevation would be better.

The second picture is a much better habitat. You want to look in the vegetation. Ovoids are almost always slightly obscured by vegitation

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Amanita86 said:

MacMerdin said:

My preferred method of making homemade beds is to grow out pf tek jars and plant them in the mulch (or break them up and scatter).  You can get huge fruits the next spring.

This was my first homemade ovoids using this method:

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Pf tek with brf or with sawdust?

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