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BVB said:
I'm on the board, new spot I found today

it's one, but we all know where that leads.. Another fella was in the area pulled more than I and some morels but was cool to meet a fellow wild shroomer



I wish I took another pic of the pins around this one, I've never seen them with dark blue/black caps before at least in pin stage. (Not in this pic^^^, just slightly off the side.)



This'll be my first time planting a stem butt but should be good to go. Anybody have any information on planting these/ personal experience that has worked? If it's anything like planting a bush or tree I'll be fine, just not sure if it's any different.

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The black capped ovoids are a distinct strain of ovoid. I find quite a lot In this area and they dominate some creeks. They tend to produce girthy stout fruits with thick stems. They were all I found the other day.

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The black capped ovoids are a distinct strain of ovoid. I find quite a lot In this area and they dominate some creeks. They tend to produce girthy stout fruits with thick stems. They were all I found the other day.

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koods said:
Some perfect habitat pics

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BVB said:
I'm on the board, new spot I found today

it's one, but we all know where that leads.. Another fella was in the area pulled more than I and some morels but was cool to meet a fellow wild shroomer



I wish I took another pic of the pins around this one, I've never seen them with dark blue/black caps before at least in pin stage. (Not in this pic^^^, just slightly off the side.)



This'll be my first time planting a stem butt but should be good to go. Anybody have any information on planting these/ personal experience that has worked? If it's anything like planting a bush or tree I'll be fine, just not sure if it's any different.

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The black capped ovoids are a distinct strain of ovoid. I find quite a lot In this area and they dominate some creeks. They tend to produce girthy stout fruits with thick stems. They were all I found the other day.

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TexturedSounds said:
Went and checked out the area with my transplants yesterday.  Things hadn't really changed much in the 6 days since I visited last.  My transplants were still mostly pins, just slightly bigger and they fruit earlier than the local variety, so they give me a good idea of how everything is looking without having to search too much.  Looks like it'll still be around 5-7 days before things really take off in that spot. 

Here's some pins from one of my transplants.  The pics are 6 days apart, so it'll give you an idea of how slow these things grow in colder temps. 



So some of the caps in this transplant are the black ones.  There's a bunch of red oak nuts/shells around from a squirrel hanging out there to feast.  I was thinking that perhaps the darker color is related to the amount of tannin in the substrate, because not all fruits have that look.  Anyone notice if the specimens that have the dark caps are in areas where oak leaves/nuts collect?

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What did the caps from your mycelium source look like? The substrate theory would seem more likely if they were all lighter-colored.

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The culture it came from had all lightly colored caps.  The pic below is of the whole transplant (the pins from previous pics are in the back).  The caps are highly variable even tho they're right next to each other.  It had me thinking that maybe the color of the cap is related to how much tannin is concentrated in different spots of the substrate. 

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aquacaptain said:
Fist time hunting and found these in MD, pretty sure ovoids but what do y'all think?

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