Growing Morel Mushrooms At Home (Outside Patch)?

Question

Question is, is it possible to grow morel mushrooms even after the main season is over, as long as i keep a good growing enviroment (wood chips, rotted wood, saw dust)?,,, i put some water off some morels my dads friend gave us, and also saved some stems, and threw them in the pile covered with a little stray and rotted wood from a storm we had recently, i have grown other mushrooms before, and was also wondering if you can colonize them in jars then put them in a outdoor patch that way the say you would do with a certin other varity . I tried putting some morel mushroom tisue and some water in a soil and compost mix, wetted and in jars, but the mycelium has not started growing yet, i know the basics, like keeping in the dark until the mycilium starts to colonize then i can put the cakes outside even if contamanated cause nature will take care out it, but are morels the same way? How long should it take a half pint jar to colonize at 80f in the dark , pitch black above fridge as normal

Answer 1

Gracious, how times have changed.  In the '70s my friends would go to the cow pastures to get their mushrooms!

Seriously though check out Wikipedia.

Answer 2

yes, u can colonize them in jars, thats the best way. But if u want ALOT of mushrooms i say u case them(crumble up the mycelium and put them in a sandwitch between vermeculite and peat moss). And 80 degreez with half pint jar should reach 100 percent in bout 2 weeks. good luck

I always wanted to try morel mushrooms.