MI has wild morel mushrooms. Could I 'seed' them or other species around my friend's cabin?

Question

My lawyer/friend decided to move out of the city and purchased a cabin on the Indiana/Michigan boarder and I was told that morel mushrooms grow wild in the area.

I have also found wild strawberries growing in the sandy soil in the general area of what was once the coast of Lake Michigan but was either built up naturally or was man made to push back the water.

With the amount of naturally wooded expanses in the area, he has pretty much given me permission to plant anything I want on his property and on any public lands around him and I am wondering if ‘seeding’ mushrooms and different types of strawberries and such would work or if I would just be wasting my time…

I found a “Morel Kit” here: http://www.gmushrooms.com/morel/index.htm?gclid=CMzM946QtpUCFQxzHgodok-JRg and I know of some forums where you can buy/trade mushroom spores so getting a hold of spores is not the problem… I’m just wondering if they would flourish if I were to put them around his property.

What other kinds of mushrooms would do well in the Indiana/Michigan area where morels flourish naturally?

Could I seed button mushrooms? Portabella? (Yes, I know that portabella are just over grown Italian brown.) Oysters?

I can’t wait to try and give him a mushroom garden in his new back yard!!

Answer 1

You may want to contact this message board and post the question there:

http://www.morels.com/indiana/guestbook....

And here's how to grow Morels better:

http://www.lafayette-online.com/news2/ne...