If you’re attempting to grow a morel mushroom habitat from a spore kit like I am, read and follow the directions. We’ve not had rain in a number of days here in the Puget Sound area, and my morel bed was looking a little dry, so I dowsed it today by hand using a sprinkler.

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Today, April 29th 2008, I took my first photo of my morel mushroom habitat. This will be the first photo in a series to document the growth of my morel mushrooms. I will take one photo per day taken from the exact same perspective on a camera tripod. In a month from now, I’ll produce […]

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We’ve had a weird and wacky spring already here in the Puget Sound area! 3 weeks ago, snow fell in appreciable accumulations in many areas. The past few days, it’s been quite warm and lovely outside, with temperatures in the mid 70’s yesterday. This oughta really cook up my morel mycelium growth!
My second morel mushroom […]

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Current picture of my completed site. Click here to see the before!
Morchella angusticeps on left (fenced in), while the second bed, that of morchella esculenta, is just to the right of that (unfenced).
Winter has come and gone. Last fall I planted a second bed of morel mycelium from a different supplier, Gournet Mushrooms. This […]

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Fungi Perfecti is a quick shipper. Granted, they’re located only 2 hours away from me, but I placed my order over the internet with them Saturday and the heavy box containing the morel spores arrived Wednesday afternoon. Big kudos for their expediency.
The Kit is in great shape, I’m very excited. […]

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