Mushroom foraging.

[Deleted member 317777]

This has just reminded me. Our daughter sent me a couple of mushroom growing kits for Father’s Day. I didn't start them off as they needed a certain temperature, darkness and a bit of fresh air. It was too hot at the time and Mrs Mottie wouldn’t let me grow them under the stairs because of the spores. It’s probably getting to be right time now so I’m going to fit some blackouts to the windows in the garage and start them off there.

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Can you start a separate thread ? I’m thinking about giving it a go

 

[Mottie]

Can you start a separate thread ? I’m thinking about giving it a go

Not a lot to start, TBH. Just open the box, slash the plastic bag with the stuff in it, spray with water and leave in a darkened space.

Years ago, I bought a mushroom growing kit. It contained some spores and some soil. I followed the instructions to the tee. No mushrooms after about 3 weeks so I chucked it in my compost bin. Two days later I went to put some grass cuttings in there and it was packed with mushrooms!

More growth this morning. I can feel a mushroom breakfast coming on later in the week.

 

[Mottie]

Saw a fair few of these today. May be edible - I’ll have to look them up.

 

[Mottie]

Soon be enough for a fry-up.

 

[fixitflav]

Saw a fair few of these today. May be edible - I’ll have to look them up.

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Did you eat them? I couldn't see anything just like them online, with the flaky bits on the skin.

 

[Mottie]

Did you eat them? I couldn't see anything just like them online, with the flaky bits on the skin.

Neither could I see anything like that so I left well alone.

 

[Mottie]

Foraged from my darkened garage this morning. King Oysters. Picked, fried and on my plate within minutes.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

Foraged from my darkened garage this morning. King Oysters. Picked, fried and on my plate within minutes.

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They seem to be growing fast. I need to get a grow kit asap.

 

[fixitflav]

Foraged from my darkened garage this morning. King Oysters. Picked, fried and on my plate within minutes.

My stepdaughter gave me a similar kit a few years ago. It had a recipe for mushroom stroganoff. I'm not usually a veggie, but that was delicious

 

[motorbiking]

They seem to be growing fast. I need to get a grow kit asap.

is there a link to buy?

 

[Deleted member 317777]

is there a link to buy?

I’ll have a look later and pop a link up.

I’ve been meaning to give it a try for a while now.

 

[Mottie]

is there a link to buy?

This is where our daughter bought mine from and had them posted to me.

https://www.fatfoxmushrooms.com/mushroom-growing-kit-uk

 

[motorbiking]

Not meaning to sound tight, but that works out £20 a kg.

 

[Mottie]

No meaning to sound tight, but that works out £20 a kg.

Yeah, first time I saw the price was this morning - I wouldn’t have paid that much for them! I think it’s more a gift/hobby/present type of thing as opposed to a cheap and plentiful source of mushrooms.

 

[pete01]

Omg just cut the grass, first time in about 4 weeks.....found these....just had them on toast and I don't feel good