I love that book And all the rain promises and more by David Arora. If you have one of these books you must have the other. One is totable one is quotable 😊 Shrooms on
Haha! I love that - I've gotta say that I might have to quote your line because that's exactly right "one is totable one is quotable" 😂 Both excellent books!
hey Brother , great video ,great info as always. Thanks for sharing the information. Yes it's that time of year come June I'm always looking in all the landscape beds and local areas. If your set up to do a tissue culture then that is a great way to create some spawn. I always do a spore print as they can be quite large. Thats another great way to try and grow and culture them out. Good on you to transplant to your garden. A large cardboard box filled with compost and mulch is a great way to create a master patch once the mycelium takes to the substrate. Then you can just use some in your garden beds and also keep feeding it to keep growing it out. Spore slurries are great as well. Mycelium Running is a great resource. Nice book collection, we speak the same language , I have all of those as well . Thanks again , great stuff👊🍄
Thanks - that's great info! It'll be interesting to see if any of my little Prince plantings take root ... I've been sampling with different duff layers around the yard under Douglas Firs too, just to see what happens. I like what you mentioned about the compost/mulch box too ... that's a great idea! I still have to work to get set up for tissue culture at a future date -- but that whole world of cultivation is super fascinating. I love seeing that you're set up with that and making it happen! Very cool! I may have to pick your brain on what all you've learned in that journey at some future date. Always appreciate you tuning in - and, I agree, we definitely speak the same language! Be well, and we'll be in touch! 👍
@@MushroomTrail Your welcome Brother , anytime , just ask. It's reciprocal, I always learn something from all those around me .Appreciate you. Better together👊🍄
That's a tough call ... looks like I see a couple suspected sightings on iNaturalist ... but I know that there is a similar species back east that's referred to as "The Little Prince" (Agaricus nanaugustus) ... I would suspect that The Prince shows up too, but hard to say. These mushrooms that follow people around are funny like that - they can show up in unsuspecting places. Out here on the west coast they're abundant, and usually appear in those suburban/urban areas under conifers.
It is funny how Americans have different names for the same things across the pond! The 'Cremini' is the 'Chestnut mushroom' here. The Prince, on the other hand, far less common. I've been thinking deeper about why spring/summer fungi are rarer to come by near me, and it's because the whole of the New Forest is sat upon very free draining chalk beds. We need almost tropical monsoon conditions here to encourage fruiting at that time of the year.
Interesting about those naming differences and the chalk beds. I remember reading a blurb in Arora's book about how he often marveled at how little moisture the Prince needs (considering it is such a large mushroom). He notes that sometimes all it needs is a little fogdrip to do its thing ... although I'd have to think that a little moisture in that soil certainly helps, so maybe those chalk beds keep things just a little too dry.
@@MushroomTrail Yeah... too little moisture retention, and also, the soil quality is so poor due to the overgrazing, it's a multi-faceted thing! None of the soils around the New Forest are what you would call 'humus rich' - nothing gets a chance to grow and rot down. Anywho, a pleasure to see such beautiful specimens of The Prince! They get huge!
haven't been finding these in my usual spots this year. maybe not enough rain here in seattle? *shrugs* i have found HUGE agaricus augustus in the past...dinner plate sized.
That's probably a good choice to take a hard pass on those! That's a common and tragic problem with the Prince - seeing massive fruiting of it that you know would probably be delicious... but also knowing that they probably contain massive amounts of heavy metals. 😳
