First attempt at growing oyster mushrooms

My first mushroom bed.

Mushroom Bed

Mushroom Bed

Date of spreading spawn: April 13th 2021.

I bought the spawn from Serbia on ebay.

I don’t have any idea so I have followed the websites recommended by Baruch

A very good website is :
https://grocycle.com/

A good place to buy spawn is here
https://gluckspilze.com/

Many mushroom growing websites show you how to grow mushrooms outside. Once the mycelium has become well established it is possible to grow mushrooms for years.
I very much like this simple way of growing mushrooms.

I have used the lasagna method of layering the substrate and spawn.
I have used Encina (Holm Oak) leaves in various states of decomposition.

The area is very shady and happens to have an irrigation tube going past.
I used about 250 grams of spawn on about 80cm squared.

The area will be irrigated every night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morel Mushroom

Morel Mushroom

This is probably a Morel mushroom. ?It appeared on the 25th April 2010 after lots of rain.  There were 3 of them and they existed for about 2 weeks until they dried out. We were too nervous to eat them because there are also False Morels. Click here to see the wikipedia entry.