vitog Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Our spring weather has changed from warm and dry to cool and wet. This has created perfect conditions to fool some fall fungi into thinking that it's time to produce mushrooms. Anyway, that's my theory to explain why Shaggy Parasols sometimes appear in June, even though we normally find them during the fall rainy season. The photo shows a small cluster of Chlorophyllum olivieri that I found today in the same spot where I picked some last October. I've been planting stem butts near this location and several other spots close to home for many years, and this is the first success. I suspect that one reason why most of my stem butt plantings have not produced results is that, in the past, I didn't pay any attention to which species of Shaggy Parasol I was planting. In fact, until fairly recently, I didn't realize that there was more than one species. Now I know that we have 2 species that are quite easy to differentiate by sight and, more importantly, occur in quite different habitats. C. olivieri's cap is fairly uniformly gray (even though it looks brown in the flash photo); and it grows in a mixed forest habitat, which is the type of habitat chosen for most of my plantings. C. brunneum, the other local Shaggy Parasol, has a cap with brown scales on a white background, very similar to C. rhacodes that grows in eastern N.A.; and it likes disturbed habitats like piles of organic debris or compost. So, these differences will determine where future plantings will go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Congrats on your replanting success and thanks for that great info. I had my first success at spreading wild Laetiporus sulphureus from a log where it was growing to a dead stump. It fruited for the first time last year, but unfortunately someone beat me to the harvest by a day or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vault Dweller Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Impressive that you did this with a wild species! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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