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Thread: How about mushrooms?

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    How about mushrooms?

    I read on the internet people cultivating morel mushrooms. Is anyone doing this, or any others, in Texas? I hear the morels are very good. My land is covered in trees and some are fallen and rotting. Do I need a specific tree? I know nothing about mushrooms other than canned ones and I am afraid of getting poisonous ones....

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    Re: How about mushrooms?

    <font color="blue"> </font color> Got me on mushrooms, have seen a few interesting shows on morels &amp; the hunters using pigs to sniff them out but as you I'd be afraid I'd pic the poison one! <font color="blue"> </font color>

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    Re: How about mushrooms?

    I did see a show on mushrooms on TV. Probably the same one you saw. It really piqued my interest. I just dont know which ones grow in the Gulf Coast area. I know toadstools grow well in my yard [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img] But, there have to be some tasty and legal ones that grow down here in this humid environment!

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    You really have to be careful. There are false morels and they are not safe to eat. If you cultivate your own you would be good to go. I love morels or "dry land fish" as they call them in my neck of the woods. They are delicious deep fried in a flour batter or cornmeal batter.

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    I love to dip my mushrooms in egg batter and then coat them in crushed saltines and deep fry. They are quite tasty. I usually pick wild mushrooms and soak them in salt water for a couple hours to kill any critters that might be hiding.

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    easier than you think

    Hi all
    This is My very first post to site SO HOWDY YeALL' I've been growin shrooms for almost a decade here in S.W.PA - psedo-comercially-- mostly shittake' and maitake' . It simple to do but like growing anything... it takes some work !Basically specific strains of mushrooms gwor on specific "soils" / media.. I choose to grow shittake because of quite a few +++++'s 1) they grow out of oak wood 2) they need alot of fresh water 3) they need temps 60-80 deg.F and shade 4) they don't need that much attention .. comparitivly speaking ... ALL very cheap and easy so far for me ... 5) they are a health food ... high in protean, anti oxidents and they lower colesterol 6) a very good meat subsitute ... 7) as it turns out now and then they make me $$$.
    I've research other strains so I know a good bit and I like most types of mushrooms.if any body is interested...a very good resorce is mushroompeople.com they have steril culture/innoculi
    Ok,so does anybody out there know how to farm a 50 acre ish feild of a crop and know how to keep only the intended crop growing without weeds overgrowing everything help me out ...?
    peace

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