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Post by nfalls116 on May 5, 2015 8:07:50 GMT -5
Is there really any research that proves that this is the best way? I just saw another post on the ask the conservation officer by firstwd and really I have heard of it but never read any research either way. I am neutral I don't carry a bag mushroom hunting so mesh or not doesn't matter to me.
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Post by kevin1 on May 5, 2015 8:43:56 GMT -5
The fungus has already released its spores before you find it, so the mesh bag does nothing there, it does keep them from getting damp though.
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Post by esshup on May 5, 2015 9:38:13 GMT -5
Long time ago a buddy and I collected a bunch of button mushrooms, and used plastic bags. That was the only time that we've gotten sick on mushrooms. Still picking the same kind and use paper bags. It was damp out that day and we were finding a LOT of 'shrooms. We'll never use plastic bags again. Don't know if that was the reason or not, but that's our story and we're sticking to it.
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Post by chubwub on May 5, 2015 10:36:24 GMT -5
I'm a believer in it. Although most of the spores may have already been released at that point, there are still some hanging around the fruiting body otherwise people wouldn't have routine success with throwing morel wash water back out into the woods.
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Post by ms660 on May 5, 2015 11:36:08 GMT -5
A lot people will not believe this, but my take is mesh bags do nothing as far as repopulating the woods with mushrooms. A mushroom is the blooming fruit of whats's living underground. Believe it or not, but I don't hunt mushrooms, I pick them. For many years the areas I hunt I can tell you where the mushrooms will be. They have been there every year for the last 20 years. I go there and get them. Some years are better than others. Between me and a friend we picked over 70 lbs. this year and our average was a little over 50.00 a lbs. selling them
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Post by omegahunter on May 6, 2015 7:23:20 GMT -5
The old timers around here always used bread sacks. Grandpa's were always Bunny Bread bags. The mushrooms are still coming up where we always picked them before. WalMart/grocery bags are handier because they have handles!
I consistently dump out my "mushroom water" in the backyard, but I have yet to get a single mushroom to come up in 8 years. Grandpa's yard always had a couple come up every year and he always dumped his water out in the yard, too. A couple a year is not much of a return on 30 years of mushroom water in the yard!
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Post by ms660 on May 6, 2015 16:54:06 GMT -5
A lot people will not believe this, but my take is mesh bags do nothing as far as repopulating the woods with mushrooms. A mushroom is the blooming fruit of whats's living underground. Believe it or not, but I don't hunt mushrooms, I pick them. For many years the areas I hunt I can tell you where the mushrooms will be. They have been there every year for the last 20 years. I go there and get them. Some years are better than others. Between me and a friend we picked over 70 lbs. this year and our average was a little over 50.00 a lbs. selling them. As far as mesh bags, Yes I use them not for the spores, but they keep the mushroom fresh and lets them breath where a plastic bag does not
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Post by greghopper on May 6, 2015 18:10:29 GMT -5
The old timers around here always used bread sacks. Grandpa's were always Bunny Bread bags. The mushrooms are still coming up where we always picked them before. WalMart/grocery bags are handier because they have handles! I consistently dump out my "mushroom water" in the backyard, but I have yet to get a single mushroom to come up in 8 years. Grandpa's yard always had a couple come up every year and he always dumped his water out in the yard, too. A couple a year is not much of a return on 30 years of mushroom water in the yard! Exactly........ Old myths die hard!!!
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Post by nfalls116 on May 6, 2015 18:32:27 GMT -5
I have heard the mesh bag for a long time but always found that I have better luck with no bag at all doesn't matter if my partner has one but if I have one I don't find a mushroom
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Post by ms660 on May 6, 2015 22:45:38 GMT -5
Another reason I use mesh is they are durable and hold up well. A plastic Walmart bag wouldn't last 5 minutes in the jungles I hunt in. Onion bags work pretty good and are cheap and easy to get. My arms are still healing from sticker and thorn wounds. I'm usually bleeding when I get back to my truck.
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Post by chubwub on May 7, 2015 11:36:14 GMT -5
I dump my wash water back into the woods under the ideal conditions where I have a much higher success rate, including some areas where mushrooms were not found the previous year. It doesn't do much good to drop spores in places where they can never sprout or develop mycelium, like concrete or a backyard with the incorrect trees and soil.
Basic cell culture people!!! You probably won't grow too many flowers in a desert no matter how many seeds you scatter.
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