none ""lionel\"@(none)" writes:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
"none" ""lionel\"@(none)" wrote in message
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I just bought a mushroom farm. I'm wondering if it is possible to let a
mushroom spore and grow them again next season?

thanks

Lionel

Yes you can collect the spores. Lay glossy paper around the base of a big'un
as it opens. You will get a pattern of black/brown that you can roll up and
keep in a dry place until you have new compost and the temperature is right.

Great, I'm gonna give it a crack when it comes time .

Do mushrooms have 'seasons'? I thought they'd grow all year 'round if you
have a suitable basement, disused railway tunnel, whatever. If your saved
spore loses its potency, just buy a large flat mushroom from the green-
grocer's about a week before you want to plant the spore. If you store the
'shroom in the brown paper bag you buy it in, the inside of the bag will
develop a circle of dark grey spore underneath the gills.
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