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<blockquote data-quote="deerwhacker444" data-source="post: 2865966" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>Yes and No. I have grown Morel mycelium in petri dishes using spores collected from freshly harvested Morels, so I know there are live spores in the mushrooms when picked, they should still be there when dried.</p><p></p><p>Just because you get mycelium growth doesn't mean you will get Morels. I have grown many jars of Morel mycelium and have yet to get one to produce a Schlerotia, which is what sends up the fruiting body(mushroom). The mycelium grows until it runs out of food in a certain area. Then the mushroom panics, forms a schlerotia and sends up a mushroom to complete the life cycle. There are MANY factors that determine how and when a schlerotia forms.</p><p></p><p>People have done it successfully, but there's a definite science to it and it isn't cheap nor easy. Otherwise Morels would be grown on a farm like button mushrooms.</p><p></p><p>So technically, if you toss out some Morel spores, you might or might not get them to grow. And if they do grow it might be many years before they ever send up a mushroom, might never send one up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerwhacker444, post: 2865966, member: 9117"] Yes and No. I have grown Morel mycelium in petri dishes using spores collected from freshly harvested Morels, so I know there are live spores in the mushrooms when picked, they should still be there when dried. Just because you get mycelium growth doesn't mean you will get Morels. I have grown many jars of Morel mycelium and have yet to get one to produce a Schlerotia, which is what sends up the fruiting body(mushroom). The mycelium grows until it runs out of food in a certain area. Then the mushroom panics, forms a schlerotia and sends up a mushroom to complete the life cycle. There are MANY factors that determine how and when a schlerotia forms. People have done it successfully, but there's a definite science to it and it isn't cheap nor easy. Otherwise Morels would be grown on a farm like button mushrooms. So technically, if you toss out some Morel spores, you might or might not get them to grow. And if they do grow it might be many years before they ever send up a mushroom, might never send one up. [/QUOTE]
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