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Been mushroom hunting for over 30 years. And you can definitely use plastic bags, just don't leave them in the car for long and when you get home, put them in
by dannylandau 9y ago
Been mushroom hunting for over 30 years. And you can definitely use plastic bags, just don't leave them in the car for long and when you get home, put them in a basket in refrigerator. Nothing wrong with plastic bags when going mushroom hunting.
- lumberingjack 9y agoplastic bags don't allow the spore to fall out on the ground as you carry them, get a mesh mushroom hunting bag so future generations can keep enjoying mushrooms. I make a route in some places I hunt and years later I find mushrooms all along my route, I like to think I propagated them.
- repiret 9y agoDo you have a citation for that? An individual mushroom produces millions of spores, but in a stable population, on average only one spore produces another mature mushroom. I'd be very surprised if mushroom populations are limited by the dispersal of spores.
- lumberingjack 9y agoNope read it in a book once and then talked about it with my grandpa. When he was a kid he would collect morels then put them in a potato bag and swing it around in the horse/cow pasture. He said he had great success and the morels would pop up on cow patties and near streams in the pasture for years after that when none had been there before.
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- Inception 9y agoThis isn't quite accurate. A spore needs to unite with another spore of the opposite sex to create mycelium [0]. Environmental conditions dictate when the mycelium will develop a mushroom body to start the reproduction cycle over again. I can't speak to whether or not plastic bags completely prevents spores from falling to the ground, but I agree with lumberingjack's sentiment about using a mesh bag to increase the odds of successful propagation. Mushrooms continue to drop spores even after they are picked. Taking spore prints of harvested mushrooms is one way enthusiasts create strains of their own. [0] - https://radicalmycology.com/educational-tools/mushrooms-101/the-fungal-lifecycle/ https://radicalmycology.com/educational-tools/mushrooms-101/...
- nkjoep 9y agoDon't use plastic bags. It's forbidden by law in Europe simply because it will prevent the spores to drop. Use a wooden basket instead.
- morsch 9y agoDo you have a citation for those laws? Couldn't find any German law off hand, though plenty of people agree that it's a bad idea. Maybe there are such laws in other European countries?
- nkjoep 9y agoI don't know exactly how to find it, I am pretty sure I've heard that on TV some time ago. However in Italy, for instance, the Legge 352/1993[1] says explicitly to use proper "containers" in order to favour the spores' spreading. That's a generic normative then local authorities could rule other details on harvesting and selling them. - [1] http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_normativa_1787_allegato.pdf http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_normativa_1787_allegato.p...