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Growing Wine Cap Mushrooms In The Garden
Dennis Morgeson Agent for Horticulture
Washington County
Wine Caps or Strophariarugosa-annulata
• Native mushroom to the Eastern U.S.
• Can be found naturally in garden beds, forest edges, and even lawns
• Easy to grow and cultivate in a garden setting
Wine Caps
• Wine caps feature a white stalk with a wine colored cap
• Crisp slightly nutty flavor
• Good for braising, sautéing, and grilling
Nutrition Benefits • Mushrooms have been eaten for
thousands of years • Low calorie, fat free, low in
cholesterol and sodium, and provide nutrients such as selenium, potassium, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin D, and more
• Stimulates the immune system, helps control weight by increasing satiety
• Good substitute for meat! • Some research even shows
mushrooms help fight cancer and shrink tumor growth. Also promising results for Alzheimer's and other diseases as well!
Other Benefits
• Fungi are natural soil builders, weed suppressors and an attractive landscape ornamental
• Can be grown as annual or perennial
Notice the greener ring of grass where these non edible fairy ring mushrooms are growing.
Where To Grow Them?
• Create Mushroom Beds • Pathways • Around Perennials and Shrubs • Any non-tilled beds/areas • Growth and fruit can happen
slowly or quickly place them in often visited areas
Sun or Shade?
• Wine caps will grow in a wide range of light conditions but…
• Prefer full sun or “garden shade”
Getting Started
• Materials: – Fresh (less than a year
old) Woodchips – Avoid coniferous species
or make less than 50% – Fresh Straw Bale? – Saw Dust Spawn
Getting Started
• Measure a spot about 16 square feet
• 5lbs of spawn will inoculate approximately 16 square feet
• Doesn’t have to be one continuous section but at least 4 square feet
When To Inoculate
• Spring is best time to inoculate but April-September is fine (spring inoculation generally gives fruiting in the same season)
Inoculation
• Remove organic matter down to “bare soil”
• Add ½” of sawdust or wood shavings evenly
• Sprinkle spawn evenly over sawdust
• Add 4” of woodchips or straw over spawn
• Soak area thoroughly • Dry Dog Food?
Maintenance
• Wine caps require very little maintenance
• They can live and fruit for years
• Add 2-4” of fresh woodchips in the fall to protect mycelium and as fresh ‘food’
Maintenance
• After one season the patch or colony of mycelium and be broken up and sprinkled over new areas as inoculation….
• Unless?
Harvesting
• Make sure to properly identify the mushrooms before consuming!!!!
• Wine caps: – Have a reddish-brown cap that changes from dark to
light as the mushroom matures – Gills that begin light black and turn darker as the
mushroom matures – They have a “king crown” ring or annulus around the
stem – No noticeable bulge where the mushroom meets the
ground
Identifying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq1fLandtYA
Where To Get Spawn
• http://www.fieldforest.net/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_15_10
Eat!