I'm interesting to plant & grow my own mushrooms

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I was one of those who believed that mushrooms grew in one big spurt. A minature mushroom waits underground until conditions are just perfect and then bursts through the surface in one great growing climax. But does it really happen like that? Will a mushroom grow even more after it has come up through the ground?

Last week I did a little experiment. I found two gray mushrooms and measured them. In fact, one mushroom was bent over, being kept from upward growth by a shallow layer of ground moss. I marked the location and decided to came back in a few days.

Actually it was four days until I made it back and was very surprised with my results. The mushrooms had gotten bigger. One had grown nearly 3/4” of an inch and had even gained a tiny amount of circumference. The other one that was pinned down by the moss shot upright and was nearly 1 1/2 ” tall. Both mushrooms were still as fresh as the day I first found them.

I am assuming then that the big yellows would be the same way. I figured it best to try my experiment on them but sometimes it can be hard to leave a lovely yellow morel behind.

So yes, mushrooms do indeed grow a bit more after they have broken through the surface of the ground. How much they really grow I don’t know. I would guess that daytime temperatures play a big part in this growing process. It could be possible that cool weather might allow for the growing to continue. And then when the weather gets warm the mushrooms might just grow in that one giant push. But it will be exciting to see if a four inch morel grows to six inches after a few days.