Looking for mushrooms in the forest is great fun, but it is also tedious and not always crowned with success. So it's no wonder that there have always been attempts to breed the popular porcini mushroom for domestic cultivation. However, since this requires certain living conditions for it to thrive, which cannot be easily reproduced in the home garden, no one has yet succeeded in such an attempt. For this reason, you can grow many noble mushrooms in a grow box, but not the porcini.

Porcini mushrooms cannot be grown in the grow box at home

Porcini mushrooms need certain living conditions

The reason for this is quite simple: the porcini mushroom is a so-called mycorrhizal fungus that is in close symbiosis with certain types of forest trees. You will find it mainly under spruces, but associations are also known with oaks, beeches and - more rarely - pines. It is not enough to simply inoculate a beech trunk with porcini spores - as is the case, for example, with the oyster mushroom - because the porcini mushroom only thrives in the root system of living trees: both species are dependent on one another for mutual thriving.

Where to find porcini mushrooms in the forest

Even a single living tree - such as a specially planted beech or spruce in the front yard - is not sufficient for your own porcini mushroom cultivation. Instead, depending on the subspecies, the fungus prefers to settle in older deciduous or mixed forests with a thick layer of moss and a loose canopy. Porcini mushrooms are primarily found in sunny clearings and on acidic to neutral soil. You should have good luck in your search if you sight the poisonous fly agaric - since the porcini mushroom is often found in its vicinity, you only need to take a closer look.

Which edible mushrooms you can grow yourself in a grow box

In contrast to the porcini mushroom, however, there is a whole range of very tasty edible mushrooms that are not mycorrhizal mushrooms and can therefore be cultivated in a breeding box quite easily. become like this

  • white and brown mushrooms
  • Stone mushrooms
  • Oyster mushrooms (oyster mushrooms)
  • Shii take
  • Lime mushrooms
  • Rose Mushrooms
  • Herb Mushrooms
  • Brown Caps (Red-brown Giant Squirrel)
  • Gold Riding Hood (Japanese mutabilis)
  • Mu-Err (Judas Ear)

and some other species have been cultivated successfully for centuries. Commercially available ready-made culture sets allow for uncomplicated cultivation and quick harvesting.

tips

There are some types of mushrooms that look quite similar to the coveted porcini mushroom. However, the chestnut boletus, which is also edible, turns blue, while the inedible bile boletus tastes extremely bitter and can cause gastrointestinal problems.

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