No question: If you want to enjoy tasty wild mushrooms, you have to get up early and also have a lot of luck. After all, the coveted fruiting bodies don't grow on command and don't always grow where you expect them to. Fortunately, some types of mushrooms can also be easily grown in the home garden, for example on a bale of straw or on freshly cut wood.
Can you grow noble mushrooms such as porcini mushrooms, morels or chanterelles at home?
Noble mushrooms such as porcini mushrooms, morels and chanterelles cannot be grown at home because they are mycorrhizal fungi and thrive in symbiosis with certain living plants. Instead, saprophagous mushroom species such as button mushrooms, shiitake or oyster mushrooms can be grown.
Not all types of mushrooms can be cultivated
However, this does not apply to the most sought-after noble mushrooms such as porcini mushrooms, morels or chanterelles. These are so-called mycorrhizal fungi that can only grow and thrive in close symbiosis with certain living plants. These species require a living environment that is difficult to recreate in your garden. For this reason, it is only possible to cultivate saprophagous fungal species. These do not live in a close symbiosis, but rather draw their nutrients from decaying organic materials such as straw, wood or even coffee grounds.
The best cultivated mushrooms for cultivation in the garden
The mushroom cultures for these mushrooms are available in specialist shops and over the Internet. Not only can you grow native mushroom species, but you can also cultivate he alth-promoting medicinal mushrooms yourself - such as shii-take or the Chinese morel Mu-Err. These are said to have a particularly positive effect on people and at least ensure variety on the plate.
Created mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
This species, also known as Champignon de Paris, is one of the first successfully cultivated cultivated mushrooms ever. Today it is the most cultivated mushroom in the world, with different varieties such as white mushroom, brown mushroom and rock mushroom available today.
Shii Take (Lentinula edodes)
This well-known medicinal mushroom is particularly valued in Chinese and Japanese cuisine and is rich in he althy vitamins and minerals. You can cultivate it on freshly felled oak, red and horn beech, birch, alder, cherry or chestnut wood.
Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
This mushroom, also known as oyster mushroom or veal mushroom, is a native species that can be found in the forests between December and March. You can also grow this extremely tasty mushroom on straw or on wood from red beech, birch, ash, alder, poplar, willow or he althy fruit trees.
Mushroom mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
This very tasty mushroom, also known as the mushroom oyster, is mainly native to southern and southwestern Europe and particularly likes to grow on the dead roots of umbelliferous plants. A suitable substrate for your own breeding, however, is straw.
Browncap (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
This is not, as is often assumed, the commonly found chestnut boletus, but rather a cultivated form of the no less tasty red-brown giant boletus. This can easily be grown on inoculated straw bales.
Tip
Unfortunately, the stick sponge found in this country cannot be grown at home. However, you can cultivate a close relative, the Japanese stick sponge. This is second only to the Shii take in popularity in its native Japan.
