Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

Mushrooms can be grown outdoors from Spring to Autumn by lifting a square of grass (where no chemical fertilisers have been used), adding farmyard manure or compost and mixing it into the soil, then mixing the mushroom spawn in the soil to around 1 cm. deep. Replace the turf, and water in dry weather, but don't saturate. Growth depends on the weather. Mushrooms grow best in warm,damp weather

A suitable bed or box needs to be prepared for growing mushrooms, where a depth of 10" compost can be contained. Mushrooms need 20 kgs. of compost per 100g of spawn, and a constant temperature of around 16 deg.C. The best compost is well-rotted horse manure, and it must be free of worms and invertebrates that will eat the spawn. After spreading the spawn and mixing it in to the top 1 cm. of the compost, keep the compost moist, but not wet. Providing the constant temperature can be maintained, mushrooms can be grown all year round.

Due to the nature of fungi, planting is not an option