Marasmius oreades
Scotch Bonnet
The Scotch Bonnet, or Fairy ring mushroom is easy to identify, but don't assume a Fairy ring is always an edible variety - be careful to identify the type of fungus. because there are other similar fungi. The stem should be solid and strong, the gills well-spaced, and the mushroom should smell of nothing, or maybe a faint non-mushroomy smell, like sawdust.
Contributed by @ForestBreathing
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Scotch Bonnet
Latin name
Marasmius oreades
type
Fungus
family
Marasmiaceae
ph
6.3 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.01 M
0.01 M
Marasmius oreades
The Scotch Bonnet, or Fairy ring mushroom is easy to identify, but don't assume a Fairy ring is always an edible variety - be careful to identify the type of fungus. because there are other similar fungi. The stem should be solid and strong, the gills well-spaced, and the mushroom should smell of nothing, or maybe a faint non-mushroomy smell, like sawdust.
Propagating by spores outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Early Autumn
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
Propagating by spores indoors
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
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.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Due to the nature of fungi, planting is not an option
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