Omphalotus olearius
Jack-O'-Lantern Mushroom
A mushroom is the edible fruiting body of a fungus. The edible part consists of a cap, gills and stem, and some grow above ground, some below ground. Care should be taken with identification, as some mushrooms are toxic. 'Jack-O'-Lantern is a POISONOUS orange gilled mushroom that is somewhat similar in appearance to a some chanterelles, except that Jack-O'-Lanterns have true, sharp, non-forking gills, .It is said that the gills of Jack-O'-Lanterns are luminescent, glowing blue-green in the dark. It is a common mushroom east of the Rocky Mountains in Autumn
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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
Jack-O'-Lantern Mushroom
Latin name
Omphalotus olearius
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
0.10 M
0.10 M
Omphalotus olearius
A mushroom is the edible fruiting body of a fungus. The edible part consists of a cap, gills and stem, and some grow above ground, some below ground. Care should be taken with identification, as some mushrooms are toxic. 'Jack-O'-Lantern is a POISONOUS orange gilled mushroom that is somewhat similar in appearance to a some chanterelles, except that Jack-O'-Lanterns have true, sharp, non-forking gills, .It is said that the gills of Jack-O'-Lanterns are luminescent, glowing blue-green in the dark. It is a common mushroom east of the Rocky Mountains in Autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Due to the nature of fungi, planting is not an option
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.
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
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