Been lurking for a couple of years and just registered. I am a chef and used to handling and storing different produce in different ways, temps etc to increase longevity. I have always used an onion or potato bag for several reasons and would use a basket if it weren't to bulky. I have to say it really bugs me to see all of these mushrooms stuffed in plastic bags! For one thing they need to breath they come in perforated cardboard boxes for a reason. The other thing and it makes me wonder is when people say the last few years were great and now nothing. And they have been plucking the shrooms as fast as they emerge and stuffing them into plastic bags. Three years ago I picked a bag of Morels and hung the bag on the outside of my car. when I came back an hour later my car under the bag was covered in spores!!! Those are spores that would have been stuck in plastic. Scandinavians hang strings of mushrooms outside to dry so they don't waste the spores and risk terminating the lifecycle. The mycelium I understand is the plant and the mushroom the fruit but at some point you need a new tree!
I don't mean to rant but more curious as to why and how others do it.
I don't mean to rant but more curious as to why and how others do it.