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  • Sign up to be a soil survey site by clicking the green box below. Your information will not be shared with others.

    Starting next year we will be taking small samples of soil from various locations around the state - over 100 in total. If you would like to have your property included for consideration, let us know by signing up. You do not need to have woods or any specific types of trees on your property. A simple grass lawn would qualify you. We will be taking small 2" soil cores, 3 times next year. With that small amount of soil, we may be able to detect hundreds, or even thousands of species of fungi by looking at the DNA in the soil. You could know many of the mushrooms that may appear on your property, even if you have not seem them fruiting. Help us quickly discover the biodiversity of mushrooms in our state by helping out with this research.

    BEING A SURVEY SITE DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL HAVE TO ALLOW ANYONE ON YOUR PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR A VERY SMALL GROUP OF RESEARCHERS (2-3 people), FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR, IN THE SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL.

    Email steve@hoosiermushrooms.org if you have any questions.

  • Susan Brar


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    Roughly half an acre (maybe a bit more?) in Indianapolis. The neighborhood and lot contain some pretty big/old trees -- our neighborhood is bordered on the south by the White River and is connected by trail to both Holliday Park and Marrott Park. Our lot has one section that is fully wooded (oak, maple, red bud, walnut, ash, and more) with lots of native plants (trillium, mayapples, spiderwort, dutchman's breeches, and more), and interesting mushrooms that pop up periodically. Another section of our lot is an area that we are trying to slowly return to woods (right now it's mostly one large tree, a ton of weeds, some invasive vinca, and a handful of native plants that I recently planted)-- this area is low and wet and shady and also gets mushrooms.  There are also some smaller, more traditional manicured lawn & landscaped areas.



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