Mushrooms grow from microscopic spores.
Plants growing from spores are called fungi. A mature mushroom will drop up to 16 billion spores. If there are turkeys or turkey hunters, there are alot of wild mushrooms growing in the area. Morels seem to grow more abundantly where there are four distinct seasons. The most common edible mushroom sought in Ohio and surrounding states are the morel or sponge-mushrooms that are usually found growing under leaves,weeds, plants, around dead wood and briars.